Abronia moreletii
| Abronia moreletii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Anguimorpha |
| Family: | Anguidae |
| Genus: | Abronia |
| Species: | A. moreletii
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| Binomial name | |
| Abronia moreletii (Bocourt, 1872)
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Abronia moreletii, commonly known as Morelet's alligator lizard and escorpión de Morelet in Spanish, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Gerrhonotinae of the family Anguidae. The species is native to Central America.[1] There are four recognized subspecies.
Etymology
The specific name, moreletii, is in honor of French naturalist Pierre Marie Arthur Morelet.[4]
Geographic range
Abronia moreletii is native to southern Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua.[1]
Habitat
The natural habitat of Abronia moreletii consists of Central American pine-oak forests and cloud forests between 1,450 and 2,530 metres (4,760 and 8,300 ft) above sea level.[1]
Behavior
Abronia moreletii is terrestrial and semi-arboreal.[1]
Reproduction
The mode of reproduction of Abronia moreletii has been described as being viviparous[1] and as being ovoviviparous.[3]
Subspecies
The following four subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[3]
- Abronia moreletii moreletii (Bocourt, 1872)
- Abronia moreletii rafaeli (Hartweg & Tihen, 1946)
- Abronia moreletii salvadorensis (Schmidt, 1928)
- Abronia moreletii temporalis (Hartweg & Tihen, 1946)
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Abronia.
The subspecific name, rafaeli, is in honor of Mexican herpetologist Rafael Martín del Campo.[4]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Ariano-Sánchez, D.; Sunyer, J.; Veselý, M. (2013). "Mesaspis moreletii ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013 e.T176254A1436880. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T176254A1436880.en. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ a b c Abronia moreletii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 January 2021.
- ^ a b Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Del Campo", p. 69; "Mesaspis moreleti [sic]", pp. 182–183; "Mesaspis moreleti [sic] rafaeli ", p. 215).
Further reading
- Bocourt, M.F. ("1871", 1872). "Description de quelques Gerrhonotes nouveaux provenant du Mexique et de l'Amérique centrale ". Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris 7 (4): 101–108. ("Gerrhonotus moreleti [sic], n. sp.", new species, p. 102; "Gerrh. moreletii [sic]", pp. 103–104). (in French).
- Boulenger, G.A. (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. ... Anguidæ ... . London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I–XXIV. (Gerrhonotus moreletii, pp. 278–279).
- Hartweg, N.; Tihen, J.A. (1946). "Lizards of the Genus Gerrhonotus from Chiapas, Mexico". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (497): 1–16. ("Gerrhonotus moreleti [sic] rafaeli ", new subspecies, pp. 8–10; "Gerrhonotus moreleti [sic] temporalis ", new subspecies, pp. 10–14).
- Schmidt, K.P. (1928). "Reptiles Collected in Salvador for the California Institute of Technology". Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series. 12 (16): 191–201. (Gerrhonotus salvadorensis, new species, pp. 196–198, Figure 1, two drawings of head).