Overview
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Description
Habitat
Ecology: This is an arboreal
species that is found in pine-oak forests
with epiphytic vegetation. It presumably does not persist in modified habitat
. It is a viviparous species.[1]
List of Habitats:1.9Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Reptilia
()
- Reptiles
- Subclass:
Diapsida
()
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
()
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
()
-
- Order:
Squamata
()
- Suborder:
Lacertilia
()
- Infraorder:
Anguimorpha
()
- Family:
Anguidae
()
- Subfamily:
Gerrhonotinae
()
- Genus:
Abronia
()
- Gray, 1838
- Specific name:
deppii
- Wiegmann
- Scientific name: - Abronia deppii Wiegmann
- Specific name:
deppii
- Wiegmann
- Genus:
Abronia
(
- Subfamily:
Gerrhonotinae
(
- Family:
Anguidae
(
- Infraorder:
Anguimorpha
(
- Suborder:
Lacertilia
(
- Order:
Squamata
(
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
(
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
(
- Subclass:
Diapsida
(
- Class:
Reptilia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Abronia deppei Liner 1994
- Abronia deppei Wiegmann 1828
- Abronia deppii — Gray 1838: 389
- Abronia deppii — Liner 2007
- Abronia deppii — Smith & Taylor 1950: 196
- Gerrhonotus deppii — Boulenger 1885: 269
- Gerrhonotus Deppii — DumÉril & Bibron 1839: 398
- Gerrhonotus deppii — GÜnther 1885: 35
- Gerrhonotus Deppii — O’shaughnessy 1873: 45
- Gerrhonotus deppii — Wermuth 1969
- Gerrhonotus deppii Wiegmann 1828: 379
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Uetz P.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Abronia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 27 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. anzuetoi (Anzuetoi Arboreal Alligator Lizard) · A. aurita (Cope's Arboreal Alligator Lizard) · A. bogerti (Bogert's Arboreal Alligator Lizard) · A. campbelli (Campbell's Alligator Lizard) · A. chiszari (Chiszar's Arboreal Alligator Lizard) · A. deppii · A. fimbriata · A. frosti (Frost’s Arboreal Alligator Lizard) · A. fuscolabialis (Mount Zempoaltepec Alligator Lizard) · A. gaiophantasma (Brilliant Arboreal Alligator Lizard) · A. graminea (Terrestrial Arboreal Alligator Lizard) · A. leurolepis (Smoothback Arboreal Alligator Lizard) · A. lythrochila (Red-Lipped Arboreal Alligator Lizard) · A. martindelcampoi · A. matudai (Matuda's Arboreal Alligator Lizard) · A. meledona · A. mitchelli (Mitchell's Arboreal Alligator Lizard) · A. mixteca (Mixtecan Arboreal Alligator Lizard) · A. montecristoi (Montecristo Arboreal Alligator Lizard) · A. oaxacae (Oaxaca Arboreal Alligator Lizard) · A. ochoterenai (Northern Chiapas Arboreal Alligator Lizard) · A. ornelasi (Cerrobaul Alligator Lizard) · A. ramirezi (Ramirez's Alligator Lizard) · A. reidi (Reid's Arboreal Alligator Lizard) · A. salvadorensis (Salvador Arboreal Alligator Lizard) · A. smithi (Smith's Arboreal Alligator Lizard) · A. taeniata (Bromeliad Arboreal Alligator Lizard)
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Further Reading
- Bogert et al. (1967) American Museum Novitates (2279): 1-21
- Boulenger (1885) Catalogue lizards, vol. 2, 2nd ed.
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, ENG url p. 97.
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. ENG url p. 196, p. 197, p. 221.
- Campbell, J.A. and Frost, D.R. 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.
- Duméril & Bibron (1839) Erpétologie Générale, Vol.5.
- Flores-Villela et al. (2003) Herpetologica 59 (4): 524-531
- Flores-Villela, O. and Sánchez, O. 2003. A new species of Abronia (Squamata: Anguidae) from the Sierra Madre del Sur of Guerrero, Mexico, with comments on Abronia deppee. Herpetologica 59: 524-531.
- Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed. 1993. Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17. Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. iv + 73. ISBN: 0-911239-42-1.
- Good, D.A. 1988. Phylogenetic relationships among gerrhonotine lizards: an analysis of external morphology. University of California Publications in Zoology 121: 1-139.
- Good et al. (1993) Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berl. 69 (1): 45-56
- Gray (1838) Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (1) 1: 388-394
- Günther (1885) Reptilia and Batrachia. Biologia Centrali-Américana.
- Hudson, R., Guichard, C., Flores, O. and Ellis, S. 2001. Conservacion, Asesoramiento y Manejo Planificando para Lagartos Abronia. Borrador del Informe. IUCN SSC Conservation Breeding Specialist Group, IUCN, Apple Valley, Minnesota.
- Liner (2007) Louisiana State University Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural Science 80: 1-60
- Liner, E. A. (1994): Scientific names and common names for the amphibians and reptiles of Mexico in english and spanish - Herpetol. Circ. 23, pp. 1-113
- O’Shaughnessy et al. (1873) Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 12: 44-48
- Smith et al. (1950) U.S. Natl. Mus. Bull. 199: 1-253
- The palatal dentition in squamate reptiles: morphology, development, attachment, and replacement / D. Luke Mahler, Maureen Kearney. Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, c2006. ENG url p. 29.
- Wiegmann (1828) Isis (Oken) 21: 364-383
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 11, 2006.
- Flores-Villela, O. & Santos-Barrera, G. 2007. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
- Uetz, Peter. The Reptile Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2535694
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-198
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 585684
- IUCN ID: 63676
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 133791
Footnotes
- Flores-Villela, O. & Santos-Barrera, G. 2007. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008. [back]
