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Taxonomy of the genus Elgaria Biodiversity of the family Anguidae

Bibliography of the genus
Elgaria (Western Alligator Lizards)

(Reptilia: Sauria: Anguidae)

Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted.


Elgaria in general

Cunningham, J.D. 1958. Alligator lizard notes. Herpetologica 14: 180.

Fitch, H.S. 1938. A systematic account of the alligator lizards (Gerrhonotus) in the western United States and Lower California. American Midland Naturalist 20(2): 381-424.

Good, D.A. 1988. Allozyme variation and phylogenetic relationships among the species of Elgaria (Squamata: Anguidae). Herpetologica 44(2): 154-162.

Leavitt, D.H.; Marion, A.B.; Hollingsworth, B.D.; Reeder, T.W. 2017. Multilocus phylogeny of alligator lizards (Elgaria, Anguidae): Testing mtDNA introgression as the source of discordant molecular phylogenetic hypotheses. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 110: 104–121.

Lewis, T.H. 1946. Notes on reptiles from the state of Washington. Copeia 1946(3): 165-159.

Waddick, J.W.; Smith, H.M. 1974. The significance of scale characters in evaluation of the lizard genera Gerrhonotus, Elgaria and Barisia. Great Basin Naturalist 34(4): 257-266.

Elgaria cedrosensis

Fitch, H.S. 1934. New alligator lizards from the Pacific Coast. Copeia 1934: 6-7.

Grismer, L.L. 1988. Geographic variation, taxonomy, and biogeography of the anguid genus Elgaria (Reptilia: Squamata) in Baja California, Mexico. Herpetologica 44(4): 431-439.

Grismer, L.L.; Hollingsworth, B.D. 2001. A taxonomic review of the endemic alligator lizard Elgaria paucicarinata (Anguidae: Squamata) of Baja California, Mexico with a description of a new species. Herpetologica 57(4): 488-496.

Lais, P.M. 1976. Gerrhonotus cedrosensis. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 177: 1.

Elgaria coerulea

Bauder, J.M. 2008. Geographic distribution: Elgaria coerulea principis (Northwestern Alligator Lizard). Herpetological Review 39(1): 109.

Boundy, J.; Balgooyen, T.G. 1988. Record lengths for some amphibians and reptiles from the western United States. Herpetological Review 19(2): 26-27.

Brown, V. 1948. Records of amphibians and of the northern alligator lizard in northwestern California. Copeia 1948(2): 136.

Bury, R.B.; Gorman, G.C.; Lynch, J.F. 1969. Karyotypic data for five species of anguid lizards. Experientia 25: 314-316.

Cooper, W.E. 1990. Prey odor discrimination by anguid lizards. Herpetologica 46(2): 183-190.

Cooper, W.E. 1995. Strike-induced chemosensory searching by the anguid lizard Elgaria coerulea. Amphibia-Reptilia 16(2): 147-156.

Espinoza, R.E.; Carreno, C.A.; Heest, R.W. van 1999. Geographic distribution: Elgaria coerulea (Northern Alligator Lizard). Herpetological Review 30(1): 51-52.

Fitch, H.S. 1934. New alligator lizards from the Pacific Coast. Copeia 1934: 6-7.

Fitzner, R.E.; Rickard, W.H.; Clark, D.E. 1978. Herpetological survey at the Trojan Nuclear Plant, Oregon. Northwest Science 52(2): 104-107.

Formanowicz, D.R.; Brodie, E.D. 1985. Unpalatability and toxicity of an introduced species (cinnabar moth larvae) to native predators. American Midland Naturalist 113(2): 401-403.

Gehlbach, G. 1979. Licking by neonatal lizards in response to novel stimuli. Herpetological Review 10(2): 56.

Good, D.A. 1988. Allozyme variation and phylogenetic relationships among the species of Elgaria (Squamata: Anguidae). Herpetologica 44(2): 154-162.

