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Abronia moreletii

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Species of lizard

Abronia moreletii
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Anguidae
Genus: Abronia
Species: A. moreletii
Binomial name
Abronia moreletii
(Bocourt, 1872)
Synonyms
  • Gerrhonotus moreletii Bocourt, 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.

Etymology

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

Geographic range

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

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.

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognized as being valid:

  • Abronia moreletii moreletii (Bocourt, 1872)
  • Abronia moreletii rafaeli (Hartweg & Tihen, 1946)
  • Abronia moreletii salvadorensis (Hartweg & Tihen, 1946)
  • Abronia moreletii temporalis (Hartweg & Tihen, 1946)

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.

References

  1. ^ 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. ^ Abronia moreletii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 January 2021.
  4. ^ 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 ", pp. 182-183; "Mesaspis moreleti rafaeli", p. 215).

Further reading

  • Bocourt MF ("1871", 1872). "Description de quelques Gerrhonotes nouveaux provenant du Mexique et de l'Amérique centrale ". Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris 7 (4): 101-108. ("Gerrhonotus moreleti , n. sp.", new species, p. 102; "Gerrh. moreletii ", pp. 103–104). (in French).
Taxon identifiers
Mesaspis moreletii
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