Abronia antauges (COPE, 1866)
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Abronia antauges
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| Higher Taxa | Anguidae (Gerrhonotinae), Diploglossa, Anguimorpha, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Mount Orizaba Alligator Lizard S: Escorpión del Pico de Orizaba |
| Synonym | Barisia antauges COPE 1866: 132 Pterogasterus modestus COPE 1878: 97 Gerrhonotus modestus GÜNTHER 1885: 42 Gerrhonotus antauges — BOULENGER 1885: 277 Barisia antauges — TIHEN 1949: 235 Barisia modestus — TIHEN 1949: 598 Barisia antauges — SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 200 Gerrhonotus antauges — WERMUTH 1969: 14 Gerrhonotus modestus — WERMUTH 1969: 22 Mesaspis antauges — GOOD 1988: 83 Mesaspis antauges — LINER 1994 Mesaspis antauges — LINER 2007 Mesaspis antauges — SOLANO-ZAVALETA et al. 2017 Abronia antauges — GUTIÉRREZ-RODRÍGUEZ et al. 2020 (by implication) Mesaspis antauges — TORRES-HERNÁNDEZ et al. 2021 |
| Distribution | Mexico (Veracruz) Type locality: Orizaba, Veracruz (= Volcán Citlaltépetl) modestus: Mexico (Veracruz); Terra typica restricta (SMITH & TAYLOR 1950): Mount Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Reproduction | ovovivparous |
| Types | Holotype: USNM 30221 |
| Diagnosis | |
| Comment | Synonymy: mostly after GOOD 1988: 83 Abundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017). |
| Etymology | Named after Greek antauges (άνταυγής), reflecting light, sparkling. [“...Above dark brown, with a subdivided iridescence as though greased...”]. |
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