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Abronia graminea (COPE, 1864)

IUCN Red List - Abronia graminea - Endangered, EN
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Higher TaxaAnguidae, Diploglossa, Sauria (lizards) 
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Terrestrial Arboreal Alligator Lizard
G: Grüne Baumschleiche 
SynonymGerrhonotus gramineus COPE 1864: 179
Gerrhonotus gramineus — O’SHAUGHNESSY 1873: 45
Gerrhonotus gramineus — BOULENGER 1885: 269
Abronia taeniata graminea — TIHEN 1949: 591
Abronia taeniata graminea — SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 198
Gerrhonotus taeniatus gramineus — WERMUTH 1969
Abronia graminea — LINER 1994
Abronia graminea — LINER 2007 
DistributionMexico (C Veracruz, E Puebla, Oaxaca)

Type locality: Orizaba, Mexico. Map legend:
TDWG region - Region according to the TDWG standard, not a precise distribution map.

NOTE: TDWG regions are generated automatically from the text in the distribution field and this does not always work properly. We are working on it.
 
TypesHolotype: USNM 
Comment 
References
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 2, Second edition. London, xiii+497 pp. - get paper here
  • Cope, E.D. 1864. Contributions to the herpetology of tropical America. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 16: 166-181. - get paper here
  • Langner, C. 2007. Haltung und Vermehrung der Grünen Baumschleiche Abronia graminea (COPE, 1864). Sauria 29 (4): 5-18 - get paper here
  • Liner, Ernest A. 2007. A CHECKLIST OF THE AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF MEXICO. Louisiana State University Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural Science 80: 1-60
  • O’Shaughnessy, A. W. E. 1873. Herpetological notes. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 12: 44-48 - get paper here
  • Schmidt, B. Walter 1991. Abronia graminea (Sauria, Anguidae) en la Sierra Mazateca, Oaxaca, Mexico Boletín de la Sociedad Herpetológica Mexicana 3 (1): 11-12 - get paper here
  • Smith,H.M. & Taylor,E.H. 1950. An annotated checklist and key to the reptiles of Mexico exclusive of the snakes. Bull. US Natl. Mus. 199: 1-253 - get paper here
  • Tihen, J. A. 1949. The genera of gerrhonotine Iizards. American Midland Naturalist 41: 579-601 - get paper here
 
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