Abronia (lizard)
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| Abronia graminea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Anguidae |
| Genus: | Abronia Gray, 1838[1] |
Abronia is a genus of lizards in the family Anguidae that are endemic to Mexico and northern Central America.[2] Lizards of the genus Abronia are almost exclusively arboreal. These lizards possess intriguing traits, like an olive-green color and many scales over its body. A species may occur in the Sierra de los Cuchumatanes of Guatemala,[citation needed] despite it being identified as a Mesaspis species as of 2016.[3]
Species[]
These species are recognized:[2]
- (Cope, 1866)
- Abronia anzuetoi Campbell & Frost, 1993
- Abronia aurita (Cope, 1869)
- Abronia bogerti , 1954
- Abronia campbelli & , 1993
- Abronia chiszari H.M. Smith & R.B. Smith, 1981
- , & Campbell, 2016
- Abronia cuetzpali Campbell, , , & Frost, 2016
- Abronia deppii (Wiegmann, 1828)
- Abronia fimbriata (Cope, 1884)
- Abronia frosti Campbell, , Acevedo & , 1998
- Abronia fuscolabialis (Tihen, 1944)
- (Boulenger, 1913)
- Abronia gaiophantasma Campbell & Frost, 1993
- Abronia graminea (Cope, 1864)
- ( & , 1987)
- Abronia leurolepis Campbell & Frost, 1993
- Abronia lythrochila H.M. Smith & Álvarez del Toro, 1963
- Abronia martindelcampoi Flores-Villela & , 2003
- Abronia matudai (Hartweg & Tihen, 1946)
- Abronia meledona Campbell & Brodie, 1999
- Abronia mitchelli Campbell, 1982
- Abronia mixteca Bogert & , 1967
- Abronia montecristoi , 1983 — Monte Cristo arboreal alligator lizard
- (Cope, 1878)
- Abronia moreletii (Bocourt, 1871) – Morelet's alligator lizard
- Clause, Luna-Reyes & De Oca, 2020[4]
Characteristics
A. Morenica possess 3 distinct features that differentiate them from their subgenus Lissabronia, which includes "lack of frontonasal-frontal contact, supranasals unexpanded, and a lack of posterior subocular-primary temporal contact" Clause, Adam.G et al (2020), "A New Species of Abronia (Squamata Anguidae) from a Protected Area in Chiapas, Mexico."
- Abronia oaxacae (Günther, 1885)
- Abronia ochoterenai (Martín del Campo, 1939)
- Abronia ornelasi Campbell, 1984
- Abronia ramirezi Campbell, 1994
- Abronia reidi & Shannon, 1961
- Abronia salvadorensis Hidalgo, 1983
- Abronia smithi Campbell & Frost, 1993
- Abronia taeniata (Wiegmann, 1828)
- Abronia vasconcelosii (Bocourt, 1871)
- (Bocourt, 1873)
References[]
- ^ "Abronia". ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Abronia. The Reptile Database. Consulted: 2012-04-06.
- ^ Solano-Zavaleta, Israel; de Oca, Adrián Nieto-Montes; Campbell, Jonathan A. (June 2016). "A New Species of Mesaspis (Squamata: Anguidae) from the High Cuchumatanes of Guatemala". Journal of Herpetology. 50 (2): 327–336. doi:10.1670/15-024. ISSN 0022-1511. S2CID 89371180.
- ^ Clause, Adam G.; Luna-Reyes, Roberto; De Oca, Adrián Nieto-Montes (2020-09-09). "A New Species of Abronia (Squamata: Anguidae) from a Protected Area in Chiapas, Mexico". Herpetologica. 76 (3): 330. doi:10.1655/Herpetologica-D-19-00047. ISSN 0018-0831. S2CID 221564537.
Clause, A. G., Luna-Reyes, R., & De Oca, A. N. (2020). A New Species of Abronia (Squamata: Anguidae) from a Protected Area in Chiapas, Mexico. Herpetologica, 76(3), 330. doi:10.1655/herpetologica-d-19-00047
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