San Diego Alligator Lizard
Elgaria multicarinata webbii
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- E. m. webbii – Orange Co, CA – photo by Seve Bledsoe
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- E. m. webbii – Riverside Co, CA – photo by Will Wells
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- E. m. webbii – San Diego Co, CA – photo by Kent VanSooy
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- E. m. webbii – San Diego Co, CA – photo by Will Wells
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- E. m. webbii – San Diego Co, CA – photo by Will Wells
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Elgaria m. webbii occurs in coastal California from the Mexican border east into the Peninsular and Transverse Mountain ranges, and northward into the southern Sierra Nevada Mountains.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Elgaria multicarinata webbii (Baird – 1858)
Genus: Elgaria, Obscure – possibly named after the Old English name “Elgar” meaning “elf spear” or “elf warrior” – pos. ref. to spear-shaped head of the genus
Species: multicarinata, Latin – multi = many + carinata = keeled
Subspecies: webbii, honors Thomas H. Webb
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962