Abronia matudai

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Abronia matudai
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Anguidae
Genus: Abronia
Species:
A. matudai
Binomial name
Abronia matudai
(Hartweg & Tihen, 1946)
Synonyms[3]
  • Gerrhonotus matudai
    Hartweg & Tihen, 1946
  • Abronia matudai
    — Tihen, 1949

Abronia matudai, Matuda's arboreal alligator lizard, is a

arboreal alligator lizard in the family Anguidae. The species, which was originally described in 1946 by Norman Hartweg and Joseph Tihen, is endemic to Central America
.

Etymology

The specific name, matudai, is in honor of Eizi Matuda, a Japanese-born Mexican botanist.[4]

Geographic range

A. matudai is native to southwestern Guatemala and southeastern Chiapas, Mexico.[3]

Habitat

A. matudai is found at elevations of 1,950 to 2,630 m (6,400 to 8,630 ft).[3]

Description

Dorsally, A. matudai is green in life (fading to blue gray in alcohol), with about 11 dark crossbars on the head and body, and a corresponding number on the tail. The holotype has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 77 mm (3.0 in), and the tail is approximately the same length.[5]

Reproduction

A. matudai is viviparous.[3]

References

  1. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T63682A3128085.en
    . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ^ a b c d Species Abronia matudai at The Reptile Database . The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  4. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5
    . (Abronia matudai, p. 171).
  5. ^ Tihen JA (1954). "Gerrhonotine Lizards Recently Added to the American Museum Collection, with Further Revisions of the Genus Abronia ". American Museum Novitates (1687): 1-26. (Abronia matudai, pp. 25-26, Figure 7).

Further reading

  • Hartweg N, Tihen JA (1946). "Lizards of the Genus Gerrhonotus from Chiapas, Mexico". Occasional Papers, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (497): 1–16. (Gerrhonotus matudai, new species, pp. 3–5).
  • Tihen JA (1949). "The Genera of Gerrhonotine Lizards". American Midland Naturalist 41: 579–601. (Abronia matudai, new combination, p. 591).


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