Abronia (lizard)

Abronia, a genus of lizards in the family Anguidae that are endemic to northern Central America.[2] Occurring mainly Mexico and Guatemala. Yet there are species that occur as far south as El Salvador and Honduras ex. A.montercristoi.[3] Abronia are almost exclusively arboreal. These lizards possess intriguing physical traits such as keeled body scales, patterns on each individual scales, and some even have spikes ex. A.lychrochila[4] coming off the back of their heads. (Traits vary from species to species)

Abronia
Abronia graminea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Anguidae
Genus: Abronia
Gray, 1838[1]

Species

These species are recognized:[2]

Characteristics

A. Morenica possess 3 distinct features that differentiate them from their subgenus Lissabronia, which includes "lack of frontonasal-frontal contact, supranasals unexpanded, and a lack of posterior subocular-primary temporal contact".[5]

References
  1. "Abronia". ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
  2. Abronia. The Reptile Database. Consulted: 2012-04-06.
  3. "Monte Cristo arboreal alligator lizard", Wikipedia, 2022-01-28, retrieved 2022-04-14
  4. "Abronia lythrochila", Wikipedia, 2022-01-28, retrieved 2022-04-14
  5. Clause, Adam G.; Luna-Reyes, Roberto; De Oca, Adrián Nieto-Montes (2020-09-09). "A New Species of Abronia (Squamata: Anguidae) from a Protected Area in Chiapas, Mexico". Herpetologica. 76 (3): 330. doi:10.1655/Herpetologica-D-19-00047. ISSN 0018-0831. S2CID 221564537.
  6. Uri Omar García-Vázquez, Adam G. Clause, Jorge Gutiérrez-Rodríguez, Erasmo Cazares-Hernández & Miguel Ángel de la Torre-Loranca. (27 January 2022). A New Species of Abronia (Squamata: Anguidae) from the Sierra de Zongolica of Veracruz, Mexico. Ichthyology & Herpetology. 110 (1): 33-49.


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