Abronia matudai

Abronia matudai is a species of endangered 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.

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

Etymology

The specific name, matudai, is in honor of Eizi Matuda, a Japanese-born Mexican botanist.[3]

Geographic range

A. matudai is native to southwestern Guatemala and southeastern Chiapas, Mexico.[2]

Habitat

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

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.[4]

Reproduction

A. matudai is viviparous.[2]

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References
  1. Campbell JA, Muñoz-Alonso A (2007). "Abronia matudai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007. Retrieved 18 February 2009.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Species Abronia matudai at The Reptile Database . The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. 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 matudai, p. 171).
  4. 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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