Abronia frosti

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 frosti

Name

Abronia frosti Campbell, Sasa, Acevedo & Mendelson, 1998: 222

Holotype: UTA R-41131, adult ♂.

Type locality: “along road to Patalcal, 5.9 km (by road) NW intersection of Guatemala road 9N (near San Mateo Ixtatán), 2835 m, Sierra de los Cuchumatanes, Huehuetenango, Guatemala (15º51'19" N, 91º31'02" W)”.

References

Primary references

• Campbell, J.A., Sasa, M., Acevedo, M. & Mendelson, J.R. 1998. A new species of Abronia (Squamata: Anguidae) from the high Cuchumatanes of Guatemala. Herpetologica 54(2): 221–234. JSTOR Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2026. Abronia frosti. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 15 March 2018.
• Ariano-Sánchez, D., Acevedo, M. & Johnson, J. 2013. IUCN: Abronia frosti  (Critically Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T29479A2790394. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T29479A2790394.en

Vernacular names

• English: Frost’s Arboreal Alligator Lizard