Hardy, B.M.; Patten, A.L.; McNear, N. 2017. Natural history notes: Elgaria coerulea (Northern Alligator Lizard). Aquatic habitat use. Herpetological Review 48(3): 642-643.

Harestad, A. 1977. Range extension of the northern alligator lizard, Gerrhonotus coeruleus princeps (Baird & Girard), on Vancouver Island. Syesis 10: 171.

Hayes, C.B.; Hayes, M.P. 2008. Natural history notes: Elgaria coerulea (Northern Alligator Lizard). Juvenile growth. Herpetological Review 39(2): 222-223.

Lais, P.M. 1976. Gerrhonotus coeruleus. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 178: 1-4.

Lambertz, M.; Graba, K. 2011. Remarks on the northeasternmost distribution of Elgaria coerulea principis Baird & Girard, 1852 (Squamata: Anguidae) in British Columbia. Bonn Zoological Bulletin 60(2): 229-231.

Lavin, B.R.; Wogan, G.O.U.; McGuire, J.A.; Feldman, C.R. 2018. Phylogeography of the Northern Alligator Lizard (Squamata, Anguidae): Hidden diversity in a western endemic. Zoologica Scripta 47(4): 462-476.

McBrayer, L.D.; Anderson, R.A. 2007. Sexual size dimorphisms and bite force in the Northern Alligator Lizard, Elgaria coerulea. Journal of Herpetology 41(4): 554-559.

McNicholl, M.K. 1981. Northern alligator lizard near Courtenay, Vancouver Island. Syesis 13: 211.

Otvos, I.S. 1977. Observations on the food of three forest-dwelling lizards in California. Herpetological Review 8(1): 6-7.

Pimentel, R.A. 1959. Positive embryo-maternal size correlation in the northern alligator lizard, Gerrhonotus coeruleus principis. Herpetologica 15: 6-8.

Roof, L. 1996. Backyard herpetology: reintroduction of a native species. Vivarium (Lakeside) 7(5): 56-60.

Rutherford, P. 2012. Northern Alligator Lizard - Lezard-alligator Boreal (Elgaria coerulea principis). Canadian Herpetologist 2(2): 8-9.

Rutherford, P.L. 2004. Proximate mechanisms that contribute to female-biased sexual size dimorphism in an anguid lizard. Canadian Journal of Zoology 82(5): 817-822.

Rutherford, P.L.; Gregory, P.T. 2003. Habitat use and movement patterns of Northern Alligator Lizards (Elgaria coerulea) and Western Skinks (Eumeces skiltonianus) in southeastern British Columbia. Journal of Herpetology 37(1): 98-106.

Rutherford, P.L.; Gregory, P.T. 2003. How age, sex, and reproductive condition affect retreat-site selection and emergence patterns in a temperate-zone lizard, Elgaria coerulea. Ecoscience 10(1): 24-32.

Simons, L.H. 1986. Adult male blue grouse eats lizards. Wilson Bulletin 98(1): 171-172.

Slipp, J.W. 1940. An alligator lizard in Idaho. Occasional Papers Department of Biology College of Puget Sound 6: 35-36.

Spencer, C.L.; Tierney, M.M.; Koo, M.S.; Vindum, J.V. 1998. New county records from Sierra and Nevada counties, Tahoe National Forest, California, USA. Herpetological Review 29(3): 182-183.

Stejneger, L.H. 1902. Gerrhonotus coeruleus versus Gerrhonotus burnettii. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 15: 37.

Stewart, J.R. 1977. Interpopulational variation in the demography of a live bearing lizard, Gerrhonotus coeruleus. Dissertation Abstracts International (B) 38(2): 550.

Stewart, J.R. 1979. The balance between number and size of young in the live bearing lizard Gerrhonotus coeruleus. Herpetologica 35(4): 342-350.

Stewart, J.R. 1984. Thermal biology of the live bearing lizard Gerrhonotus coeruleus. Herpetologica 40(4): 349-355.

