Abronia (lizard)
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Abronia graminea
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Anguidae |
| Genus: | Abronia Gray, 1838[1] |
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Abronia is a
habitat loss, killing by locals who mistakenly believe they are venomous, or collection for the captive reptile trade (they are listed on CITES, which restricts international trade).[3] They feed on small animal prey, such as insects, and the females give birth to live young (rather than lay eggs).[4]
These medium-sized to fairly large lizards (maximum length generally up to about 35 cm [14 in]) possess intriguing physical traits such as long
scales, and a helmet-like structure on the top of the head, which in some species, for example A. lythrochila, has spikes towards the rear.[5][6] Their colors also vary significantly depending on species, including green, bluish-green, brown, yellowish, whitish, gray and black, and some have contrasting mottled or banded patterns.[5]
Species
These species are recognized as being valid:[2]
- Abronia antauges (Cope, 1866) – Mount Orizaba alligator lizard
- Frost, 1993 – Anzueto's arboreal alligator lizard
- Abronia aurita (Cope, 1869) – Cope's arboreal alligator lizard
- Abronia bogerti Tihen, 1954 – Bogert's arboreal alligator lizard
- Abronia campbelli Brodie & Savage, 1993 – Campbell's alligator lizard
- Abronia chiszari H.M. Smith & R.B. Smith, 1981 – Chiszar's arboreal alligator lizard
- Abronia cuchumatanus Solano-Zavaleta, Nieto-Montes de Oca & Campbell, 2016 – Cuchumatanes alligator lizard
- Abronia cuetzpali Campbell, Solano-Zavaleta, Flores-Villela, Caviedes-Solís & Frost, 2016
- Abronia cunemica (Clause et al., 2024) – Coapilla arboreal alligator lizard.[7]
- Abronia deppii (Wiegmann, 1828) – Deppe's arboreal alligator lizard
- Abronia fimbriata (Cope, 1884)
- , 1998 – Frost's arboreal alligator lizard
- Abronia fuscolabialis (Tihen, 1944) – Mount Zempoaltepec arboreal alligator lizard
- Abronia gadovii (Boulenger, 1913) – Gadow's alligator lizard
- Abronia gaiophantasmaCampbell & Frost, 1993 – brilliant arboreal alligator lizard
- Abronia graminea(Cope, 1864) – Mexican alligator lizard
- Abronia juarezi (Karges & J.W. Wright, 1987) – Sierra Juarez alligator lizard
- Abronia leurolepis Campbell & Frost, 1993 – smoothback arboreal alligator lizard
- Abronia lythrochila H.M. Smith & Álvarez del Toro, 1963 – red-lipped arboreal alligator lizard
- Abronia martindelcampoi Flores-Villela & Sánchez-Herrera, 2003 – Martín del Campo's arboreal alligator lizard
- Abronia matudai (Hartweg & Tihen, 1946) – Matuda's arboreal alligator lizard
- Abronia meledona Campbell & Brodie, 1999
- Abronia mitchelli Campbell, 1982 – Mitchell's arboreal alligator lizard
- Abronia mixteca Bogert & Porter, 1967 – Mixtecan arboreal alligator lizard
- Abronia montecristoi Hidalgo, 1983 — Monte Cristo arboreal alligator lizard
- Abronia monticola (Cope, 1878) — montane alligator lizard
- Abronia moreletii (Bocourt, 1871) – Morelet's alligator lizard
- Abronia morenica Clause, Luna-Reyes & Nieto-Montes de Oca, 2020[8] – Sierra Morena arboreal alligator lizard
- Abronia oaxacae (Günther, 1885) – Oaxacan arboreal alligator lizard
- Abronia ochoterenai (Martín del Campo, 1939) – Ochoterena's arboreal alligator lizard, Northern Chiapas arboreal alligator lizard,
- Abronia ornelasi Campbell, 1984 – Ornelas's arboreal alligator lizard, Cerro Baul alligator lizard
- Abronia ramirezi Campbell, 1994 – Ramirez's alligator lizard
- Abronia reidi Werler & Shannon, 1961 – Reid's arboreal alligator lizard
- Abronia salvadorensisHidalgo, 1983 — Salvador arboreal alligator lizard
- Abronia smithi Campbell & Frost, 1993 — Smith's arboreal alligator lizard
- Abronia taeniata (Wiegmann, 1828) – banded arboreal alligator lizard, bromeliad arboreal alligator lizard
- Abronia vasconcelosii (Bocourt, 1871) — Bocourt's arboreal alligator lizard
- Abronia viridiflava (Bocourt, 1873) — dwarf alligator lizard
- Abronia zongolica García-Vázquez, Clause, Gutiérrez-Rodríguez, Cazares-Hernández & de la Torre-Loranca, 2022[9]
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Abronia.
- ^ "Abronia". ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
- ^ a b Abronia. The Reptile Database. Consulted: 2012-04-06.
- ^ doi:10.1643/h2021051.
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- ^ a b "Identification guide for dragons (Arboreal alligator lizards, Abronia spp.) regulated by CITES" (PDF). CITES. 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- ^ "Status of conservation, use, management of and trade in the species of the genus Abronia" (PDF). CITES. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- ^ Elusive ‘alligator’-like creature found in treetops... Yahoo News. By Aspen Pflughoeft. January 5, 2024. Accessed January 7, 2024.
- S2CID 221564537. (Abronia morenica, new species).
- ^ García-Vázquez, Uri Omar; Clause, Adam G.; Gutiérrez-Rodríguez, Jorge; Cazares-Hernández, Erasmo; de la Torre-Loranca, Miguel Ángel (2022). "A New Species of Abronia (Squamata: Anguidae) from the Sierra de Zongolica of Veracruz, Mexico". Ichthyology & Herpetology. 110 (1): 33-49. (Abronia zongolica, new species).
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