Panamint Alligator Lizard

Taxobox
name = Panamint Alligator Lizard
status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
familia = Anguidae
genus = "Elgaria"
species = "E. panamintina"
binomial = "Elgaria panamintina"
binomial_authority = (Stebbins, 1958)
synonyms = Gerrhonotus panamintus Stebbins, 1958The Panamint Alligator Lizard ("Elgaria panamintina") is a species of lizard in the Anguidae family.It is found only in the United States. The tail length on this species is amazingly long-usually longer than the body. This species is also known to be quite aggressive and bites when threatened.

ource

* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/40792/all Elgaria panamintina] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 18 July 2007.