Abronia (lizard)
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]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Anguidae |
| Genus: | Abronia Gray, 1838[1] |
Species
These species are recognized:[2]
- 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 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 gaiophantasma Campbell & Frost, 1993
- Abronia graminea (Cope, 1864)
- 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 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)
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.
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