Abronia reidi

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• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Biome: Terrestrial [1].

Ecology: An arboreal species found high in cloud forest and rainforest canopy . Populations need tall trees to persist, hence any degradation of the forest resulting in the removal of these trees will be detrimental . [1].

List of Habitats :

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.9     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Abronia reidi — Liner 1994 • Abronia reidi — Liner 2007 • Abronia< /i> (Abaculabronia) Reidi — Campbell & Frost 1993 • Gerrhonotus reidi Wermuth 1969

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Similar Species

Members of the genus Abronia

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 22 species and subspecies in this genus:

A. anzuetoi (Anzuetoi Arboreal Alligator Lizard) · A. bogerti (Bogert's Arboreal Alligator Lizard) · A. campbelli (Campbell's Alligator Lizard) · A. chiszari (Chiszar's Arboreal Alligator Lizard) · 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. matudai (Matuda's Arboreal Alligator Lizard) · 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
• Bogert, Charles M. & Porter, Ann P. 1967. A new species of Abronia (Sauria, Anguidae) from the Sierra Madre del Sur of Oaxaca, Mexico. American Museum Novitates (2279): 1-21
• Campbell J A 1984. A new species of Abronia (Sauria: Anguidae) with comments on the herpetogeography of the highlands of southern Mexico. Herpetologica 40 (4): 373-381
• 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 et al. (1993) Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 216: 1-121
• 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.
• 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.
• IUCN. 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Available at: www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 12th September 2007).
• Liner (2007) Louisiana State University Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural Science 80: 1-60
• Liner, Ernest A. 2007. A CHECKLIST OF THE AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF MEXICO. Louisiana State University Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural Science 80: 1-60
• Werler et al. (1961) Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences 64 (2): 123-132
• Werler, John E. & Shannon, Frederick A. 1961. Two new lizards (genera Abronia and Xenosaurus) from the Los Tuxtlas Range of Veracruz, Mexico. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences 64 (2): 123-132

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 April 18, 2007.
• Flores-Villela, O. & Lopez-Luna, M.A. 2007. Abronia reidi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 29January2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• TIGR Reptile Database . Release date: October 2, 2007
• Uetz, Peter. The Reptile Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 182848
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-30
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 585695
• IUCN ID: 188078
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1762781

Footnotes

1. Flores-Villela, O. & Lopez-Luna, M.A. 2007. Abronia reidi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 29 January 2012. [back]

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