Abronia taeniata

Abronia taeniata
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
CITES Appendix II (CITES) [2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Anguidae
Genus:	Abronia
Species:	A. taeniata
Binomial name
Abronia taeniata Wiegmann, 1828

Abronia taeniata, the banded arboreal alligator lizard or bromeliad arboreal alligator lizard, is a vulnerable species of arboreal alligator lizard described in 1828 by Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann.

Abronia taeniata is eurythermic. It can sustain activity at a wide range of temperatures and actively avoids favorable microhabitats in the spring and is a moderate thermoregulator during autumn and winter. ^[3]

Reproduction

Males reached sexual maturity at a smaller SVL (snout-vent length) than females. The same pattern emerged with body mass and both males and females had similar weights. ^[4]

In males, testicular volume varied with the month; smaller in November, increases in December through January, a plateau from April to August and after a peak in September and October there was a patterned decline in November. Testicular increase correlated with mean monthly precipitation, but not temperature or photoperiod. ^[4]

Litter size was not correlated with female SVL (snout-vent. length). ^[4]

References

1. Canseco-Márquez, L. & Mendoza-Quijano, F. (2007). "Abronia taeniata". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2007. IUCN: e.T63691A12698332. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63691A12698332.en . Retrieved 11 January 2018.
2. "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
3. Fierro-Estrada, Natalia; Méndez-de la Cruz, Fausto R.; Tellez-Valdes, Oswaldo (October 2023). "Living in the mountains: Thermal ecology and freezing tolerance of the lizard Abronia taeniata (Squamata: Anguidae)". Journal of Thermal Biology. 117 103679. doi:10.1016/j.jtherbio.2023.103679. ISSN   0306-4565. PMID   37625341.
4. Villamar-Duque, Tomás E.; Cruz-Elizalde, Raciel; Ramírez-Bautista, Aurelio (2019). "Reproduction of the Bromeliad Arboreal Alligator Lizard, Abronia taeniata Squamata: Anguidae), in a temperate environment of central Mexico". Salamandra. 55 (4): 221–330 – via ResearchGate.