Abronia smithi

Abronia smithi
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
	CITES Appendix II
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Anguimorpha
Family:	Anguidae
Genus:	Abronia
Species:	A. smithi
Binomial name
	Abronia smithi; Campbell & Frost, 1993

Last updated December 01, 2025

Abronia smithi is a species of lizard in the family Anguidae. Known by the common name Smith's arboreal alligator lizard, the species is endemic to the state of Chiapas in Mexico.^[1]^[3]

Taxonomy and etymology

A. smithi was described in 1993 by Jonathan A. Campbell and Darrel Frost, and named after the American herpetologist Hobart Muir Smith.^[4]^[5]

Habitat and geographic range

A. smithi is an arboreal species which lives in the canopies of large trees in the cloud forests of the Sierra Madre de Chiapas.^[1] Its elevational range is 1,800–2,800 m (5,900–9,200 ft) above sea level.^[1]^[3]

Reproduction

A. smithi is viviparous.^[3]

Conservation status

A. smithi is only known to exist in a few localities in Chiapas. It is uncommon and may be threatened by deforestation, but it occurs in protected habitat, including the El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve.^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 5 Campbell JA, Muñoz-Alonso A (2007). Abronia smithi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. Downloaded on 26 March 2015.
↑ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
1 2 3 Abronia smithi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 10 October 2017.
↑ Campbell, Jonathan A.; Frost, Darrel R. (1993). "Anguid lizards of the genus Abronia: revisionary notes, descriptions of four new species, a phylogenetic analysis, and key". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 216: 1–121. hdl:2246/823. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-26.
↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael & Grayson, Michael (6 September 2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. JHU Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0227-7. (Abronia smithi, p. 247).

Johnson JD, Mata-Silva V, García Padilla E, Wilson LD (2015). "The Herpetofauna of Chiapas, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation". Mesoamerican Herpetology2 (3): 272–329.
Köhler G (2008). Reptiles of Central America, Second Edition. Offenbach am Main, Germany: Herpeton Verlag. 400 pp. ISBN 978-3936180282.

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[iucn-1] 1 2 3 4 5 Campbell JA, Muñoz-Alonso A (2007). Abronia smithi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. Downloaded on 26 March 2015.

[2] "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.

[RDB-3] 1 2 3 Abronia smithi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 10 October 2017.

[4] Campbell, Jonathan A.; Frost, Darrel R. (1993). "Anguid lizards of the genus Abronia: revisionary notes, descriptions of four new species, a phylogenetic analysis, and key". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 216: 1–121. hdl:2246/823. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-26.

[5] Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael & Grayson, Michael (6 September 2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. JHU Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0227-7. (Abronia smithi, p. 247).

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