Southern Alligator Lizard (Elgaria multicarinata) Fact Sheet: Distribution & Habitat

• Southern alligator lizards occur from Washington to northern Baja California, west of the Cascade-Sierra Nevada crest, including
  • Islands off southern California and northern Baja California
  • Isolated populations east of the Sierra Nevada mountains
• Northern alligator lizards overlap much of the U.S. range of the southern species
• Found at sea level to 2,286 m (7,500 ft)
• Countries: United States and Mexico
• Link to IUCN map

• Occupies coastal sage, chaparral, grasslands, oak woodlands, pinon-juniper woodlands, some pine woodlands, and forests.
• In dry zones will be found in more abundant plant cover near water
• Near human habitation, found under wood piles, rocks, debris
• Most abundant in natural areas in denser ground cover where there are few open spaces (Kingsbury 1994)

Unique to North America.

Adapted from www.d-maps.com according to IUCN fact sheet. Click here or on map for detailed distribution (IUCN).

Hammerson & Hollingsworth (IUCN 2008)
Stebbins (2003)