Gerrhonotus infernalis
Baird, 1859 “1858”
jer-uh-NOH-tuhs — in-fer-NAL-is
SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
García-Vázquez et al. (2018, Journal of Biogeography 45: 1640–1652) and Blair et al. (2022, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 135: 25–39) found deep divergences within G. infernalis in the United States and Mexico. Furthermore, samples of the newly described G. mccoyi (García-Vázquez, 2018, Herpetologica, 74: 269–278) from Coahuila, Mexico are nested within G. infernalis for both mtDNA and nuclear datasets.
Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
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Province/State Distribution:
USA: Texas
First instance(s) of published English names:
Plated Lizard (Gerrhonotus infernalis: Strecker, John K., Jr. 1922. An annotated catalogue of the amphibians and reptiles of Bexar County, Texas. Bulletin Scientific Society of San Antonio (4):1-31); Smooth-headed Alligator Lizard (Gerrhonotus liocephalus: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.); Texas Alligator Lizard (Gerrhonotus liocephalus infernalis: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.);
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
The Reptile Database
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Selected References:
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1859
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Baird, Spencer F. Description of new genera and species of North American lizards in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution. [1858] Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 10:253-256
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1994
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Good, David A. Species limits in the genus Gerrhonotus (Squamata: Anguidae). Herpetological Monographs 8:180-202
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1995
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Good, David A. and Melissa G. Wiedenfeld. The holotype of the Texas Alligator Lizard, Gerrhonotus infernalis Baird (Squamata: Anguidae). Journal of Herpetology 29(4):628-630
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2018
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García‐Vázquez, Uri O., Adrián Nieto‐Montes de Oca, Robert W Bryson Jr, Walter Schmidt‐Ballardo, and Carlos J Pavón‐Vázquez. Molecular systematics and historical biogeography of the genus Gerrhonotus (Squamata: Anguidae). Journal of Biogeography 45(7):1640-1652
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2018
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García‐Vázquez, Uri O., Arturo Contreras-Arquieta, Marysol Trujano-Ortega, and Adrián Nieto-Montes De Oca. A New Species of Gerrhonotus (Squamata: Anguidae) from the Cuatro Ciénegas Basin, Coahuila, Mexico. Herpetologica 74(3):269-278
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2022
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Blair, Christopher, Robert W Bryson, JR, Uri O García-Vázquez, Adrián Nieto-Montes De Oca, David Lazcano, John E Mccormack, John Klicka Phylogenomics of alligator lizards elucidate diversification patterns across the Mexican Transition Zone and support the recognition of a new genus. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 135(1):25–39
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