Abronia reidi

Abronia reidi is a species of arboreal alligator lizard in the family Anguidae. The species is native to Mexico. It was described as a species new to science in 1961 by John E. Werler and Frederick A. Shannon.

Abronia reidi
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Anguidae
Genus:	Abronia
Species:	A. reidi
Binomial name
Abronia reidi Werler & Shannon, 1961
Synonyms[2]
Abronia reidi Werler & Shannon, 1961 Gerrhonotus reidi — Wermuth, 1969 Abronia (Abaculabronia) reidi — Campbell & Frost, 1993 Abronia reidi — Liner, 1994

Etymology

The specific name, reidi, is in honor of Jack Robert Reid (born 1933) of San Antonio, Texas, who was one of the collectors of the holotype.[3]

Geographic range

A. reidi is endemic to the Mexican state of Veracruz.[2]

Habitat

The natural habitat of A. reidi is forest.[1]

Reproduction

A. reidi is viviparous.[2]

References

1. Flores-Villela O, Lopez-Luna MA (2007). "Abronia reidi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2007: e.T63689A12697921. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63689A12697921.en. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
2. Species Abronia reidi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
3. 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 reidi, p. 219).

Further reading

• Werler JE, Shannon FA (1961). "Two New Lizards (Genera Abronia and Xenosaurus) from the Las Tuxtlas Range of Veracruz, Mexico". Trans. Kansas Acad Sci. 64 (2): 123–132. (Abronia reidi, new species, p. 123).