Elgaria

Elgaria

Elgaria multicarinata eating a mantis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Anguidae
Subfamily:	Gerrhonotinae
Genus:	Elgaria Gray, 1838
Species
Seven, see text.

Seven, see text.

Elgaria is a genus of New World lizards in the family Anguidae. Their common name is western alligator lizards.

Species in the genus Elgaria are distributed in western North America, from Mexico to Canada.

There are seven species:

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Elgaria.