Gerrhonotus parvus

{{Short description|Species of lizard}}

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| name = Pygmy alligator lizard

| image = Gerrhonotus parvus 5880611.jpg

| status = EN

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Canseco-Márquez, L. |author2=Mendoza-Quijano, F. |date=2007 |title=Gerrhonotus parvus |volume=2007 |page=e.T63711A12708470 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63711A12708470.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

| genus = Gerrhonotus

| species = parvus

| authority = Knight & Scudday, 1985

| synonyms = *Elgaria parva — Smith, 1986

• Elgaria parva — Liner, 1994
• Gerrhonotus parvus — Conroy et al., 2005

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Gerrhonotus parvus (common name: pygmy alligator lizard) is a species of lizard in the subfamily Gerrhonotinae. It is endemic to the state of Nuevo León, Mexico.{{cite journal |last1=Banda-Leal|first1=Javier|last2=Lazcano|first2=David|last3=Reyes|first3=Manuel Nevárez-de los|last4=Barriga-Vallejo|first4=Carlos|title=Gerrhonotus parvus Knight & Scudday, 1985 (Squamata: Anguidae): New range extension and clutch size in the state of Nuevo León, Mexico |url=https://www.biotaxa.org/cl/article/view/10.4.950 |journal=Check List|accessdate=8 August 2017 |volume=10 |issue=4|pages=950–953|doi=10.15560/10.4.950|date=2 September 2014|doi-access=free}} The name parvus is from the Latin word for small because it is the species of smallest adult size recognized in the genus Gerrhonotus.{{Cite journal|last1=Knight|first1=R. Alec|last2=Scudday|first2=James F.|date=1985-03-27|title=A New Gerrhonotus (Lacertilia: Anguidae) from the Sierra Madre Oriental, Nuevo Leon, Mexico|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3670661|journal=The Southwestern Naturalist|volume=30|issue=1|pages=89|doi=10.2307/3670661|jstor=3670661}} It lives in dry forests transitioning to scrub in the eastern Sierra Madre Oriental at elevations of {{convert|900|–|1650|m|abbr=on}} above sea level. They are usually found among dead leaves of yuccas in open wood areas. It seems to prefer dry limestone canyons. It is a relatively small species, with the maximum reported snout–vent length at {{convert|76|mm|abbr=on}}. It is oviparous and has a litter size of 4–6 eggs. Its head is glossy and smooth, grayish brown in color with scattered dark spots. The lips are peppered with pigment and the chin and throat are white in color.