Abronia reidi
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Anguidae
Genus: Abronia
Species:
A. reidi
Binomial name
Abronia reidi
Werler & Shannon, 1961
Synonyms[3]
  • Abronia reidi
    Werler & Shannon, 1961
  • Gerrhonotus reidi
    — Wermuth, 1969
  • Abronia (Abaculabronia) reidi
    — Campbell & Frost, 1993
  • Abronia reidi
    — Liner, 1994

Abronia reidi, Reid's arboreal alligator lizard, is a species of arboreal alligator lizard in the family Anguidae. The species is native to Mexico. It was described as a species new to science in 1961 by John E. Werler and Frederick A. Shannon.

Etymology

The specific name, reidi, is in honor of Jack Robert Reid (born 1933) of San Antonio, Texas, who was one of the collectors of the holotype.[4]

Geographic range

A. reidi is endemic to the Mexican state of Veracruz.[3]

Habitat

The natural habitat of A. reidi is forest.[1]

Reproduction

A. reidi is viviparous.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Flores-Villela O, Lopez-Luna MA (2007). "Abronia reidi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2007: e.T63689A12697921. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63689A12697921.en. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. 1 2 3 Species Abronia reidi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  4. ↑ 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 reidi, p. 219).

Further reading

  • Werler JE, Shannon FA (1961). "Two New Lizards (Genera Abronia and Xenosaurus) from the Las Tuxtlas Range of Veracruz, Mexico". Trans. Kansas Acad Sci. 64 (2): 123–132. (Abronia reidi, new species, p. 123).


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