---
title: "Elegant Earless Lizard"
description: "Holbrookia elegans — Reptiles. Holbrookia elegans, the elegant earless lizard, is a species of lizard native to the United States and Mexico."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/elegant-earless-lizard
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Elegant Earless Lizard

> Holbrookia elegans — Reptiles. Holbrookia elegans, the elegant earless lizard, is a species of lizard native to the United States and Mexico.

- Scientific name: *Holbrookia elegans*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptiles)
- Habitats: `desert` (Desert)
- iNaturalist observations: 2256
- Wikidata: [Q16517551](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16517551)
- iNaturalist taxon: [36347](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/36347)

## Names

- en: Elegant Earless Lizard
- es: Lagartija sorda elegante

## Countries with the most observations

US (1372), MX (736)

## Summary

Holbrookia elegans, the elegant earless lizard, is a species of lizard native to the United States and Mexico.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holbrookia_elegans

## Photo

![Elegant Earless Lizard](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/elegant-earless-lizard/medium.jpg)

Photo: Debra Miyamoto · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/175817409

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/elegant-earless-lizard?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).