Abronia matudai

Abronia matudai
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Anguidae
Genus:Abronia
Species: A. matudai
Binomial name
Abronia matudai
(Hartweg & Tihen, 1946)
Synonyms[2]
  • Gerrhonotus matudai
    Hartweg & Tihen, 1946
  • Abronia matudai
    — Tihen, 1949

Abronia matudai is a species of endangered arboreal alligator lizard described in 1946 by Hartweg and Tihen.

Etymology

The specific name, matudai, is in honor of Eizi Matuda, a Japanese-born Mexican botanist.[3]

Geographic range

A. matudai is native to Guatemala and Mexico.

References

  1. ↑ Campbell JA, Muñoz-Alonso A (2007). "Abronia matudai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 18 February 2009.
  2. ↑ "Abronia matudai ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ↑ 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 matudai, p. 171).

Further reading

  • Hartweg N, Tihen JA (1946). Lizards of the Genus Gerrhonotus from Chiapas, Mexico. Occ. Pap., Univ. Michigan Mus. Zool. (497): 1-16. (Gerrhonotus matudai, new species, pp. 3–5).
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