Biology:Abronia smithi

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Abronia smithi
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Anguidae
Genus: Abronia
Species:
A. smithi
Binomial name
Abronia smithi
Campbell & Frost, 1993
Abronia smithi distribution.png

Abronia smithi is a species of lizard in the family Anguidae. Known by the common name Smith's arboreal alligator lizard, the species is endemic to the state of Chiapas in Mexico.[1][3]

Taxonomy and etymology

A. smithi was described in 1993 by Jonathan A. Campbell and Darrel Frost, and named after the American herpetologist Hobart Muir Smith.[4][5]

Habitat and geographic range

A. smithi is an arboreal species which lives in the canopies of large trees in the cloud forests of the Sierra Madre de Chiapas.[1] Its elevational range is 1,800–2,800 m (5,900–9,200 ft) above sea level.[1][3]

Reproduction

A. smithi is viviparous.[3]

Conservation status

A. smithi is only known to exist in a few localities in Chiapas. It is uncommon and may be threatened by deforestation, but it occurs in protected habitat, including the El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Campbell JA, Muñoz-Alonso A (2007). Abronia smithi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. Downloaded on 26 March 2015.
  2. "Appendices | CITES". https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Abronia smithi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 10 October 2017.
  4. Campbell, Jonathan A.; Frost, Darrel R. (1993). "Anguid lizards of the genus Abronia: revisionary notes, descriptions of four new species, a phylogenetic analysis, and key". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 216: 1–121. http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/handle/2246/823. Retrieved 2015-03-26. 
  5. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (6 September 2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. JHU Press. pp. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0227-7. https://books.google.com/books?id=0F758vNQ0UUC.  (Abronia smithi, p. 247).

Further reading

  • Johnson JD, Mata-Silva V, García Padilla E, Wilson LD (2015). "The Herpetofauna of Chiapas, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation". Mesoamerican Herpetology 2 (3): 272–329.
  • Köhler G (2008). Reptiles of Central America, Second Edition. Offenbach am Main, Germany: Herpeton Verlag. 400 pp. ISBN:978-3936180282.

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