Abronia chiszari, Chiszar's arboreal alligator lizard, is an endangered species of arboreal alligator lizard in the family Anguidae. The species is native to east-central Mexico.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Anguidae |
| Genus: | Abronia |
| Species: | A. chiszari
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| Binomial name | |
| Abronia chiszari H.M. Smith & R.B. Smith, 1981
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Taxonomy
editA. chiszari was described in 1981 by Hobart Muir Smith and Rozella Blood Smith, his wife.
Etymology
editThe specific name, chiszari, is in honor of American herpetologist David Chiszar.[4]
Geographic range
editA. chiszari is only found on the slopes of Volcano Santa Marta, in the Sierra de los Tuxtlas, Veracruz, Mexico, between elevations of 360 to 800 m (1,180 to 2,620 ft).[1]
Habitat
editReproduction
editA. chiszari is viviparous.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c Lopez-Luna, M.; Flores-Villela, O.; Frost, D.R. (2007). "Abronia chiszari ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T63675A12706244. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63675A12706244.en. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Archived from the original on 2007-02-03. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ a b Abronia chiszari at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 21 November 2022.
- ^ 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 chiszari, pp. 53-54).
Further reading
edit- 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. (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).
- Clause, Adam G.; Schmidt-Ballardo, Walter; Solano-Zavaleta, Israel; Jiménez-Velázquez, Gustavo; Heimes, Peter (2016). "Morphological Variation and Natural History in the Enigmatic Lizard Clade Scopaeabronia (Sguamata: Anguidae: Abronia)". Herpetological Review 47 (4): 536–543.
- Smith HM, Smith RB (1981). "Another Epiphytic Alligator Lizard (Abronia) from Mexico". Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 17 (2): 51–60. (Abronia chiszari, new species).
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