Frost's arboreal alligator lizard
| Frost's arboreal alligator lizard | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Sauria |
| Infraorder: | Diploglossa[2] |
| Family: | Anguidae |
| Subfamily: | Gerrhonotinae[2] |
| 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 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][2]
References
- 1 2 Ariano-Sánchez D, Acevedo M, Johnson J. (2012). "Abronia frosti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved August 18, 2014.
- 1 2 3 Abronia frosti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 19 August 2014.
- ↑ 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).
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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