Species: Elgaria coerulea

Northern Alligator Lizard
Species
    Kingdom
    Animalia
    Phylum
    Craniata
    Class

    Reptilia

    Order

    Squamata

    Family

    Anguidae

    Genus

    Elgaria

    Classification
    Other Global Common Names
    lézard alligator du Nord
    Informal Taxonomy
    Animals, Vertebrates - Reptiles - Lizards
    Formal Taxonomy
    Animalia - Craniata - Reptilia - Squamata - Anguidae - Elgaria - Molecular data support recognition of the family Anniellidae and anguid subfamilies Gerrhonotinae and Anguinae as monophyletic groups (Macey et al. 1999).
    Migration
    true - false - false - Mark-recapture studies in British Columbia indicated that individuals did not make long-distance moves between summer habitat and hibernation sites (Rutherford and Gregory 2003).
    Non-migrant
    true
    Locally Migrant
    false
    Food Comments
    Feeds on insects, ticks, spiders, millipedes, and snails.
    Reproduction Comments
    Apparently mates in April and May. Litter size averages 4-6, depending on locality. One litter per year. Females sexually mature in 32-44 months in northern California.
    Length
    33
    NatureServe Global Status Rank
    G5
    Global Status Last Reviewed
    2005-05-13
    Global Status Last Changed
    1996-10-23
    Conservation Status Map
    <img src="http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/GetMapGif?CA.BC=S4&US.CA=SNR&US.ID=S2&US.MT=S3&US.NV=S2&US.OR=S5&US.UT=SNR&US.WA=S5" alt="Conservation Status Map" style="width: 475px; height: auto;" />
    Global Range
    G - 200,000-2,500,000 square km (about 80,000-1,000,000 square miles) - G - This lizard ranges from southern British Columbia (including Vancouver Island) southward through western Washington and western Oregon to west-central coastal California and the central Sierra Nevada (including the east side of Lake Tahoe basin) and Washoe County, Nevada (Vindum and Arnold 1997). It also ranges southward in the Rocky Mountains to northern Idaho and western Montana. Disjunct populations occurs in several areas in south-central Oregon, northeastern Calofornia, and northwestern Nevada (Stebbins 2003). The western edge of the distribution includes some small coastal islands (Stebbins 2003). The elevational range extends from sea level to around 3,200 m (Stebbins 2003).
    Global Range Code
    G
    Global Range Description
    200,000-2,500,000 square km (about 80,000-1,000,000 square miles)
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