Stewart, J.R. 1985. Growth and survivorship in a California population of Gerrhonotus coeruleus, with comments on intraspecific variation in adult female size. American Midland Naturalist 113(1): 30-44.

Svihla, A. 1942. Mating behavior of the northern Alligator lizard. Copeia 1942(1): 54.

Tanner, W.W. 1959. The state of Gerrhonotus in Utah. Herpetologica 15: 178-180.

Tranter, J.V. 1979. Herptiles (or the lack of them) in California. Herptile 4(4): 32-33.

Vestal, E.H. 1940. Mating posture in the alligator lizard (Gerrhonotus coeruleus). Copeia 1940: 51.

Vindum, J.V.; Arnold, E.N. 1997. The Northern Alligator Lizard (Elgaria coerulea) from Nevada. Herpetological Review 28(2): 100.

Vitt, L.J. 1973. Reproductive biology of the anguid lizard, Gerrhonotus coeruleus principis. Herpetologica 29(2): 176-184.

Vitt, L.J. 1974. Reproductive effort and energy comparisons of adults, eggs, and neonates of Gerrhonotus coeruleus principis. Journal of Herpetology 8(2): 165-168.

Woodbury, A.M. 1945. A new Gerrhonotus lizard from Utah. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 58: 5-10.

Elgaria kingii

Bezy, R.L. 2011. Madrean Alligator Lizard, Elgaria kingii Gray, 1838. Sonoran Herpetologist 24(7): 66-69.

Bowker, R.W. 1986. Life history notes: Gerrhonotus kingi (Arizona Alligator Lizard). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 17(1): 20.

Bowker, R.W. 1987. Life history notes: Elgaria kingi (Arizona Alligator Lizard). Antipredator behavior. Herpetological Review 18(4): 73, 75.

Bowker, R.W. 1994. Natural history notes: Elgaria kingi (Arizona Alligator Lizard). Size. Herpetological Review 25(3): 121.

Brennan, T.C.; Feldner, M.J. 2002. Natural history notes: Elgaria kingii nobilis (Arizona Alligator Lizard). Maximum size. Herpetological Review 33(4): 306-307.

Bryson, R.W.; Smith, H.M.; Lemos-Espinal, J.A. 2005. Taxonomic status of the Madrean alligator lizard (Lacertilia: Anguidae) of the Sierra del Nido, Chihuahua, Mexico. Southwestern Naturalist 50(4): 497-498.

Carbajal-Márquez, R.A.; Quintero-Díaz, G.E. 2014. Geographic distribution: Elgaria kingii (Madrean Alligator Lizard). Herpetological Review 45(3): 462.

Goldberg, S.R. 1975. Reproduction in the Arizona alligator lizard, Gerrhonotus kingi. Southwestern Naturalist 20(3): 412-413.

Good, D.A. 1988. Allozyme variation and phylogenetic relationships among the species of Elgaria (Squamata: Anguidae). Herpetologica 44(2): 154-162.

Knight, R.A.; Duerre, D. 1987. Notes on distribution, habitat, and sexual dimorphism of Gerrhonotus kingii (Lacertilia: Anguidae). Southwestern Naturalist 32(2): 283-285.

Loc-Barragán, J.A.; Miramontes-Medina, E.; Molina, D.; Woolrich-Piña, G.A. 2016. Nature notes: Mastigodryas cliftoni. Diet. Mesoamerican Herpetology 3(3): 748-749.

Loeza-Corichi, A.; Flores-Villela, O. 1995. Geographic distribution: Elgaria kingii (Madrean Alligator Lizard). Mexico: Jalisco. Herpetological Review 26(2): 108.

Lovich, J.E.; Drost, C.; Monatesti, A.J.; Casper, D.; Wood, D.A.; Girard, M. 2010. Reptilian prey of the Sonora mud turtle (Kinosternon sonoriense) with comments on saurophagy and ophiophagy in North American turtles. Southwestern Naturalist 55(1): 135-138.

