Abronia bogerti TIHEN, 1954
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Higher Taxa | Anguidae (Gerrhonotinae), Diploglossa, Anguimorpha, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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Common Names | E: Bogert's Arboreal Alligator Lizard S: Escorpión Arborícola de Bogert |
Synonym | Abronia bogerti TIHEN 1954: 3 Abronia (Scopaeabronia) bogerti — CAMPBELL & FROST 1993 Abronia bogerti — LINER 1994 Abronia bogerti — KÖHLER 2000: 38 Abronia bogerti — MATA-SILVA et al. 2015 Abronia bogerti — CLAUSE et al. 2020 |
Distribution | Mexico (E Oaxaca), elevation: 760-1500 m Type locality: Sierra Atravesada, north of Niltepec, between Cerro Atravesada and Sierra Madre, Oaxaca, Mexico, elevation probably between 2500 and 4500 feet. |
Reproduction | viviparous |
Types | Holotype: AMNH 68887 |
Diagnosis | DEFINITION: An Abronia of the deppii group (paired postmental; no protuberant supra-auricular scales) with dorsal osteoderms developed in only a few of the anterior scale rows; a single primary temporal in contact with the orbit; penultimate supralabial in contact with the orbit; parietals broadly in contact with the medial supraoculars; anterior canthals present; about 41 transverse rows of dorsals; minimum number of scales in any single row across the nape eight (Tihen 1954). |
Comment | Distribution: Not listed for Mexico by KÖHLER (2000) but by KÖHLER 2008. |
Etymology | Named after Charles Mitchill Bogert (1908-1992), former curator of the Department of Herpetology of the American Museum of Natural History. |
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