Frost's arboreal alligator lizard

Frost's arboreal alligator lizard
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
CITES Appendix I  [2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Anguimorpha
Family:	Anguidae
Genus:	Abronia
Species:	A. frosti
Binomial name
Abronia frosti Campbell, Sasa, M. Acevedo & Mendelson, 1998

Frost's arboreal alligator lizard (Abronia frosti) is a species of lizard in the family Anguidae. The species is endemic to Guatemala in Central America.

Etymology

The specific name, frosti, is in honor of American herpetologist Darrell R. Frost. ^[3]

Geographic range

A. frosti is found in one isolated location in Huehuetenango Department, Guatemala. ^{[1] [4]}

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. frosti, is forest, an altitudes of 2,800–2,900 m (9,200–9,500 ft). ^[1]

Description

A. frosti can be distinguished from all other Guatemalan species of Abronia by its lack of protuberant supra-aurical spines. ^[4]

Reproduction

A. frosti is ovoviviparous. ^[4]

References

1. Ariano-Sánchez D, Acevedo M, Johnson J (2013). "Abronia frosti ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013. IUCN: e.T29479A2790394. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T29479A2790394.en . Retrieved 6 January 2018.
2. "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
3. 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. (Abronia frosti, p. 95).
4. Abronia frosti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 19 August 2014.

Further reading

• Ariano-Sánchez D, Torres-Almazán M, Urbina-Aguilar A (2011). "Rediscovery of Abronia frosti (Sauria: Anguidae) from a Cloud Forest in Cuchumatanes Highlands in Northwestern Guatemala: Habitat Characterization and Conservation Status". Herpetological Review42 (2): 196–198.
• Campbell JA, Sasa M, Acevedo M, Mendelson JR III (1998). "A new species of Abronia (Squamata: Anguidae) from the High Chuchumatanes of Guatemala". Herpetologica54 (2): 221–234. (Abronia frosti, new species).
• Köhler G (2000). Reptilien und Amphibien Mittelamerikas. Band 1. Krokodile, Schildkröen, Echsen. Offenbach, Germany: Herpeton Verlag. 158 pp. ISBN   3-9806214-0-5. (Abronia frosti, p. 38). (in German).