Abronia morenica CLAUSE, LUNA-REYES & NIETO-MONTES DE OCA, 2020
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Abronia morenica
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| Higher Taxa | Anguidae (Gerrhonotinae), Diploglossa, Anguimorpha, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Sierra Morena Arboreal Alligator Lizards S: Dragoncitos de Sierra Morena |
| Synonym | Abronia morenica CLAUSE, LUNA-REYES & NIETO-MONTES DE OCA 2020 |
| Distribution | Mexico (Chiapas: Sierra Madre de Chiapas) Type locality: ca. 1 km NW of the peak of Cerro Bola on an interior slope of the Sierra Madre de Chiapas, municipality of Tonalá, Chiapas, México (approx. 16.14°N, 93.61°W; datum = WGS84), 1750 m elevation. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. MZFC HE 33487 (field number AGC 1318), adult male, collected on 3 August 2018 by A.G. Clause, R. Martínez-Padilla, and J.D. Hunt. Paratypes. Six specimens collected 29 July–6 August 2018 and 21 July 2019: MZFC-HE 33484 (adult male), MZFC-HE 33485 (adult male), MZFC-HE 33488 (subadult male), and MZFC-HE 34400 (neonate), all within ca. 1 km of the type locality in the municipality of Tonalá but on both sides of the Continental Divide, 1735–1755 m elevation; MZFC-HE 33486, a juvenile female from the Continental Divide ca. 3 km S of the peak of Cerro Tres Picos, municipality of Villa Corzo (16.178N, 93.608W), 1800 m elevation; and MZFC-HE 33490, an adult male from ca. 1 km NE of the peak of Cerro Bola on an interior slope, municipality of Villa Corzo (16.14°N, 93.60°W), 1480 m elevation. All locality data presented in this and the preceding paragraph are masked; see first paragraph of Conservation subsection in Clause et al. 2020 for details. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Abronia morenica sp. nov. can be distinguished from all described congeners by the following combination of characters: (1) supra-auricular scales granular, not protuberant or spine-like; (2) posterolateral head scales not protuberant or casque-like; (3) 30–35 transverse dorsal scale rows; (4) lateralmost row of ventral scales enlarged relative to adjacent medial row; (5) dorsum brown with 8–10 transverse dark crossbands, albeit often indistinct; (6) prominent dark bar on lateral surface of neck, extending from shoulder to near auricular opening. Additional details (3213 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Activity: diurnal Habitat: arboreal Syntopy: Anolis matudai, Sceloporus formosus group, Drymobius chloroticus, Leptophis mexicanus, Tropidodipsas fischeri. |
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