Abronia aurita

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Diploglossa

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Anguimorpha Infraordo: Neoanguimorpha Superfamilia: Diploglossa

Familia: Anguidae
Subfamilia: Gerrhonotinae
Genus: Abronia
Species: Abronia aurita

Name

• Abronia aurita (Cope, 1869)

Holotype: USNM 6769.

Type locality: “the vast forests of Vera Paz, in the neighborhood of the ancient cities of Peten and Coban[, Guatemala].”

Combinations

• Gerrhonotus auritus Cope, 1869: 306 [original combination]
• Abronia aurita — Tihen, 1949: 591 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Cope, E.D. 1868. Sixth contribution to the herpetology of Tropical America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 20: 305–313. BHL
• Tihen, J.A. 1949. The Genera of Gerrhonotine Lizards. The American Midland Naturalist 41(3): 580–601. DOI: 10.2307/2421775 ; JSTOR Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Abronia aurita. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 19 March 2018.
• Acevedo, M., Ariano-Sánchez, D. & Johnson, J. 2013. IUCN: Abronia aurita  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T203013A2758576. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T203013A2758576.en

Vernacular names

English: Cope's Arboreal Alligator Lizard