Medica, P.A. 1965. Altitude record for Gerrhonotus kingi. Herpetologica 21: 147-148.

Meyers, J.J.; Irschick, D.J. 2015. Does whole-organism performance constrain resource use? A community test with desert lizards. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 115(4): 859-868.

Painter, C.W.; Jennings, R.D. 1998. Natural history notes: Elgaria kingii nobilis (Arizona Alligator Lizard). Coloration. Herpetological Review 29(4): 238.

Ponce-Campos, P.; Huerta Ortega, S.M. 2002. Notes on Elgaria kingi ferruginea in Jalisco, Mexico: altitude, distribution and habitat. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 37(12): 215.

Quintero-Diaz, G.; Vazquez Diaz, J.; Smith, H.M. 1999. Geographic distribution: Elgaria kingii ferruginea (Rusty Alligator Lizard). Herpetological Review 30(4): 233-234.

Ritter, D. 1992. Lateral bending during lizard locomotion. Journal of Experimental Biology 173: 1-10.

Smith, H.M.; Lemos-Espinal, J.A.; Chiszar, D.; Ingrasci, M.J. 2003. The Madrean alligator lizard of the Sierra del Nido, Chihuahua, Mexico (Reptilia: Sauria: Anguidae). Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 39(4): 99-102.

Tihen, J.A. 1948. Two races of Elgaria kingii Gray. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences 51: 299-301.

Wagner, D.; Gurrola, J.F. 1995. Geographic distribution: Elgaria kingii (Madrean Alligator Lizard). Herpetological Review 26(3): 155.

Webb, R.G. 1962. A new alligator lizard (genus Gerrhonotus) from western Mexico. Herpetologica 18: 73-79.

Webb, R.G. 1970. Gerrhonotus kingii. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 97: 1-4.

Wood, D.A.; Myrand, J.; Holycross, A.T. 2016. Natural history notes: Diadophis punctatus (Ring-necked Snake). Diet. Herpetological Review 47(1): 146.

Elgaria multicarinata

Atsatt, S.R. 1952. Observations on the early life history of the lizards Sceloporus graciosus vandenburgianus and Gerrhonotus multicarinatus webbi. Copeia 1952: 176.

Banta, B.H. 1963. An anomalous California redbacked alligator lizard. Turtox News 41(8): 207.

Banta, B.H.; Wilson, R.L. 1976. On the occurrence of Gerrhonotus multicarinatus on San Nicolas island, Ventura County, California. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 12(3): 99-100.

Beaman, K.R.; Reining, D.J. 2003. Natural history notes: Elgaria multicarinata (Southern Alligator Lizard). Behavior. Herpetological Review 34(4): 368.

Blackstone, R.E. 1957. Courtship of the red-backed alligator lizard, Gerrhonotus multicarinatus webbii. Nature Magazine (New York) 50: 312.

Boundy, J.; Balgooyen, T.G. 1988. Record lengths for some amphibians and reptiles from the western United States. Herpetological Review 19(2): 26-27.

Brodie, E.D.; Nussbaum, R.A.; Storm, R.M. 1969. An egg-laying aggregation of five species of Oregon reptiles. Herpetologica 25: 223-227.

Burrage, B.R. 1966. Notes on the eggs and young of the lizards Gerrhonotus multicarinatus webbi and G. m. nanus. Copeia 1965(4) [1966]: 512.

Bury, R.B.; Gorman, G.C.; Lynch, J.F. 1969. Karyotypic data for five species of anguid lizards. Experientia 25: 314-316.

Cooper, W.E. 1990. Prey odor discrimination by anguid lizards. Herpetologica 46(2): 183-190.

Cornett, J.W. 1982. Life history notes: Masticophis lateralis (California Striped Racer). Food. Herpetological Review 13(3): 96.

