Biology:Barisia

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Short description: Genus of lizards

Barisia
Barisia levicollis.jpg
Barisia levicollis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Anguidae
Subfamily: Gerrhonotinae
Genus: Barisia
Gray, 1838
Barisia sp. distribution.png

Barisia is a genus of lizards in the family Anguidae. The genus is endemic to Mexico.[1]

Species

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

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Barisia ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org. http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/advanced_search?genus=Barisia&submit=Search

Further reading

  • Gray JE (1838). "Catalogue of the Slender-tongued Saurians, with Descriptions of many new Genera and Species". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., [First Series] 1: 274–283, 388–394. (Barisia, new genus, p. 390).

Wikidata ☰ Q653652 entry