Abronia smithi CAMPBELL & FROST, 1993

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Higher Taxa	Anguidae (Gerrhonotinae), Diploglossa, Anguimorpha, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Smith's Arboreal Alligator Lizard S: Escorpión Arborícola de Smith
Synonym	Abronia (Auriculabronia) smithi CAMPBELL & FROST 1993 Abronia smithi — KÖHLER 2000: 39 Abronia smithi — WILSON et al. 2013 Abronia schmidtii — LANGNER 2019 (in error) Abronia smithi — CLAUSE et al. 2020
Distribution	Mexico (SE Chiapas), elevation 1800-2800 m Type locality: Southeast slope of Cerro El Triúnfo (sic), Sierra Madre de Chiapas Chiapas, Mexico, in cloud forests. This locality is about 13.1 Km airline NNE Mapastepec at 15° 40' N, 92° 48' W. Elevation: 2020 m
Reproduction	viviparous
Types	Holotype: UTA R-30202.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Campbell & Frost 1993: 32.
Comment
Etymology	Named after Hobart M. Smith (1912-2013), American herpetologist and one of the most prolific herpetologists of all time. See also Chiszar et al. 2004 for biographical notes.
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 CHISZAR, DAVID; EDWIN MCCONKEY, AND MARGARET M. STEWART 2004. Historical perspectives: Hobart Muir Smith. Copeia 2004 (2): 418–424 - 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 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. Langner, Ch. 2019. Ich komme Dir auf die Schliche! Verkanntes Schleichenvolk – die interessanten Echsen der Familie Anguidae. Reptilia (Münster) 24 (136): 16-27 - get paper here Wilson, Larry David; Vicente Mata-Silva, Jerry D. Johnson 2013. A conservation reassessment of the reptiles of Mexico based on the EVS measure. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 7 (1): 1–47 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List - Abronia smithi - Least Concern, LC http://www.greglasley.net/abroniasmithi.html http://www.eltriunfo.org/galeria.htm https://news.mongabay.com/2019/02/exit-the-dragons-mexico-tackles-trafficking-of-endangered-lizards/ http://www.greglasley.net/abroniasmithi.htmlphoto: http://www.eltriunfo.org/galeria.htminfo: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/02/exit-the-dragons-mexico-tackles-trafficking-of-endangered-lizards/ Google images

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