Abronia graminea

Abronia graminea

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 graminea

Name

• Abronia graminea (Cope, 1864)

Lectotype: USNM 6327. [designated by Good (1988: 99)]

Type locality: “Orizaba, Mexico.”

Combinations

• Gerrhonotus gramineus Cope, 1864: 179 [original combination]
• Abronia taeniata graminea — Tihen, 1949: 591 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]
• Abronia graminea — Martin, 1955: 175-176 [subsequent combination, restaure to species]

References

Primary references

• Cope, E.D. 1864. Contributions to the herpetology of tropical America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 16: 166–181. BHL Reference page. 
• Tihen, J.A. 1949. The Genera of Gerrhonotine Lizards. The American Midland Naturalist 41(3): 580–601. DOI: 10.2307/2421775 ; JSTOR Reference page. 
• Martin, P.S. 1955. Herpetological records from the Gómez Farías region of southwestern Tamaulipas, México. Copeia 1955(3): 173-180. JSTOR
• Good, D.A. 1988. Phylogenetic Relationships Among Gerrhonotine Lizards: An Analysis of External Morphology. In University of California Publications in Zoology volume 121. University of California Press: Berkeley & Los Angeles. 139 pp. ISBN 9780520097445 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Abronia graminea. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 17 March 2018.
• Flores-Villela, O. & Santos-Barrera, G. 2007. IUCN: Abronia graminea  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63678A12695490. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63678A12695490.en

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Grüne Baumschleiche
English: Terrestrial Arboreal Alligator Lizard
español: Escorpión Arboricola de Tehuacá

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