Abronia (lizard)

Abronia
Abronia graminea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Sauria
Infraorder:	Anguimorpha
Family:	Anguidae
Genus:	Abronia Gray, 1838[1]

Abronia is a genus of lizards in the family Anguidae. The genus is endemic to the New World.

Geographic range

Member species of this genus are found from Mexico through Central America to northeastern South America.^[2]

Habitat and behavior

Lizards of the genus Abronia are almost exclusively arboreal.

Species

The following 28 species are currently 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 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

1. "Abronia". ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
2. Abronia. The Reptile Database. Consulted: 2012-04-06.

External links

• Common names of lizard species in the Genus Abronia.