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Abronia reidi WERLER & SHANNON, 1961

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Higher TaxaAnguidae (Gerrhonotinae), Diploglossa, Anguimorpha, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesS: Escorpión Arboricola de Reid
E: Reid's Arboreal Alligator Lizard 
SynonymAbronia reidi WERLER & SHANNON 1961: 123
Gerrhonotus reidi — WERMUTH 1969: 26
Abronia (Abaculabronia) reidi — CAMPBELL & FROST 1993
Abronia reidi — LINER 1994
Abronia reidi — LINER 2007 
DistributionMexico (Veracruz)

Type locality: Mexico: Volcan San Martin, crater rim, Veracruz.  
Reproductionovoviviparous 
TypesHolotype: INHS (= UIMNH) 67062, adult male; J. Werler and J. Reid; February 15, 1953. Given as “Frederick A. Shannon [FAS] Collection No. 10529” by Werler & Shannan 1961. Paratype: FAS No. 10563, a juvenile female. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: An Abronia of the deppei species group (paired postmental; no protuberant supra-auricular scales) with dorsal osteoderms developed only on about twelve anterior scale rows; posterior subocular in contact with lower anterior temporal; antepenultimate supralabial below orbit; three anterior temporals entering orbit (one narrowly); number of secondary temporals normally four; dorsals in 36-37 transverse rows; dorsal color of adult olive green, without transverse markings; temporals with posterior margins of conspicuous lemon yellow; supranasals greatly expanded, meeting at midline; parietals in broad contact with medial supraoculars; no anterior canthal; a minimum of six scales in any one row across nape. (Werler & Shannon 1961)


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Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Jack Robert Reid (b. 1933) of San Antonio, Texas, member of the group that collected the holotype (1953). 
References
  • Aguilar-López JL, Luría-Manzano R, Pineda E, Canseco-Márquez L 2021. Selva Zoque, Mexico: an important Mesoamerican tropical region for reptile species diversity and conservation. ZooKeys 1054: 127-153 - 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
  • Bogert, Charles M. & Porter, Ann P. 1967. A new species of Abronia (Sauria, Anguidae) from the Sierra Madre del Sur of Oaxaca, Mexico. American Museum Novitates (2279): 1-21 - get paper here
  • Campbell J A 1984. A new species of Abronia (Sauria: Anguidae) with comments on the herpetogeography of the highlands of southern Mexico. Herpetologica 40 (4): 373-381 - get paper here
  • Campbell J A; Frost D R 1993. Anguid lizards of the genus Abronia: revisionary notes, descriptions of four new species, a phylogenetic analysis, and key. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 216: 1-121 - get paper here
  • Good D; Schwenk K 1985. A new species of Abronia (Lacertilia: Anguidae) from Oaxaca, Mexico. Copeia 1985 (1): 135-141 - get paper here
  • Good, D.A. 1988. Phylogenetic relationships among gerrhonotine lizards; an analysis of external morphology. Univ. California Publ. Zool. 121: 139 pp. - 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 - get paper here
  • Thesing, B. J., P. Heimes, and A. G. Clause. 2017. Morphological variation in Abronia reidi (Squamata: Anguidae) with comments on distribution. Mesoamerican Herpetology 4 (1): 211–215 - get paper here
  • Torres-Hernández, LA, Ramírez-Bautista A, Cruz-Elizalde R, Hernández-Salinas U, Berriozabal-Islas C, DeSantis DL, Johnson JD, Rocha A, García-Padilla E, Mata-Silva V, Fucsko LA, and Wilson LD. 2021. The herpetofauna of Veracruz, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 15(2) [General Section]: 72–155 - get paper here
  • Werler, John E. & Shannon, Frederick A. 1961. Two new lizards (genera Abronia and Xenosaurus) from the Los Tuxtlas Range of Veracruz, Mexico. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 64 (2): 123-132 - get paper here
 
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