Abronia_mitchelli
Abronia mitchelli
Species of lizard
Abronia mitchelli, Mitchell's arboreal alligator lizard, is a species of arboreal alligator lizard in the family Anguidae. The species, which was originally described in 1982 by Jonathan A. Campbell, is endemic to southwestern Mexico.
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| Abronia mitchelli | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Anguidae |
| Genus: | Abronia |
| Species: | A. mitchelli |
| Binomial name | |
| Abronia mitchelli Campbell, 1982 | |
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The specific name, mitchelli, is in honor of American herpetologist Lyndon A. Mitchell.[3]
The natural habitat of A. mitchelli is cloud forest at an altitude of 2,750 m (9,020 ft).[4]
A. mitchelli is viviparous.[4]
- Campbell, J. (2007). "Abronia mitchelli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T63683A12696624. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63683A12696624.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael(2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Abronia mitchelli, p. 180).
- Species Abronia mitchelli at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
- Campbell JA (1982). "A New Species of Abronia (Sauria, Anguidae), from the Sierra Juárez, Oaxaca, México". Herpetologica 38 (3): 355–361. (Abronia mitchelli, new species).
- Campbell JA, Frost DR (1993). "Anguid lizards of the genus Abronia: revisionary notes, descriptions of four new species, a phylogenetic analysis, and key". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 216: 1–121.
- Mata-Silva J, Johnson JD, Wilson LD, García-Padilla E (2015). "The herpetofauna of Oaxaca, Mexico: composition, physiographic distribution, and conservation status. Mesoamerican Herpetology 2 (1): 6-62. (in English, plus abstract in Spanish).
