Barisia
Appearance
Barisia | |
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Barisia levicollis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Anguidae |
Subfamily: | Gerrhonotinae |
Genus: | Barisia Gray, 1838 |
Barisia is a genus of lizards in the family Anguidae. The genus is endemic to Mexico.[1]
Species
[edit]The following species are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Barisia ciliaris (H.M. Smith, 1942) – Sierra alligator lizard, imbricate alligator lizard
- Barisia herrerae Zaldívar-Riverón & Nieto-Montes de Oca, 2002 – Herrera's alligator lizard
- Barisia imbricata (Wiegmann, 1828) – imbricate alligator lizard, transvolcanic alligator lizard
- Barisia jonesi Guillette & H.M. Smith, 1982 – imbricate alligator lizard
- Barisia levicollis Stejneger, 1890 – Chihuahuan alligator lizard
- Barisia planifrons (Bocourt, 1878) – Oaxaca alligator lizard
- Barisia rudicollis (Wiegmann, 1828) – rough-necked alligator lizard
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Barisia.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Barisia ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org. http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/advanced_search?genus=Barisia&submit=Search
Further reading
[edit]- Gray JE (1838). "Catalogue of the Slender-tongued Saurians, with Descriptions of many new Genera and Species". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, [First Series] 1: 274–283, 388–394. (Barisia, new genus, p. 390).