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Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Genus:	Elgaria
Species:	kingii

Synonyms
Gerrhonotus kingii Gray, 1838 Gerrhonotus multifasciatus A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839 Elgaria usafa H.M. Smith et al. 2003

The Madrean alligator lizard (Elgaria kingii) is a species of lizard in the family Anguidae. The species is endemic to the southwestern United States and adjacent northwestern Mexico.

Etymology

The specific name, kingii, is in honor of Phillip Parker King, an Australian-born Royal Navy officer who surveyed the coast of South America.

Geographic range

Elgaria kingii is found from southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico, United States, southward to Jalisco, Colima, Nayarit, southeastern Zacatecas, and southwestern Aguascalientes, Mexico.

Subspecies

Three subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.

Elgaria kingii ferruginea (Webb, 1962)
Elgaria kingii kingii Gray, 1838
Elgaria kingii nobilis Baird & Girard, 1852

Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Elgaria.

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