Abronia (lizard)

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

Abronia is a genus of lizards in the family Anguidae endemic to the New World. Member species of this genus are found from Mexico through Central America to northeastern South America.^[2] Lizards of the genus Abronia are almost exclusively arboreal.

Species

These species are recognized:^[2]

• Abronia anzuetoi Campbell & Frost, 1993
• Abronia aurita (Cope, 1869)
• Abronia bogerti Tihen, 1954
• Abronia campbelli Brodie & Savage, 1993
• Abronia chiszari H.M. Smith & R.B. Smith, 1981
• Abronia deppii (Wiegmann, 1828)
• Abronia fimbriata (Cope, 1884)
• Abronia frosti Campbell, Sasa, Acevedo & Mendelson, 1998
• Abronia fuscolabialis (Tihen, 1944)
• Abronia gaiophantasma Campbell & Frost, 1993
• Abronia graminea (Cope, 1864)
• Abronia leurolepis Campbell & Frost, 1993
• Abronia lythrochila H.M. Smith & Álvarez del Toro, 1963
• Abronia martindelcampoi Flores-Villela & Sánchez-H., 2003
• Abronia matudai (Hartweg & Tihen, 1946)
• Abronia meledona Campbell & Brodie, 1999
• Abronia mitchelli Campbell, 1982
• Abronia mixteca Bogert & Porter, 1967
• Abronia montecristoi Hidalgo, 1983 — Monte Cristo arboreal alligator lizard
• Abronia oaxacae (Günther, 1885)
• Abronia ochoterenai (Martín del Campo, 1939)
• Abronia ornelasi Campbell, 1984
• Abronia ramirezi Campbell, 1994
• Abronia reidi Werler & Shannon, 1961
• Abronia salvadorensis Hidalgo, 1983
• Abronia smithi Campbell & Frost, 1993
• Abronia taeniata (Wiegmann, 1828)
• Abronia vasconcelosii (Bocourt, 1871)

References

External links

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• Common names of lizard species in the Genus Abronia.