Abronia fimbriata (COPE, 1885)
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Higher Taxa | Anguidae (Gerrhonotinae), Diploglossa, Anguimorpha, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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Synonym | Gerrhonotus auritus BOCOURT (not COPE) Barissia fimbriata COPE 1885 (nom. nov.) Gerrhonotus fimbriatus — BOULENGER 1885: 271 Abronia (Auriculabronia) fimbriata — CAMPBELL & FROST 1993 Abronia fimbriata — KÖHLER 2000: 36 |
Distribution | NE Guatemala (Northeastern Guatemalan highlands; known with certainty from the cloud forests of the western portion of the Sierra de las Minas, Department of Baja Verapaz, at elevations of 1500 to 2100 m, and from the Sierra de Xucaneb (Montaña Ulpán), Department of Alta Verapaz, at elevations of 1400 m to 2000 m. These localities are in the Quecchian Area and the Sierra de las Minas Sierran Subarea, as defined by Campbell and Vannini (1989). Type locality: "les forèts de pins de la haute Vera Paz (Guatemala oriental)" (Bocourt, 1878 [1870--1909]), according to Brygoo (1987: 6); restricted to vicinity of Cáquipec, Department of Alta Verapaz, Guatemala by CAMPBELL (on http://www.uta.edu/biology/campbell/guatemala/checklist.html). |
Reproduction | viviparous |
Types | Lectotype: MNHN-RA 1189, designated by CAMPBELL & FROST 1993. paralectotypes: MNHN-RA 1189A, MNHN-RA 1189B. |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Campbell & Frost 1993: 16 |
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