Abronia campbelli BRODIE & SAVAGE, 1993
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Higher Taxa | Anguidae (Gerrhonotinae), Diploglossa, Anguimorpha, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
Subspecies | |
Common Names | E: Campbell's Alligator Lizard |
Synonym | Abronia (Auriculabronia) campbelli BRODIE & SAVAGE 1993 Abronia campbelli — KÖHLER 2000: 37 Abronia campbelli — LOCK & TORRES 2016 |
Distribution | E Guatemala (elevation 1800-1900 m)
Type locality: Cerro Tablón de las Minas near La Pastoría, Jalapa, Guatemala
Habitat: dry oak forest
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Reproduction | ovovivparous |
Types | Holotype: UTA R-32000 |
Diagnosis | |
Comment | Member of the subgenus Auriculabronia and most similar to A. aurita and A. anzuetoi.
Conservation: threatened, close to extinction. |
Etymology | Named after Jonathan A. Campbell (13 May 1947-), American herpetologist. |
References |
- Ariano-Sánchez, Christian & Melendez, Lester 2014. Baumschleichen der Gattung Abronia in Guatemala. Terraria-Elaphe 2014 (3): 44-48 - get paper here
- Ariano-Sánchez, Daniel and Monica Torres-Almazán. 2010. Rediscovery of Abronia campbelli (Sauria: Anguidae) from a pine-oak forest in Southeastern Guatemala: Habitat characterization, natural history, and the conservation status. Herpetological Review 41 (3): 290-292 - get paper here
- Augstenová, Barbora, Eleonora Pensabene, Lukáš Kratochvíl, and Michail Rovatsos. 2021. Cytogenetic Evidence for Sex Chromosomes and Karyotype Evolution in Anguimorphan Lizards. Cells 10, no. 7: 1612 - get paper here
- Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
- Brodie E D Jr; Savage R F 1993. A new species of Abronia (Squamata: Anguidae) from a dry oak forest in eastern Guatemala. Herpetologica 49 (4): 420-427 - get paper here
- Campbell, Jonathan A., Mahmood Sasa, Manuel Acevedo and Joseph R. Mendelson, III. 1998. A new species of Abronia (Squamata: Anguidae) from the High Cuchumatanes of Guatemala. Herpetologica 54 (2): 221-234. - get paper here
- Köhler, G. 2000. Reptilien und Amphibien Mittelamerikas, Bd 1: Krokodile, Schildkröten, Echsen. Herpeton Verlag, Offenbach, 158 pp.
- Langner, Christian 2014. Baumschleichen der Gattung Abronia. Terraria-Elaphe 2014 (1): 14-26 (2013) - get paper here
- Lock, Brad & Mónica Torres 2016. Projekt zum Schutz der vom Aussterben bedrohten Baumschleiche Abronia campbelli im Osten Guatemalas. Terraria-Elaphe 2016 (6): 72-79 - get paper here
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