Biology:Frost's arboreal alligator lizard
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Short description: Species of lizard
| Frost's arboreal alligator lizard | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Anguidae |
| Genus: | Abronia |
| Species: | A. frosti
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| Binomial name | |
| Abronia frosti Campbell, Sasa, M. Acevedo & Mendelson, 1998
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Frost's arboreal alligator lizard (Abronia frosti) is a species of lizard endemic to Central America.
Etymology
The specific name, frosti, is in honor of American herpetologist Darrell R. Frost.[3]
Geographic range
A. frosti is found in one isolated location in Guatemala, in the Huehuetenango Department.[1][4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Abronia frosti". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN) 2013: e.T29479A2790394. 2013. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T29479A2790394.en. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/29479/0. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
- ↑ "Appendices | CITES". https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php.
- ↑ 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 frosti, p. 95).
- ↑ Abronia frosti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 19 August 2014.
Further reading
- Campbell JA, Sasa M, Acevedo M, Mendelson JR III. 1998. A new species of Abronia (Squamata: Anguidae) from the High Chuchumatanes of Guatemala. Herpetologica 54 (2): 221–234. (Abronia frosti, new species).
Wikidata ☰ Q5084510 entry
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