Abronia (lizard)

Abronia
	Abronia graminea
Scientific classification
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, despite it being identified as a Mesaspis species as of 2016.[3]

Species

These species are recognized:[2]

Abronia antauges (Cope, 1866)
Abronia anzuetoi Campbell & Frost, 1993
Abronia aurita (Cope, 1869)
Abronia bogerti Tihen, 1954
Abronia campbelli Brodie & Savage, 1993
Abronia chiszari H.M. Smith & R.B. Smith, 1981
Abronia cuchumatanus Solano-Zavaleta, Nieto-Montes de Oca & Campbell, 2016
Abronia cuetzpali Campbell, Solano-Zavaleta, Flores-Villela, Caviedes-Solís & Frost, 2016
Abronia deppii (Wiegmann, 1828)
Abronia fimbriata (Cope, 1884)
Abronia frosti Campbell, Sasa, Acevedo & Mendelson, 1998
Abronia fuscolabialis (Tihen, 1944)
Abronia gadovii (Boulenger, 1913)
Abronia gaiophantasma Campbell & Frost, 1993
Abronia graminea (Cope, 1864)
Abronia juarezi (Karges & J.W. Wright, 1987)
Abronia leurolepis Campbell & Frost, 1993
Abronia lythrochila H.M. Smith & Álvarez del Toro, 1963
Abronia martindelcampoi Flores-Villela & Sánchez-H., 2003
Abronia matudai (Hartweg & Tihen, 1946)
Abronia meledona Campbell & Brodie, 1999
Abronia mitchelli Campbell, 1982
Abronia mixteca Bogert & Porter, 1967
Abronia montecristoi Hidalgo, 1983 — Monte Cristo arboreal alligator lizard
Abronia monticola (Cope, 1878)
Abronia moreletii (Bocourt, 1871) – Morelet's alligator lizard
Abronia morenica Clause, Luna-Reyes & De Oca, 2020[4]
Abronia oaxacae (Günther, 1885)
Abronia ochoterenai (Martín del Campo, 1939)
Abronia ornelasi Campbell, 1984
Abronia ramirezi Campbell, 1994
Abronia reidi Werler & Shannon, 1961
Abronia salvadorensis Hidalgo, 1983
Abronia smithi Campbell & Frost, 1993
Abronia taeniata (Wiegmann, 1828)
Abronia vasconcelosii (Bocourt, 1871)
Abronia viridiflava (Bocourt, 1873)

References

"Abronia". ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
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.

External links

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[1] "Abronia". ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.

[RDB-2] Abronia. The Reptile Database. Consulted: 2012-04-06.

[3] 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.

[4] 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.