Abronia smithi

Abronia smithi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Anguidae
Genus: Abronia
Species: A. smithi
Binomial name
Abronia smithi
Campbell & Frost, 1993

Abronia smithi is a species of lizard in the family Anguidae known by the common name Smith's arboreal alligator lizard. It is endemic to the state of Chiapas in Mexico.[1]

This species was described in 1993 by Campbell and Frost, and named after the herpetologist Hobart Muir Smith.[2] It is an arboreal species which lives in the canopies of large trees in the cloud forests of the Sierra Madre de Chiapas.[1]

This lizard is only known from a few locations. It is uncommon and may be threatened by deforestation, but it occurs in protected habitat, including the El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Campbell, J. A. & Muñoz-Alonso, A. 2007. Abronia smithi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. Downloaded on 26 March 2015.
  2. Campbell, J. A., & Frost, D. R. (1993). Anguid lizards of the genus Abronia: revisionary notes, descriptions of four new species, a phylogenetic analysis, and key. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History #216.

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