Abronia campbelli

Abronia campbelli, commonly known as Campbell's alligator lizard, is species of critically endangered arboreal alligator lizard in the family Anguidae. Abronia campbelli is endemic to eastern Guatemala.

Abronia campbelli

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Anguidae
Genus: Abronia
Species:
A. campbelli
Binomial name
Abronia campbelli
Brodie & R. Savage, 1993

Etymology

The specific name, campbelli, is in honor of American herpetologist Jonathan A. Campbell.[2]

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References
  1. Ariano-Sánchez D, Johnson J, Acevedo M (2013). "Abronia campbelli". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2013: e.T203014A2758583. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T203014A2758583.en. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Abronia campbelli, p. 46).

Further reading
  • Brodie ED Jr, Savage RF (1993). "A new species of Abronia (Squamata: Anguidae) from a dry oak forest in eastern Guatemala". Herpetologica 49 (4): 420-427. (Abronia campbelli, new species).
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