Cowles, R.B. 1937. The San Diegan alligator lizard and the black widow spider. Science (New York) 85(2195): 99-100.

Cowles, R.B. 1946. Swimming ability of the alligator lizard. Copeia 1946(2): 105.

Crayon, J.J. 1998. Natural history notes: Rana catesbeiana (Bullfrog). Diet. Herpetological Review 29(4): 232.

Cunningham, J.D. 1956. Food habits of the San Diego alligator lizard. Herpetologica 12: 225-230.

Cunningham, J.D. 1966. Thermal relations of the alligator lizard Gerrhonotus multicarinatus webbi. Herpetologica 22: 1-7.

Dawson, W.R.; Templeton, J.R. 1966. Physiological responses to temperature in the alligator lizard, Gerrhonotus multicarinatus. Ecology 47: 759-765.

Feldman, C.R.; Spicer, G.S. 2006. Comparative phylogeography of woodland reptiles in California: repeated patterns of cladogenesis and population expansion. Molecular Ecology 15(8): 2201-2222.

Fitch, H.S. 1934. A shift of specific names in the genus Gerrhonotus. Copeia 1934: 172-173.

Fitch, H.S. 1934. New alligator lizards from the Pacific Coast. Copeia 1934: 6-7.

Frazzetta, T. 1983. Adaptation and function of cranial kinesis in reptiles: a time-motion analysis of feeding in alligator lizards. pp. 222-244. In: Rhodin, A.G.J. & Miyata, K. (eds.). Advances in herpetology and evolutionary biology. Essays in honor of Ernest E. Williams. Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 725 pp.

Gander, F.F. 1931. Observations on an alligator lizard. Copeia 1931: 14-15.

Gebhart, J. 2010. Eine Schleiche mit Füssen - Die südliche Alligatorschleiche: Haltung und Nachzucht. Elaphe 18(4): 39-46.

Goldberg, S.R. 1972. Reproduction in the southern alligator lizard Gerrhonotus multicarinatus. Herpetologica 28(3): 267-273.

Good, D.A. 1988. Allozyme variation and phylogenetic relationships among the species of Elgaria (Squamata: Anguidae). Herpetologica 44(2): 154-162.

Grismer, L.L. 1988. Geographic variation, taxonomy, and biogeography of the anguid genus Elgaria (Reptilia: Squamata) in Baja California, Mexico. Herpetologica 44(4): 431-439.

Grismer, L.L. 2001. An evolutionary classification and checklist of amphibians and reptiles on the Pacific islands of Baja California, Mexico. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 100(1): 12-23.

Haemig, P.D. 1989. Island jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens insularis) stores lizards in the relict tree Lyonothamnus asplenifolius. Southwestern Naturalist 34(1): 146-147.

Harwood, R.H. 1979. The effect of temperature on the digestive efficiency of three species of lizards, Cnemidophorus tigris, Gerrhonotus multicarinatus and Sceloporus occidentalis. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A Comparative Physiology 63(3): 417-433.

Jaksic, F.M.; Greene, H.W. 1984. Empirical evidence of non-correlation between tail loss frequency and predation intensity on lizards. Oikos 42(3): 407-411.

Kingsbury, B.A. 1993. Thermoregulatory set points of the eurythermic lizard Elgaria multicarinata. Journal of Herpetology 27(3): 241-247.

Kingsbury, B.A. 1994. Thermal constraints and eurythermy in the lizard Elgaria multicarinata. Herpetologica 50(3): 266-273.

Kingsbury, B.A. 1995. Field metabolic rates of a eurythermic lizard. Herpetologica 51(2): 155-159.

Knowlton, G.F. 1949. Insect food of the red-backed Alligator lizard. Herpetologica 5(2): 46-47.

Kruger, D.J. 2015. Non-mammalian infants requiring parental care elicit greater human caregiving reactions than superprecocial infants do. Ethology 121(8): 769-774.

Lais, P.M. 1976. Gerrhonotus multicarinatus. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 187: 1-4.

