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Abronia deppii (WIEGMANN, 1828)

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Higher TaxaAnguidae (Gerrhonotinae), Diploglossa, Anguimorpha, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesS: Escorpión Arboricola de Deppe
E: Deppe’s Arboreal Alligator Lizard 
SynonymGerrhonotus deppii WIEGMANN 1828: 379
Abronia deppii — GRAY 1838: 389
Gerrhonotus Deppii — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1839: 398
Gerrhonotus Deppii — O’SHAUGHNESSY 1873: 45
Gerrhonotus deppii — GÜNTHER 1885: 35
Gerrhonotus deppii — BOULENGER 1885: 269
Abronia deppii — SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 196
Gerrhonotus deppii — WERMUTH 1969: 17
Abronia deppei — LINER 1994
Abronia deppii — LINER 2007 
DistributionMexico (N Guerrero, Mexico, N Morelos)

Type locality: Mexico. Restricted to Omilteme, Guerrero, by SMITH & TAYLOR 1950, later restricted to Temascaltepec-Real de Arriba, in the State of Mexico, by SÁNCHEZ-HERRERA & LÓPEZ-FORMENT 1980.  
Reproductionovovivparous 
TypesLectotype: ZMB 1149 (see also GOOD et al. 1993) 
DiagnosisDiagnosis (genus): Abronia can be distinguished from all other gerrhonotines(Coloptychon, Gerrhonotus, Barisia, Elgaria, and Mesaspis) in the combination of having: (1) the fifth row of temporal scales absent (except, probably anomalously,on one side of one specimen of A. salvadorensis) (present in all other genera); (2)large, well-clawed limbs (smaller limbs in all other genera); and (3) a reduced lateral fold (much better developed in all other genera),particularly between the anterior limb and ear (Campbell & Frost 1993: 98). 
CommentDistribution: Map in Bogert and Porter 1967: 16. Has been confused with what is now called Abronia martindelcampoi FLORES-VILLELA & SÁNCHEZ-HERRERA 2003 who also redescribed A. deppii. Hence not in the Sierra Madre del Sur, as reported by FLORES-VILLELA & SÁNCHEZ-HERRERA 2003.

Type species: Abronia deppii is the type species of the genus Abronia GRAY 1838. There is also a plant genus of the same name.

Species groups: Campbell and Frost 1993 erected several subgenera to accommodate species groups within Abronia. Gutiérrez-Rodríguez et al. 2020 defined and briefly diagnosed the species groups in the revised genus Abronia (after synonymization of Mesaspis with Abronia). Good & Schwenk present a table of diagnostic scale characters across the species of the deppii species group.

Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species. 
EtymologyNamed after one of the collectors, Ferdinand Deppe. 
References
  • Augstenová, Barbora, Eleonora Pensabene, Lukáš Kratochvíl, and Michail Rovatsos. 2021. Cytogenetic Evidence for Sex Chromosomes and Karyotype Evolution in Anguimorphan Lizards. Cells 10, no. 7: 1612 - 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
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 2, Second edition. London, xiii+497 pp. - get paper here
  • Castro Franco, R. & M. G. Bustos-Zagal 2003. Lagartijas de Morelos, México: distribución, hábitat y conservación. Acta Zoológica Mexicana (n.s.) 88:123-142 - get paper here
  • Castro-Franco, Rubén, María Guasalupe Bustos-Zagal 1994. List of reptiles of Morelos, Mexico, and their distribution in relation to vegetation types. Southwestern Naturalist 39 (2): 171-175 - get paper here
  • Duméril, A. M. C. and G. Bibron. 1839. Erpétologie Générale on Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Vol. 5. Roret/Fain et Thunot, Paris, 871 pp. - get paper here
  • Flores-Villela, O. & Sánchez-H., O. 2003. A new species of Abronia (Squamata: Anguidae) from the Sierra Madre del Sur of Guerrero, Mexico, with comments on Abronia deppii. Herpetologica 59 (4): 524-531 - 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
  • Good, David A.; Bauer, Aaron M.;Günther, Rainer 1993. An Annotated Type Catalogue of the Anguimorph Lizards (Squamata: Anguidae, Helodermatidae, Varanidae, Xenosauridae) in the Zoological Museum, Berlin. Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berl. 69 (1): 45-56 - get paper here
  • Gray, J. E. 1838. Catalogue of the slender-tongued saurians, with descriptions of many new genera and species. Part 3. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (1) 1: 388-394 - get paper here
  • Günther, A. C. L. G. 1885. Reptilia and Batrachia. Biologia Centrali-Américana. Taylor, & Francis, London, 326 pp. [published in parts from 1885-1902; reprint by the SSAR 1987] - 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
  • Langner, Christian 2014. Herpetologische Beobachtungen im Lebensraum von Abronia deppii im Valle de Bravo, Estado de México, Mexiko. Terraria-Elaphe 2014 (2): 46-55 - get paper here
  • Lemos-Espinal JA, Smith GR 2020. A conservation checklist of the herpetofauna of Morelos, with comparisons with adjoining states. ZooKeys 941: 121-144 - get paper here
  • Lemos-Espinal JA, Smith GR 2020. A conservation checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of the State of Mexico, Mexico with comparisons with adjoining states. ZooKeys 953: 137-159 - get paper here
  • Lemos-Espinal, J. A., & Smith, G. R. 2024. Amphibians and reptiles of the Transvolcanic Belt biogeographic province of Mexico: diversity, similarities, and conservation. Nature Conservation, 56: 37-76
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  • O’Shaughnessy, A. W. E. 1873. Herpetological notes. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 12: 44-48 - get paper here
  • Palacios-Aguilar, Ricardo & OSCAR FLORES-VILLELA 2018. An updated checklist of the herpetofauna from Guerrero, Mexico. Zootaxa 4422 (1): 1-24 - get paper here
  • Sánchez-Herrera, O. & López-Forment, W. C. 1980. The lizard Abronia deppei (Sauria; Anguidae) in the state of Mexico, with the restriction of its type locality. Bull. Maryland Herp. Soc. 16 (3): 83-87 - get paper here
  • Schmidt-Ballardo, Walter; IsraelSolano-Zavaleta, and Adam G. Clause 2015. Abronia deppii. Reproduction. Mesoamerican Herpetology 2 (2): 192-194 - get paper here
  • Smith, H.M. & Taylor,E.H. 1950. An annotated checklist and key to the reptiles of Mexico exclusive of the snakes. Bull. US Natl. Mus. 199: 1-253 - get paper here
  • Tihen, J. A. 1954. Gerrhonotine lizards recently added to the American Museum collection, with further revisions of the genus Abronia. American Museum Novitates (1687): 1-26 - get paper here
  • Uetz, P.H.; Patel, M.; Gbadamosi, Z.; Nguyen, A.; Shoope, S. 2024. A Reference Database of Reptile Images. Taxonomy 4: 723–732 - get paper here
  • Wiegmann,A.F.A. 1828. Beyträge zur Amphibienkunde. Isis von Oken 21 (4): 364-383 - get paper here
 
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