Abronia (lizard)
Appearance
Abronia | |
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Abronia graminea | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Anguidae |
Genus: | Abronia Gray, 1838[1] |
Abronia is a genus of lizards in the family Anguidae endemic to the New World. Member species of this genus are found from Mexico through Central America to northeastern South America.[2] Lizards of the genus Abronia are almost exclusively arboreal.
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 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
External links
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