Abronia chiszari
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Anguidae |
| Genus: | Abronia |
| Species: | A. chiszari
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| Abronia chiszari H.M. Smith & R.B. Smith, 1981
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Abronia chiszari is an endangered species of arboreal alligator lizard in the family Anguidae. The species is endemic to east-central Mexico.
Taxonomy
A. chiszari was described in 1981 by Hobart Muir Smith and Rozella Blood Smith, his wife.
Etymology
The specific name, chiszari, is in honor of American herpetologist David Chiszar.[2]
Geographic range
A. chiszari is only found on the slopes of Volcano Santa Marta, in the Sierra de los Tuxtlas, Veracruz, Mexico, between elevations of 360 to 800 m (1,180 to 2,620 ft).
References
- ^ Lopez-Luna MA; Flores-Villela O; Frost DR [in Spanish] (2007). "Abronia chiszari ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T63675A12706244. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63675A12706244.en.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Abronia chiszari, pp. 53-54).
Further reading
- Smith HM, Smith RB (1981). "Another Epiphytic Alligator Lizard (Abronia) from Mexico". Bull. Maryland Herp. Soc. 17 (2): 51–60. (Abronia chiszari, new species).
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