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Abronia  Gray, 1838
Taxonomic Serial No.: 585644

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Mesaspis Cope, 1877
  
  Common Name(s):    
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2021   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderAutarchoglossa   
                               FamilyAnguidae  – Alligator Lizards, Anguid Lizards, Anguids, Galliwasps, Glass Lizards  
                                  SubfamilyGerrhonotinae  – alligator lizards  
                                     GenusAbronia Gray, 1838  
    Direct Children:  
                                        Species Abronia antauges (Cope, 1866) – Mount Orizaba Alligator Lizard 
                                        Species Abronia anzuetoi Campbell and Frost, 1993 – Anzuetoi Arboreal Alligator Lizard 
                                        Species Abronia aurita (Cope, 1868) – Cope's Arboreal Alligator Lizard 
                                        Species Abronia bogerti Tihen, 1954 – Lagarto alicante de Bogert, Bogert's Arboreal Alligator Lizard 
                                        Species Abronia campbelli Brodie and Savage, 1993 – Campbell's Alligator Lizard 
                                        Species Abronia chiszari Smith and Smith, 1981 – Chiszar's Arboreal Alligator Lizard, Lagarto alicante de Chiszar 
                                        Species Abronia cuchumatanus (Solano-Zavaleta, Nieto-Montes de Oca and Campbell, 2016) – Cuchumatanes Alligator Lizard 
                                        Species Abronia cuetzpali Campbell, Solano-Zavaleta, Flores-Villela, Caviedes-Solis and Frost, 2016  
                                        Species Abronia deppii (Wiegmann, 1828) – Deppe's Arboreal Alligator Lizard 
                                        Species Abronia fimbriata (Cope, 1885)  
                                        Species Abronia frosti Campbell, Sasa, Aceedo and Mendelson, 1998 – Frost's Arboreal Alligator Lizard 
                                        Species Abronia fuscolabialis (Tihen, 1944) – Escorpión Arboricola del Zempoaltepec, Mount Zempoaltepec Arboreal Alligator Lizard, Lagarto alicante de Zempoaltepec 
                                        Species Abronia gadovii (Boulenger, 1913) – Gadow's Alligator Lizard 
                                        Species Abronia gaiophantasma Campbell and Frost, 1993 – Brilliant Arboreal Alligator Lizard 
                                        Species Abronia graminea (Cope, 1864) – Lagarto alicante terrestre, Sierra de Tehuacan Arboreal Alligator Lizard, Terrestrial Arboreal Alligator Lizard 
                                        Species Abronia juarezi (Karges and Wright, 1987) – Sierra Juarez Alligator Lizard, Escorpión de Sierra de Juarez 
                                        Species Abronia leurolepis Campbell and Frost, 1993 – Flat-scaled Arboreal Alligator Lizard, Smoothback Arboreal Alligator Lizard 
                                        Species Abronia lythrochila Smith and Alvarez del Toro, 1963 – Lagarto alicante labios rojos, Red-lipped Arboreal Alligator Lizard 
                                        Species Abronia martindelcampoi Flores-Villela and Sánchez-H., 2003 – Martín del Campo's Arboreal Alligator Lizard 
                                        Species Abronia matudai (Hartweg and Tihen, 1946) – Lagarto alicante rayado, Matuda's Arboreal Alligator Lizard 
                                        Species Abronia meledona Campbell and Brodie, 1999  
                                        Species Abronia mitchelli Campbell, 1982 – Lagarto alicante de Mitchell, Mitchell's Arboreal Alligator Lizard 
                                        Species Abronia mixteca Bogert and Porter, 1967 – Lagarto alicante mixteco, Mixtecan Arboreal Alligator Lizard 
                                        Species Abronia montecristoi Hidalgo, 1983 – Montecristo Arboreal Alligator Lizard 
                                        Species Abronia monticola (Cope, 1878)  
                                        Species Abronia moreletii (Bocourt, 1872) – Morelet's Alligator Lizard 
                                        Species Abronia morenica Clause, Luna-Reyes and Nieto-Montes de Oca, 2020 – Sierra Morena Arboreal Alligator Lizards 
                                        Species Abronia oaxacae (Günther, 1885) – Lagarto alicante oaxaqueño, Oaxacan Arboreal Alligator Lizard 
                                        Species Abronia ochoterenai (Martín del Campo, 1939) – Lagarto alicante verde, Ochoterena's Arboreal Alligator Lizard, Northern Chiapas Arboreal Alligator Lizard 
                                        Species Abronia ornelasi Campbell, 1984 – Lagarto alicante de Cerro Baúl, Ornelas's Arboreal Alligator Lizard, Cerro Baul Alligator Lizard 
                                        Species Abronia ramirezi Campbell, 1994 – Ramirez's Alligator Lizard 
                                        Species Abronia reidi Werler and Shannon, 1961 – Lagarto alicante de Reid, Reid's Arboreal Alligator Lizard 
                                        Species Abronia salvadorensis Hidalgo, 1983 – Salvador Arboreal Alligator Lizard 
                                        Species Abronia smithi Campbell and Frost, 1993 – Smith's Arboreal Alligator Lizard 
                                        Species Abronia taeniata (Wiegmann, 1828) – Lagarto alicante de bromelia, Banded Arboreal Alligator Lizard, Bromeliad Arboreal Alligator Lizard 
                                        Species Abronia vasconcelosii (Bocourt, 1872)  
                                        Species Abronia viridiflava (Bocourt, 1873) – Dwarf Alligator Lizard 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Roy W. McDiarmid  
  Notes: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center   
  Reference for: Abronia    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)   
  Reference for: Abronia   
       
  Source: Reptile Database (Dec. 2020), website (version Dec 2020)  
  Acquired: 2021   
  Notes: Uetz, P., Freed, P. & Hosek, J. (eds.) (2020) The Reptile Database, http://www.reptile-database.org   
  Reference for: Abronia   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title: Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17   
  Page(s): iv + 73   
  Publisher: Carnegie Museum of Natural History   
  Publication Place: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-911239-42-1   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Abronia   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Lizard genus Abronia Gray, 1838 (TSN 585644) is a 'parahomonym' of (different kingdom, same name as) vascular plant genus Abronia Juss. 1789 (TSN 19550)  
 

 

    

 
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