Barisia

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

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

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. "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". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, [First Series] 1: 274–283, 388–394. (Barisia, new genus, p. 390).