Abronia chiszari

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Abronia chiszari
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Anguidae
Genus: Abronia
Species:
A. chiszari
Binomial name
Abronia chiszari
Abronia chiszari distribution.png
Synonyms[3]
  • Abronia chiszari
    H.M. Smith & R.B. Smith, 1981
  • Abronia (Scopaeabronia) chiszari
    — Campbell & Frost, 1993
  • Abronia chiszari
    — Liner, 1994

Abronia chiszari is an endangered species of arboreal alligator lizard in the family Anguidae. The species is native to east-central Mexico.

Taxonomy[]

A. chiszari was described in 1981 by Hobart Muir Smith and Rozella Blood Smith, his wife.

Etymology[]

The specific name, chiszari, is in honor of American herpetologist David Chiszar.[4]

Geographic range[]

A. chiszari is only found on the slopes of , in the Sierra de los Tuxtlas, Veracruz, Mexico, between elevations of 360 to 800 m (1,180 to 2,620 ft).

Habitat[]

The preferred natural habitat of A. chiszar is forest.[1]

Reproduction[]

A. chiszari is viviparous.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Lopez-Luna, M.; Flores-Villela, O.; Frost, D.R. (2007). "Abronia chiszari ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T63675A12706244. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63675A12706244.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ^ a b Species Abronia chiszari at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  4. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Abronia chiszari, pp. 53-54).

Further reading[]

  • Campbell JA, Frost DR (1993). "Anguid lizards of the genus Abronia: revisionary notes, descriptions of four new species, a phylogenetic analysis, and key". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (216): 1–121. (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).
  • Smith HM, Smith RB (1981). "Another Epiphytic Alligator Lizard (Abronia) from Mexico". Bull. Maryland Herp. Soc. 17 (2): 51–60. (Abronia chiszari, new species).



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