Langerwerf, B. 1980. The successful breeding of lizards from temperate regions. pp. 37-46. In: Townson, S.; Millichamp, N.J.; Lucas, D.G.D. & Millwood, A.J. (eds.). The care and breeding of captive reptiles. The British Herpetological Society, London. 98 pp.

Langerwerf, B. 1981. The southern alligator lizard, Gerrhonotus multicarinatus Blainville 1935: its care and breeding in captivity. British Herpetological Society Bulletin 4: 21-25.

Lara-Resendiz, R.A.; Ramírez-Enríquez, Y.; Valle-Jiménez, I.; Valdez-Villavicencio, J.H.; Méndez-de la Cruz, F.R.; Galina-Tessaro, P. 2017. Nature notes: Elgaria multicarinata (Blainville, 1835). Diet. Mesoamerican Herpetology 4(2): 417-418.

Lichtwardt, E. 1977. The urban lizard. Environment Southwest 479: 3-5.

Mahoney, M.J.; Parks, D.S.M.; Fellers, G.M. 2003. Uta stansburiana and Elgaria multicarinata on the California Channel Islands: natural dispersal or artificial introduction? Journal of Herpetology 37(3): 586-591.

Mitchell, E.D. 1961. An exceptionally large alligator lizard. Herpetologica 17: 210-211.

Mulroy, M.D.; Wiseman, K.D. 2012. Natural history notes: Elgaria multicarinata (Southern Alligator Lizard). Oviposition site and egg attendance. Herpetological Review 43(3): 483-484.

Parham, J.F.; Feldman, C.R. 2003. Natural history notes: Lampropeltis zonata (California Mountain Kingsnake). Diet. Herpetological Review 34(2): 150.

Pequegnat, W.E. 1951. The biota of the Santa Ana Mountains. Journal Ent. Zool. 42: 1-84.

Porbén-Platón, A. de. 1963. The San Diego alligator lizard, Gerrhonotus multicarinatus webbi, in captivity. Bulletin of the Philadelphia Herpetological Society 11(3-4): 44-45.

Salkeld, D.J.; Lane, R.S. 2010. Community ecology and disease risk: lizards, squirrels, and the Lyme disease spirochete in California, USA. Ecology (Washington D C) 91(1): 293-298.

Schmidt, W.J. 1960. Über einen Zwillingszahn bei einer Eidechse (Gerrhonotus multicarinatus webii). Dtsch. Zahnärtzl. Z. 15: 1149-1151.

Schultz, R.; Norberg, M. 1970. The effect of visual loss on lizard, Gerrhonotus multicarinatus, activity. Psychonomic Sci. 19: 10.

Shaw, C.E. 1943. Hatching of the eggs of the San Diego alligator lizard. Copeia 1943: 194.

Shaw, C.E. 1952. Notes on the eggs and young of some United States and Mexican lizards. 1. Herpetologica 8(3): 71-79.

Telemeco, R.S. 2015. Sex determination in Southern Alligator Lizards (Elgaria multicarinata; Anguidae). Herpetologica 71(1): 8-11.

Vitt, L.J.; Congdon, J.D.; Dickson, N.A. 1977. Adaptive strategies and energetics of tail autotomy in lizards. Ecology 58(2): 326-337.

Weaver, K.; Weaver, D. 1986. Living with lizards. Environment Southwest 512: 15-17.

Wiseman, K.D.; Jackman, R.E.; Marlow, K.R. 2003. Geographic distribution: Elgaria multicarinata (Southern Alligator Lizard). Herpetological Review 34(2): 165.

Elgaria nana

Burrage, B.R. 1964. The eggs and young of Gerrhonotus multicarinatus nanus Fitch. Herpetologica 20: 133.

Burrage, B.R. 1966. Notes on the eggs and young of the lizards Gerrhonotus multicarinatus webbi and G. m. nanus. Copeia 1965(4) [1966]: 512.

