Abronia matudai
| Abronia matudai | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Anguidae |
| Genus: | Abronia |
| Species: | A. matudai |
| Binomial name | |
| Abronia (lizard) matudai (Hartweg & Tihen, 1946) | |
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Abronia matudai is a species of endangered arboreal alligator lizard described in 1946 by Hartweg and Tihen.
Etymology
The specific name, matudai, is in honor of Eizi Matuda, a Japanese-born Mexican botanist.[3]
Geographic range
A. matudai is native to Guatemala and Mexico.
References
- ↑ Campbell JA, Muñoz-Alonso A (2007). "Abronia matudai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 18 February 2009.
- ↑ "Abronia matudai ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Abronia matudai, p. 171).
Further reading
- Hartweg N, Tihen JA (1946). Lizards of the Genus Gerrhonotus from Chiapas, Mexico. Occ. Pap., Univ. Michigan Mus. Zool. (497): 1-16. (Gerrhonotus matudai, new species, pp. 3–5).
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