Abronia juarezi

Abronia juarezi
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Anguidae
Genus:	Abronia
Species:	A. juarezi
Binomial name
Abronia juarezi (Karges & Wright, 1987)
Synonyms[2]
Barisia juarezi Karges & Wright, 1987 Mesaspis juarezi (Karges & Wright, 1987)

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.[1][3]

Etymology

The specific name, juarezi, refers to the Sierra Juárez mountain range.[4]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. juarezi is forest, at altitudes of 2,000–2,800 m (6,600–9,200 ft).[1]

Behavior

A. juarezi is terrestrial.[1]

Reproduction

A. juarezi is ovoviviparous.[3]

References

1. Canseco-Márquez, L. (2007). "Abronia juarezi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T63714A12708949. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63714A12708949.en.
2. "Abronia juarezi (Karges & Wright, 1987)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
3. Abronia juarezi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 21 November 2022.
4. 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.