Abronia reidi
| Abronia reidi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Anguidae |
| Genus: | Abronia |
| Species: | A. reidi
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| Binomial name | |
| Abronia reidi | |
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Abronia reidi, Reid's arboreal alligator lizard, is a species of arboreal alligator lizard in the family Anguidae. The species is native to Mexico. It was described as a species new to science in 1961 by John E. Werler and Frederick A. Shannon.
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, reidi, is in honor of Jack Robert Reid (born 1933) of San Antonio, Texas, who was one of the collectors of the holotype.[4]
Geographic range
[edit]A. reidi is endemic to the Mexican state of Veracruz.[3]
Habitat
[edit]The natural habitat of A. reidi is forest.[1]
Reproduction
[edit]A. reidi is viviparous.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Flores-Villela O, Lopez-Luna MA (2007). "Abronia reidi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007. IUCN: e.T63689A12697921. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63689A12697921.en. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ a b c Species Abronia reidi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Abronia reidi, p. 219).
Further reading
[edit]- Werler JE, Shannon FA (1961). "Two New Lizards (Genera Abronia and Xenosaurus) from the Las Tuxtlas Range of Veracruz, Mexico". Trans. Kansas Acad Sci. 64 (2): 123–132. (Abronia reidi, new species, p. 123).
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