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Abronia taeniata (WIEGMANN, 1828)

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Higher TaxaAnguidae (Gerrhonotinae), Diploglossa, Anguimorpha, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesS: Escorpión Arborícola de Bandas
E: Banded Arboreal Alligator Lizard, Bromeliad Arboreal Alligator Lizard 
SynonymGerrhonotus taeniatus WIEGMANN 1828: 380
Abronia taeniatus — GRAY 1838: 390
Gerrhonotus taeniatus — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1839: 399
Gerrhonotus taeniatus — O’SHAUGHNESSY 1873: 45
Gerrhonotus taeniatus — BOULENGER 1885: 270
Gerrhonotus deppii var. digueti MOCQUARD 1905 (fide SMITH & TAYLOR 1950)
Abronia taeniata taeniata — TIHEN 1949
Abronia taeniata taeniata — SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 197
Gerrhonotus taeniatus — WERMUTH 1969: 27
Abronia taeniata — LINER 1994
Abronia taeniata — LINER 2007 
DistributionE Mexico (SW Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosi, Hidalgo, N Puebla, Quéretaro, Veracruz, Guanajuato)

Type locality: Mexico. Restricted to El Chico, Hidalgo, by SMITH & TAYLOR 1950.  
Reproductionovoviviparous 
TypesHolotype: ZMB 1152, possibly one type in NMW
Syntypes: MNHN 1904.486 [digueti] 
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CommentHybridization: SMITH & TAYLOR 1950 report intergrades of taeniata and graminea from la Joya, Veracruz.

Distribution: Not listed for Nuevo Leon by LAZCANO VILLARREAL & DIXON 2002 or LEMOS-ESPINAL et al. 2016.

Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species. 
EtymologyThe specific name is derived from the Latin word taenia, meaning "ribbon stripe or band” which likely pertains to the ribbon-like crossbands on the body (Lemos-Espinal & Dixon 2013). 
References
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  • Cruz-Elizalde R, Ramírez-Bautista A, Pineda-López R, Mata-Silva V, DeSantis DL, García-Padilla E, Johnson JD, Rocha A, Fucsko LA, Wilson LD. 2022. The herpetofauna of Querétaro, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 16(1) [General Section]: 148–192 (e308) - get paper here
  • Cruz‐Elizalde, Raciel; Villamar‐Duque, Tomás E.; Ramírez‐Bautista, Aurelio 2021. Sexual dimorphism in size and shape in the viviparous lizard Abronia taeniata (Squamata: Anguidae) in central Mexico. Acta Zoologica 102 (1): 220-226 - get paper here
  • Dixon, James R. and Julio A. Lemos-Espinal 2010. Amphibians and reptiles of the state of Queretaro, Mexico. Tlalnepantla UNAM, 428 pp.
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  • 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
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