Abronia moreletii

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Abronia moreletii
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CITES Appendix II (CITES) [2]
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Anguidae
Genus: Abronia
Species:
A. moreletii
Binomial name
Abronia moreletii
(Bocourt, 1872)
Mesaspis moreletii distribution.png
Synonyms [3]
  • Gerrhonotus moreletiiBocourt, 1872
  • Barisia moreletii Tihen, 1949
  • Mesaspis moreleti Liner, 1994

Abronia moreletii, commonly known as Morelet's alligator lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Anguidae. The species is endemic to Central America. [1]

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Etymology

The specific name, moreletii, is in honor of French naturalist Pierre Marie Arthur Morelet. [4]

Geographic range

A. moreletii is native to southern Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua. [1]

Habitat

The natural habitat of A. 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]

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognized as being valid: [3]

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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 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.
  2. "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. 1 2 Abronia moreletii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 January 2021.
  4. 1 2 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).

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