Abronia ornelasi

Abronia ornelasi is a species of arboreal alligator lizard in the family Anguidae. The species, which was originally described in 1984 by Jonathan A. Campbell, is endemic to southern Mexico.

Abronia ornelasi
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Anguidae
Genus:	Abronia
Species:	A. ornelasi
Binomial name
Abronia ornelasi Campbell, 1984
Synonyms[2]
Abronia ornelasi Campbell, 1984 Abronia (Abaculabronia) ornelasi — Campbell & Frost, 1993 Abronia ornelasi — Liner, 1994

Etymology

The specific name, ornelasi, is in honor of Julio Ornelas Martinez who assisted Campbell in fieldwork in Mexico.[3]

Geographic range

A. ornelasi is found in the Mexican state of Oaxaca.[2]

Habitat

The natural habitat of A. ornelasi is cloud forest at altitudes of 1,500–1,600 m (4,900–5,200 ft).[2]

Reproduction

A. ornelasi is viviparous.[2]

References

1. Campbell JA (2007). "Abronia ornelasi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T63687A12697494. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63687A12697494.en. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
2. Species Abronia ornelasi at 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 ornelasi, p. 196).

Further reading

• Campbell JA (1984). "A New Species of Abronia (Sauria: Anguidae) with Comments on the Herpetogeography of the Highlands of Southern Mexico". Herpetologica 40 (4): 373–381. (Abronia ornelasi, new species).
• Campbell JA, Frost DR (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.
• Casas-Andreu G, Méndez-de la Cruz FR, Aguilar Miguel X (2004). "Anfibios y Reptiles ". pp. 375–390. In: García-Mendoza AJ, Ordóñez Díaz MJ, Briones-Salas M (2004). Biodiversidad de Oaxaca. México, Distrito Federal: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Biología World Wildlife Fund; Oaxaca, Oaxaca: Fondo Oaxaqueño para la Conservación de la Naturaleza. 605 pp. ISBN 9789703220458. (in Spanish).
• Mata-Silva V, Johnson JD, Wilson LD, García-Padilla E (2015). "The herpetofauna of Oaxaca, Mexico: composition, physiographic distribution, and conservation status". Mesoamerican Herpetology 2 (1): 6-62.