Abronia zongolica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Diploglossa

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Lacertilia Infraordo: Anguimorpha Parvordo: Neoanguimorpha Superfamilia: Diploglossa

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

Name

Abronia zongolica García-Vázquez, Claude, Gutiérrez-Rodríguez, Cazares-Hernández & de la Torre-Loranca, 2022: 36

• Holotype: MZFC-HE 35664 (field number LOR 251), adult ♂, collected by J.R. Hernández Ginez on 20 December 2018.
• Type locality: “Ayahuatulco, Municipality of Mixtla de Altamirano, Sierra de Zongolica, Veracruz, Mexico, 18.60°N, 97.02°W, datum WGS84, 1600 m elevation”.

References

Primary references

• García-Vázquez, U.O., Claude, A.G., Gutiérrez-Rodríguez, J., Cazares-Hernández, E. & de la Torre-Loranca, M.A. 2022. A New Species of Abronia (Squamata: Anguidae) from the Sierra de Zongolica of Veracruz, Mexico. Ichthyology & Herpetology 110(1): 33–49. DOI: 10.1643/h2021051 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Abronia zongolica. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 December 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Sierra de Zongolica Arboreal Alligator Lizard
español: Dragoncito de la Sierra de Zongolica