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  3. Chordates
  4. Reptiles
  5. Lizards and Snakes
  6. Glass, Alligator, Monitor Lizards and Allies
  7. Glass and Alligator Lizards

family

Glass and Alligator Lizards

Anguidae

Includes
9 native 1 introduced 2 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Alligator Lizards 4 native
  • Glass Lizards 3 native
  • American Legless Lizards 2 native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native glass and alligator lizards All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Southern Alligator Lizard Elgaria multicarinata 42,093 observations
  • Northern Alligator Lizard Elgaria coerulea 14,126 observations
  • Eastern Glass Lizard Ophisaurus ventralis 5,616 observations
  • Slender Glass Lizard Ophisaurus attenuatus 3,394 observations
  • Madrean Alligator Lizard Elgaria kingii 1,910 observations
  • Texas Alligator Lizard Gerrhonotus infernalis 1,685 observations
  • San Diegan Legless Lizard Anniella stebbinsi 1,309 observations
  • Northern Legless Lizard Anniella pulchra 491 observations
  • Island Glass Lizard Ophisaurus compressus 353 observations
  • Bakersfield Legless Lizard Anniella grinnelli 30 observations
  • Big Spring Legless Lizard Anniella campi 22 observations
  • Panamint Alligator Lizard Elgaria panamintina 18 observations
  • Temblor Legless Lizard Anniella alexanderae 16 observations
  • Mimic Glass Lizard Ophisaurus mimicus 11 observations

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