Abronia matudai (HARTWEG & TIHEN, 1946)

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Higher Taxa	Anguidae (Gerrhonotinae), Diploglossa, Anguimorpha, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	S: Escorpión Arboricola de Matuda E: Matuda's Arboreal Alligator Lizard
Synonym	Gerrhonotus matudae HARTWEG & TIHEN 1946 Abronia matudai — TIHEN 1949: 591 Abronia matudai — SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 196 Gerrhonotus matudai — WERMUTH 1969: 21 Abronia (Auriculabronia) matudai — CAMPBELL & FROST 1993 Abronia matudai — LINER 1994 Abronia matudai — KÖHLER 2000: 38 Abronia matudai — CLAUSE et al. 2020
Distribution	Mexico (SE Chiapas), SW Guatemala (elevation 1950-2630 m) Type locality: Volcán de Tacaná, Chiapas, 2000 m.
Reproduction	viviparous
Types	Holotype: UMMZ 88331 (collected by Eizi Matuda)
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Campbell & Frost 1993: 38.
Comment	Not listed for Guatemala by KÖHLER (2000).
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Campbell J A; Frost D R 1993. Anguid lizards of the genus Abronia: revisionary notes, descriptions of four new species, a phylogenetic analysis, and key. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 216: 1-121 Campbell, Jonathan A., Mahmood Sasa, Manuel Acevedo and Joseph R. Mendelson, III. 1998. A new species of Abronia (Squamata: Anguidae) from the High Cuchumatanes of Guatemala. Herpetologica 54 (2): 221-234. - get paper here Clause, A. G., Luna-Reyes, R. & Nieto-Montes De Oca, A. 2020. A New Species of Abronia (Squamata: Anguidae) from a Protected Area in Chiapas, Mexico. Herpetologica 76 (3): 330-343 - 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 Hartweg, N., & TIHEN, J. E. 1946. Lizards of the genus Gerrhonotus from Chiapas, México. Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan No. 497: 1-5 Johnson, Jerry D.; Vicente Mata-Silva, Elí García Padilla, and Larry David Wilson 2015. The Herpetofauna of Chiapas, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation. Mesoamerican Herpetology 2 (3): 272–329. - get paper here Köhler, G. 2000. Reptilien und Amphibien Mittelamerikas, Bd 1: Krokodile, Schildkröten, Echsen. Herpeton Verlag, Offenbach, 158 pp. Köhler, G. 2008. Reptiles of Central America. 2nd Ed. Herpeton-Verlag, 400 pp. Solano-Zavaleta, Israel & Walter Schmidt-Ballardo 2019. Longitud máxima de la lagartija Abronia matudai. Rev. Latinoamer. Herp. 2 (2): 98-99 - get paper here Tihen, J. A. 1949. The genera of gerrhonotine Iizards. American Midland Naturalist 41: 579-601 - 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
External links	IUCN Red List - Abronia matudai - Endangered, EN National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.travellog.com/guatemala/ikbolay/abroniamatudai.html map: http://www.mexico-herps.com/sauria/abronia/abronia-matudai http://www.travellog.com/guatemala/ikbolay/abroniamatudai.htmlmap: http://www.mexico-herps.com/sauria/abronia/abronia-matudai http://www.mexico-herps.com/sauria/abronia/abronia-matudai Google images

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