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Abronia gadovii (BOULENGER, 1913)

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Higher TaxaAnguidae (Gerrhonotinae), Diploglossa, Anguimorpha, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
SubspeciesAbronia gadovii gadovii (BOULENGER 1913)
Abronia gadovii levigata TIHEN 1949 
Common NamesE: Gadow's Alligator Lizard
S: Escorpión de Gadow 
SynonymGerrhonotus gadovii BOULENGER 1913: 564
Barisia gadovii gadovii — TIHEN 1949: 230
Barisia gadovii gadovii — SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 200
Barisia gadovi gadovi — TIHEN 1954: 11
Gerrhonotus gadovii — WERMUTH 1969: 17
Barisia gadovi gadovi — KARGES & WRIGHT 1987
Mesaspis gadovii — GOOD 1988: 82
Mesaspis gadovii — LINER 1994
Mesaspis gadovii gadovii — LINER 2007
Abronia gadovii — GUTIÉRREZ-RODRÍGUEZ et al. 2020 (by implication)

Mesaspis gadovii levigata TIHEN 1949
Barisia gadovii levigata TIHEN 1949
Barisia gadovii levigata — SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 200
Gerrhonotus gadovii levigatus — WERMUTH 1969: 17
Barisia gadovi levigata — KARGES & WRIGHT 1987
Mesaspis gadovii levigata — LINER 2007
Abronia gadovii levigata — GUTIÉRREZ-RODRÍGUEZ et al. 2020 (by implication) 
DistributionMexico (Sierra Madre del Sur, Guerrero).

Type locality: Omilteme, Guerrero.

levigata: Mountains of C Oaxaca. Type locality: Valley of Oaxaca, Oaxaca.  
Reproductionovoviviparous 
TypesSyntypes: BMNH (gadovii; collected by Hans Gadow)
Holotype: USNM 47212 [levigata] 
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Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Hans F. Gadow (1855 – 1928), the collector of the types and German-born ornithologist who worked in Britain. 
References
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  • Casas-Andreu, G., F.R. Méndez-De la Cruz and X. Aguilar-Miguel. 2004. Anfibios y Reptiles; pp. 375–390, in A.J.M. García-Mendoza, J. Ordoñez and M. Briones-Salas (ed.). Biodiversidad de Oaxaca. Instituto de Biología, UNAM-Fondo Oaxaqueño para la Conservación de la Naturaleza-World Wildlife Fund, México, D. F.
  • Goldberg, S. R. & Bursey, C. R. 2012. Mesaspis gadovii (Gadow's alligator lizard) endoparasites. Herpetological Review 43: 335 - get paper here
  • Good, D.A. 1987. A phylogenetic analysis of cranial osteology in the gerrhinotine lizards. Journal of Herpetology 21 (4): 285-297 - 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
  • Good, David A. 1989. Allozyme Variation and Phylogenetic Relationships among the Species of Mesaspis (Squamata: Anguidae). Herpetologica 45 (2): 227-232 - get paper here
  • Gutiérrez-Rodríguez, Jorge, Alejandro Zaldívar-Riverón, Israel Solano-Zavaleta, Jonathan A Campbell, Rubi N Meza-Lázaro, Oscar Flores-Villela, and Adrián Nieto-Montes de Oca. 2020. Phylogenomics of the Mesoamerican Alligator-Lizard Genera Abronia and Mesaspis (Anguidae: Gerrhonotinae) Reveals Multiple Independent Clades of Arboreal and Terrestrial Species. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 154: 106963 - get paper here
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