Abronia matudai
Abronia matudai, Matuda's arboreal alligator lizard, 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 | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Anguidae |
| Genus: | Abronia |
| Species: | A. matudai |
| Binomial name | |
| Abronia matudai (Hartweg & Tihen, 1946) | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
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Etymology edit
The specific name, matudai, is in honor of Eizi Matuda, a Japanese-born Mexican botanist.[4]
Geographic range edit
A. matudai is native to southwestern Guatemala and southeastern Chiapas, Mexico.[3]
Habitat edit
A. matudai is found at elevations of 1,950 to 2,630 m (6,400 to 8,630 ft).[3]
Description edit
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.[5]
Reproduction edit
A. matudai is viviparous.[3]
References edit
- ^ Campbell, J.; Muñoz-Alonso, A. (2013). "Abronia matudai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T63682A3128085. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T63682A3128085.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. from the original on 2007-02-03. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ a b c d Species Abronia matudai at The Reptile Database . The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ 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).
- ^ 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 edit
- 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).