Abronia moreletii

Abronia moreletii
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Anguidae
Genus: Abronia
Species:
A. moreletii
Binomial name
Abronia moreletii
(Bocourt, 1872)
Synonyms[3]
  • Gerrhonotus moreletii Bocourt, 1872
  • Barisia moreletii – Tihen, 1949
  • Mesaspis moreleti – Liner, 1994

Abronia moreletii, commonly known as Morelet's alligator lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Anguidae. The species is endemic to Central America.[1]

Etymology

The specific name, moreletii, is in honor of French naturalist Pierre Marie Arthur Morelet.[4]

Geographic range

A. moreletii is native to southern Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua.[1]

Habitat

The natural habitat of A. moreletii consists of Central American pine-oak forests and cloud forests between 1,450 and 2,530 metres (4,760 and 8,300 ft) above sea level.[1]

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognized as being valid:[3]

  • Abronia moreletii moreletii (Bocourt, 1872)
  • Abronia moreletii rafaeli (Hartweg & Tihen, 1946)
  • Abronia moreletii salvadorensis (Hartweg & Tihen, 1946)
  • Abronia moreletii temporalis (Hartweg & Tihen, 1946)

Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Abronia.

The subspecific name, rafaeli, is in honor of Mexican herpetologist Rafael Martín del Campo.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Ariano-Sánchez, D.; Sunyer, J.; Veselý, M. (2013). "Mesaspis moreletii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T176254A1436880. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T176254A1436880.en. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ^ a b Abronia moreletii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 January 2021.
  4. ^ a b Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Del Campo", p. 69; "Mesaspis moreleti [sic]", pp. 182-183; "Mesaspis moreleti [sic] rafaeli", p. 215).

Further reading

  • Bocourt MF ("1871", 1872). "Description de quelques Gerrhonotes nouveaux provenant du Mexique et de l'Amérique centrale ". Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris 7 (4): 101-108. ("Gerrhonotus moreleti [sic], n. sp.", new species, p. 102; "Gerrh. moreletii [sic]", pp. 103–104). (in French).