Abronia mitchelli

Abronia mitchelli is a species of arboreal alligator lizard in the family Anguidae. The species, which was originally described in 1982 by Jonathan A. Campbell, is endemic to southwestern Mexico.

Abronia mitchelli
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Anguidae
Genus:	Abronia
Species:	A. mitchelli
Binomial name
Abronia mitchelli Campbell, 1982

Etymology

The specific name, mitchelli, is in honor of American herpetologist Lyndon A. Mitchell.[2]

Geographic range

A. mitchelli is found in the Mexican state of Oaxaca.[3]

Habitat

The natural habitat of A. mitchelli is cloud forest at an altitude of 2,750 m (9,020 ft).[3]

Reproduction

A. mitchelli is viviparous.[3]

References

1. Campbell JA (2007). "Abronia mitchelli ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T63683A12696624. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63683A12696624.en. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
2. 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. (Abronia mitchelli, p. 180).
3. Species Abronia mitchelli at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

• Campbell JA (1982). "A New Species of Abronia (Sauria, Anguidae), from the Sierra Juárez, Oaxaca, México". Herpetologica 38 (3): 355–361. (Abronia mitchelli, new species).
• Campbell JA, Frost DR (1993). "Anguid lizards of the genus Abronia: revisionary notes, descriptions of four new species, a phylogenetic analysis, and key". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 216: 1–121.
• Mata-Silva J, 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. (in English, plus abstract in Spanish).