| Frost's arboreal alligator lizard | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Anguidae |
| Genus: | Abronia |
| Species: | A. frosti |
| Binomial name | |
| Abronia frosti | |
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.
The specific name, frosti, is in honor of American herpetologist Darrell R. Frost. [3]
A. frosti is found in one isolated location in Huehuetenango Department, Guatemala. [1] [4]
The preferred natural habitat of A. frosti, is forest, an altitudes of 2,800–2,900 m (9,200–9,500 ft). [1]
A. frosti can be distinguished from all other Guatemalan species of Abronia by its lack of protuberant supra-aurical spines. [4]
A. frosti is ovoviviparous. [4]
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Darrel Richmond Frost is an American herpetologist and systematist. He was previously head curator of herpetology at the American Museum of Natural History, as well as president of both the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (1998) and the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (2006). Four taxa are named in his honor: the toad genus Frostius, the tree frog Dendropsophus frosti, Darrel's Chorus Frog Microhyla darreli, and Frost's arboreal alligator lizard Abronia frosti.
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