Abronia ochoterenai (MARTIN DEL CAMPO, 1939)
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Higher Taxa | Anguidae (Gerrhonotinae), Diploglossa, Anguimorpha, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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Common Names | S: Escorpión Arboricola de Ochoterena E: Ochoterena’s Arboreal Alligator Lizard, Northern Chiapas Arboreal Alligator Lizard |
Synonym | Gerrhonotus vasconcelosii ochoterenai MARTIN DEL CAMPO 1939 Gerrhonotus ochoterenai — HARTWEG & TIHEN 1946 Abronia ochoterenai — TIHEN 1949: 591 Abronia ochoterenai — SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 197 Gerrhonotus ochoterenai — WERMUTH 1969: 25 Abronia (Auriculabronia) ochoterenai — CAMPBELL & FROST 1993 Abronia ochoterenai — LINER 1994 Abronia ochoterenai — KÖHLER 2000: 39 Abronia ochoterenai — CLAUSE et al. 2020 |
Distribution | Mexico (Chiapas), Guatemala [Acevedo et al. 2010]) 1800-2300 m elevation Type locality: Santa Rosa, Comitán, Chiapas. |
Reproduction | ovovivparous |
Types | Syntypes: CNAR (= UNAM, Instituto de Biología, México) |
Diagnosis | Description: Postmental unpaired; a group of long, slender, supra-auricular scales; scales of the sides of the neck relatively small; dorsal osteoderms developed over the entire body; two primary temporals in contact with the orbit; penultimate supralabial in contact with the orbit or not; anterior canthals usually present; three primary and three secondary temporals; three temporal elements in contact with the supralabials; 30 to 33 transverse rows of dorsals; a minimum of six scales in any nuchal row; caudal whorls 92-97; supranasals usually present; parietal separated from, or only narrowly in contact with, the medial supraoculars; dorsum nearly uniform,sometimeswithmoderatelydistincttransversedarkbands,those of the neck combined into a single large dark marking; frontonasal present or absent (Tihen 1954: 24). |
Comment | Abundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017). |
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