#1662 · 🦎 reptiles

Northern Alligator Lizard

Elgaria coerulea

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Zach Lim · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Damon Tighe · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © ap2il · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Kate Pfeilschiefter · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © James Maughn · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Damon Tighe · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Central Coast C, BC V0T, Canada:© Maleen Mund · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Jug Handle State Reserve, Fort Bragg, CA, US:© Damon Tighe · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. California, US:© James Maughn · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Felton, CA 95018, USA:© stevenmatthewpratt · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The northern alligator lizard ( Elgaria coerulea ) is a medium-sized lizard that occurs on the North American west coast.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 14,553iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
14,553 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann in 1828 (198 years ago).