Fitch, H.S. 1934. New alligator lizards from the Pacific Coast. Copeia 1934: 6-7.

Grismer, L.L. 2001. An evolutionary classification and checklist of amphibians and reptiles on the Pacific islands of Baja California, Mexico. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 100(1): 12-23.

Elgaria panamintina

Banta, B.H. 1963. Remarks upon the natural history of Gerrhonotus panamintinus Stebbins. Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences 36: 1-12.

Banta, B.H.; Leviton, A.E. 1961. Mating behaviour of the panamint lizard. Gerrhonotus panamintinus Stebbins. Herpetologica 17: 204-206.

Banta, B.H.; Mahrdt, C.R.; Beaman, K.R. 1996. Elgaria panamintina. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 629: 1-4.

Dixon, J.D. 1975. Geographic distribution: Gerrhonotus panamintinus. USA: California: Inyo Co. Herpetological Review 6(2): 45.

Frost, D.R.; Collins, J.T. 1988. Nomenclatural notes on reptiles of the United States. Herpetological Review 19(4): 73-74.

Goldberg, S.R.; Beaman, K.R. 2003. Natural history notes: Elgaria panamintina (Panamint Alligator Lizard). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 34(2): 143.

Good, D.A. 1988. Allozyme variation and phylogenetic relationships among the species of Elgaria (Squamata: Anguidae). Herpetologica 44(2): 154-162.

Stebbins, R.C. 1958. A new alligator lizard from the Panamint Mountains, Inyo County, California. American Museum Novitates 1883: 1-27.

Elgaria paucicarinata

Bury, R.B.; Gorman, G.C.; Lynch, J.F. 1969. Karyotypic data for five species of anguid lizards. Experientia 25: 314-316.

Fitch, H.S. 1934. A shift of specific names in the genus Gerrhonotus. Copeia 1934: 172-173.

Goldberg, S.R.; Beaman, K.R. 2004. Reproduction in the San Lucan alligator lizard, Elgaria paucicarinata (Anguidae) from Baja California Sur, Mexico. Bulletin Southern California Academy of Sciences 103(3): 144-146.

Good, D.A. 1988. Allozyme variation and phylogenetic relationships among the species of Elgaria (Squamata: Anguidae). Herpetologica 44(2): 154-162.

Grismer, L.L. 1988. Geographic variation, taxonomy, and biogeography of the anguid genus Elgaria (Reptilia: Squamata) in Baja California, Mexico. Herpetologica 44(4): 431-439.

Grismer, L.L.; Hollingsworth, B.D. 2001. A taxonomic review of the endemic alligator lizard Elgaria paucicarinata (Anguidae: Squamata) of Baja California, Mexico with a description of a new species. Herpetologica 57(4): 488-496.

Lais, P.M. 1976. Gerrhonotus paucicarinatus. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 188: 1-2.

Ortega, A.; Alvarez, S.; Galina, P.; Arnaud, G. 1987. Mating of the San Lucan Alligator Lizard, Gerrhonotus paucicarinatus: an endemic Baja California lizard. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 22(4): 71-72.

Ottley, J.R.; Murphy, R.W. 1983. Geographic distribution: Gerrhonotus paucicarinatus (San Lucan Alligator Lizard). Herpetological Review 14(1): 27.

Richmond, N.D. 1965. Distribution of Gerrhonotus paucicarinatus. Copeia 1965: 375.

Valdez-Villavicencio, J.H.; Galina-Tessaro, P. 2014. Natural history notes: Elgaria paucicarinata (San Lucan Alligator Lizard). Field and preferred body temperatures. Herpetological Review 45(3): 495.

Elgaria velazquezi

Grismer, L.L.; Hollingsworth, B.D. 2001. A taxonomic review of the endemic alligator lizard Elgaria paucicarinata (Anguidae: Squamata) of Baja California, Mexico with a description of a new species. Herpetologica 57(4): 488-496.