Biology:Frost's arboreal alligator lizard

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Frost's arboreal alligator lizard
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Anguidae
Genus: Abronia
Species:
A. frosti
Binomial name
Abronia frosti
Campbell, Sasa, M. Acevedo & Mendelson, 1998

Frost's arboreal alligator lizard (Abronia frosti) is a species of lizard endemic to Central America.

Etymology

The specific name, frosti, is in honor of American herpetologist Darrell R. Frost.[3]

Geographic range

A. frosti is found in one isolated location in Guatemala, in the Huehuetenango Department.[1][4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Abronia frosti". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN) 2013: e.T29479A2790394. 2013. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T29479A2790394.en. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/29479/0. Retrieved 6 January 2018. 
  2. "Appendices | CITES". https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php. 
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN:978-1-4214-0135-5. (Abronia frosti, p. 95).
  4. Abronia frosti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 19 August 2014.

Further reading

  • Campbell JA, Sasa M, Acevedo M, Mendelson JR III. 1998. A new species of Abronia (Squamata: Anguidae) from the High Chuchumatanes of Guatemala. Herpetologica 54 (2): 221–234. (Abronia frosti, new species).

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