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Abronia mitchelli

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Abronia mitchelli
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Anguidae
Genus: Abronia
Species:
A. mitchelli
Binomial name
Abronia mitchelli
Campbell, 1982

Abronia mitchelli is a species of arboreal alligator lizard described in 1982 by Campbell.

Etymology

The specific name, mitchelli, is in honor of American herpetologist Lyndon A. Mitchell.[2]

Geographic range

A. mitchelli is endemic to southwestern Mexico in the Mexican state of Oaxaca.[3]

Habitat

The natural habitat of A. mitchelli is cloud forest at an altitude of 2,750 m (9,020 ft).[3]

References

  1. ^ Template:IUCN2008
  2. ^ 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 mitchelli, p. 180).
  3. ^ a b "Abronia mitchelli ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

  • Campbell JA (1982). "A New Species of Abronia (Sauria, Anguidae), from the Sierra Juárez, Oaxaca, México". Herpetologica 38 (3): 355-361. (Abronia mitchelli, new species).
  • Mata-Silva J, Johnson JD, Wilson LD, García-Padilla E (2015). "The herpetofauna of Oaxaca, Mexico: composition, physiographic distribution, and conservation status. Mesoamerican Herpetology 2 (1): 6-62. (in English, plus abstract in Spanish).