Gerrhonotus farri, also known commonly as Farr's alligator lizard and the Tamaulipan alligator lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Anguidae. The species is native to northeastern Mexico.. www.reptile-database.org.
Etymology The specific name, farri, is in honor of American herpetologist William L. Farr, who collected the holotype.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Gerrhonotus farri, p. 88).
Geographic range G. farri is endemic to the Mexican state of Tamaulipas.
Description The holotype of G. farri has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of . It has smooth dorsal scales, and its head is distinctly wider than its neck.
Reproduction The mode of reproduction of G. farri is unknown.
References
Further reading Bryson RW, Graham RW (2010). "A New Alligator Lizard from Northeastern Mexico". Herpetologica 66 (1): 92–98. (Gerrhonotus farri, new species). Terán-Juárez SA, García-Padilla E, Mata-Silva V, Johnson JD, Wilson LD (2016). "The herpetofauna of Tamaulipas, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status". Mesoamerican Herpetology 3: 43–113. (Gerrhonotus farri, p. 56). (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).