Barisia

Genus of lizards

Barisia

Barisia levicollis
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Reptilia
Order:  | Squamata
Family:  | Anguidae
Subfamily:  | Gerrhonotinae
Genus:  | Barisia
Gray, 1838

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

## Species

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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

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

## Further reading

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* 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).

Taxon identifiers

Barisia|

* Wikidata: Q653652
* Wikispecies: Barisia
* ADW: Barisia
* CoL: 384L
* EoL: 35793
* GBIF: 2468454
* iNaturalist: 31961
* IRMNG: 1098047
* ITIS: 585649
* NCBI: 76651
* Open Tree of Life: 587222

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