Frost's arboreal alligator lizard
| Frost's arboreal alligator lizard | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Anguidae |
| Genus: | Abronia |
| Species: | A. frosti
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| Binomial name | |
| Abronia frosti | |
Frost's arboreal alligator lizard (Abronia frosti) is a species of lizard endemic to Central America.
Etymology[]
The specific name, frosti, is in honor of American herpetologist Darrell R. Frost.[3]
Geographic range[]
A. frosti is found in one isolated location in Guatemala, in the Huehuetenango Department.[1][4]
References[]
- ^ a b Ariano-Sánchez D, Acevedo M, Johnson J (2013). "Abronia frosti". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2013: e.T29479A2790394. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T29479A2790394.en. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Abronia frosti, p. 95).
- ^ Abronia frosti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 19 August 2014.
Further reading[]
- Campbell JA, Sasa M, Acevedo M, Mendelson JR III. 1998. A new species of Abronia (Squamata: Anguidae) from the High Chuchumatanes of Guatemala. Herpetologica 54 (2): 221–234. (Abronia frosti, new species).
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- IUCN Red List critically endangered species
- Anguids
- Endemic fauna of Guatemala
- Reptiles of Guatemala
- Reptiles described in 1998
- Taxa named by Jonathan A. Campbell
- Taxa named by Manuel Acevedo (herpetologist)
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