Abronia meledona CAMPBELL & BRODIE, 1999

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Higher Taxa	Anguidae, Diploglossa, Sauria (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Abronia meledona CAMPBELL & BRODIE 1999 Abronia meledona — KÖHLER 2000: 38
Distribution	SE Guatemala (Jalapa), 2200-2660 m elevation. Type locality: near the Torre de Guatel, near the aldea of Soledad Grande, Jalapa, Guatemala, 2660 m elevation (14° 31' N, 90° 09' W). This locality is located about 4 km airline ESE of Mataquescuintla on the slopes drained by the upper tributaries of the Rio Tapalapa. Map legend: - Type locality. - 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.
Types	Holotype: The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) R-31041, an adult female. The type was collected by local resident for Christian Girola and Eric Smith (original field no. CLG 199) on 28 September 1991.
Comment
References	Campbell, Jonathan A. and Edmund D. Brodie, Jr. 1999. A new species of Abronia (Squamata: Anguidae) from the southeastern highlands of Guatemala. Herpetologica 55 (2): 161-174 - get paper here Köhler, G. 2000. Reptilien und Amphibien Mittelamerikas, Bd 1: Krokodile, Schildkröten, Echsen. Herpeton Verlag, Offenbach, 158 pp.
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