| Abronia juarezi | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Endangered (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Anguidae |
| Genus: | Abronia |
| Species: | A. juarezi |
| Binomial name | |
| Abronia juarezi (Karges & Wright, 1987) | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Abronia juarezi, also known commonly as the Sierra Juarez alligator lizard and el escorpión de Sierra de Juárez in Mexican Spanish, is a species of lizard in the family Anguidae. The species is endemic to the Sierra Juárez in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico.
Etymology
The specific name, juarezi, refers to the Sierra Juárez mountain range.
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of A. juarezi is forest, at altitudes of 2,000–2,800 m (6,600–9,200 ft).
Behavior
A. juarezi is terrestrial.
Reproduction
A. juarezi is ovoviviparous.
References
- ^ Canseco-Márquez, L. (2007). "Abronia juarezi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T63714A12708949. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63714A12708949.en.
- "Abronia juarezi (Karges & Wright, 1987)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ Abronia juarezi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 21 November 2022.
- 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. (Mesaspis juarezi, p. 137).
Further reading
- Gutiérrez-Rodríguez J, Zaldívar-Riverón A, Solano-Zavaleta I, Campbell JA, Meza-Lázaro RN, Flores-Villela O, Nieto-Montes de Oca A (2020). "Phylogenomics of the Mesoamerican Alligator-Lizard Genera Abronia and Mesaspis (Anguidae: Gerrhonotidae) Reveals Multiple Independent Clades of Arboreal and Terrestrial Species". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 154: 106693. (Abronia juarezi, new combination).
- Karges, JP; Wright, JW (1987). "A new species of Barisia (Sauria, Anguidae) from Oaxaca, Mexico". Contributions in Science. 381 (381): 1–11. doi:10.5962/p.208125. (Barisia juarezi, new species).
- Liner EA (1994). Scientific and Common Names for the Amphibians and Reptiles of Mexico in English and Spanish: Nombres Cientificos y Comunes en Ingles y Español de los Anfibios y los Reptiles de México. Herpetological Circular No. 3. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR). iii + 113 pp. (Mesaspis juarezi, new combination). (in English and Spanish).
- Mata-Silva V, Johnson JD, Wilson LD, García-Padilla E (2015). "The herpetofauna of Oaxaca, Mexico: composition, physiographic distribution, and conservation status". Mesoamerican Herpetology 2 (1): 6–62.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Abronia juarezi | |
| Mesaspis juarezi | |
| Barisia juarezi | |
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