Abronia deppii

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 deppii

Name

Abronia deppii (Wiegmann, 1828)

Lectotype: ZMB 1149, adult ♀, collected by F. Deppe on April 1824 or July–September 1826. [designated by Taylor (1969)]

Type locality: “Mexico”, restricted in error to “the vicinity of Omilteme, Guerrero, Mexico” by Smith & Taylor (1950), corrected to “Temascaltepec-Real de Arriba, in the State of Mexico” by Sánchez-Herrera & López-Forment (1980: 86).

Paralectotype: ZMB 1150, adult ♂; same data as lectotype. [designated by Taylor (1969)]

Combinations

• Gerrhonotus deppii Wiegmann, 1828: 379 [original combination]
• Abronia deppii — Gray, 1838: 389 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Wiegmann, A.F.A. 1828. Beyträge zur Amphibienkunde (in German). Isis von Oken 21(4): 364–383. BHL Reference page. 
• Smith, H.M. & Taylor, E.H. 1950. An annotated checklist and key to the reptiles of Mexico exclusive of the snakes. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 199: 1–253.
• Taylor, E.H. 1969. Wiegmann and the herpetology of Mexico. pp iii–vi in Wiegmann, A.F.A. Herpetologia Mexicana [facsimile reprint]. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles: Notre Dame, Indiana. vi + 54 pp.
• Sánchez-Herrera, O. & López-Forment C., W. 1980. The lizard Abronia deppei (Sauria; Anguidae) in the state of Mexico, with the restriction of its type locality. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 16(3): 83–87. BHL

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Abronia deppii. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 19 March 2018.
• Flores-Villela, O. & Santos-Barrera, G. 2007. IUCN: Abronia deppii  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63676A12706337. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63676A12706337.en

Vernacular names

English: Deppe’s Arboreal Alligator Lizard