Abronia chiszari
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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.
Taxonomy
A. chiszari was described in 1981 by Hobart Muir Smith and Rozella Blood Smith, his wife.
Etymology
The specific name, chiszari, is in honor of American herpetologist David Chiszar.[1]
Geographic range
A. chiszari is only found on the slopes of Volcano Santa Marta, in the Sierra de los Tuxtlas, Veracruz, Mexico, between elevations of Script error: No such module "convert"..[2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of A. chiszar is forest.[2]
Reproduction
A. chiszari is viviparous.[3]
References
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- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Template:ISBN. (Abronia chiszari, pp. 53-54).
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- ↑ Abronia chiszari at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 21 November 2022.
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Further reading
- 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).