Frost's arboreal alligator lizard

Frost's arboreal alligator lizard
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Anguidae
Genus:Abronia
Species: A. frosti
Binomial name
Abronia frosti
Campbell, Sasa, M. Acevedo & Mendelson, 1998

Frost's arboreal alligator lizard (Abronia frosti ) is a species of lizards endemic to Central America.

Etymology

The specific name, frosti, is in honor of American herpetologist Darrell R. Frost.[2]

Geographic range

A. frosti is found in one isolated location in Guatemala, in the Huehuetenango Department.[1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 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.
  2. ↑ 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).
  3. ↑ 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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