Abronia fimbriata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Diploglossa

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Anguimorpha Infraordo: Neoanguimorpha Superfamilia: Diploglossa

Familia: Anguidae
Subfamilia: Gerrhonotinae
Genus: Abronia
Species: Abronia fimbriata

Name

• Abronia fimbriata (Cope, 1885)

Lectotype: MNHN 1189, subadult ♀. [designated by Campbell & Frost, (1993: 14)]

Type locality: “les forèts de pins de la haute Vera Paz (Guatemala oriental)”, restricted to “vicinity of Caquipec, Department of Alta Verapaz, Guatemala”, by Campbell & Frost (1993: 15).

Combinations

• Barissia fimbriata Cope, 1885: 171 [original combination]
• Gerrhonotus fimbriatus — Günther, 1885: 37 [subsequent combination]
• Abronia fimbriata — Tihen, 1949: 591 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Cope, E.D. [1884] 1885. Twelfth contribution to the herpetology of tropical America. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 22: 167–194. BHL
• Tihen, J.A. 1949. The Genera of Gerrhonotine Lizards. The American Midland Naturalist 41(3): 580–601. DOI: 10.2307/2421775 ; JSTOR Reference page. 
• 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. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 216: 1–121. handle. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2026. Abronia fimbriata. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 19 March 2018.
• Acevedo, M., Ariano-Sánchez, D. & Johnson, J. 2014. IUCN: Abronia fimbriata  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T203015A2758590. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T203015A2758590.en

Vernacular names

• English: Cope's Arboreal Alligator Lizard