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Abronia chiszari SMITH & SMITH, 1981

IUCN Red List - Abronia chiszari - Endangered, EN
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Higher TaxaAnguidae (Gerrhonotinae), Diploglossa, Anguimorpha, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Chiszar's Arboreal Alligator Lizard
S: Escorpión Arborícola de Chiszar 
SynonymAbronia chiszari SMITH & SMITH 1981: 51
Abronia (Scopaeabronia) chiszari — CAMPBELL & FROST 1993
Abronia chiszari — LINER 1994
Abronia chiszari — LINER 2007 
DistributionMexico (Veracruz)

Type locality: Veracruz: 2.5 mi E Cuetzalapan, 360 m elevation (CAMPBELL 1982 doubts that this is the exact provenance).  
Reproductionovoviviparous 
TypesHolotype: UTA R-3195, immature male, coll. 18 Aug. 1962, WiIliiam F. Pyburn 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Very similar and presumably to Abronia bogerti, having 41 transverse rows of between occipital and base of tail, more than a minimum six scales in a transverse row of nuchals, parietals contacting supraocular 3 and 4, supranasals unexpanded, one temporal reaching oculars, two temporals contacting supralabials, one postsubocular supralabial, 11 dark crossbars from occiput to base of tail (as in reidi and the aurita group); differing from bogerti in having cantholoreal separated from frontonasal by contact of prefrontal and canthal, 3-3 anterior temporals, two anterior internasals, an azygous internasal between anterior and posterior pairs, superciliaries narrowly contacting or narrowly separated from prefrontal, anterior supraocular narrowly contacting or narrowly separated from cantholoreal, minimum number of nape scales in a transverse row seven. (Smith 1981)


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References
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