Barisia imbricata, also known commonly as the imbricate alligator lizard, the transvolcanic alligator lizard, and el escorpión de transvolcánico in Mexican Spanish, is a species of medium-sized lizard in the family Anguidae.

[2] B. imbricata is found in the Mexican states of Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Veracruz, and Zacatecas.

[2] The preferred natural habitats of B. imbricata are forest and grassland, at altitudes of 1,200–3,000 m (3,900–9,800 ft).

[1] B. imbricata preys predominately upon insects but will also kill and eat small vertebrates.

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