Barisia Explained

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

Species

The following species are recognized as being valid.^[1]

• Barisia ciliaris – Sierra alligator lizard, imbricate alligator lizard
• Barisia herrerae – Herrera's alligator lizard
• Barisia imbricata – imbricate alligator lizard, transvolcanic alligator lizard
• Barisia jonesi – imbricate alligator lizard
• Barisia levicollis – Chihuahuan alligator lizard
• Barisia planifrons – Oaxaca alligator lizard
• Barisia rudicollis – rough-necked alligator lizard

Nota bene

A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Barisia.

Further reading

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

Notes and References

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