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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Anguidae |
| Genus: | Abronia |
| Species: | A. juarezi
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| Binomial name | |
| Abronia juarezi | |
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Etymology
editThe specific name, juarezi, refers to the Sierra Juárez mountain range.[4]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitat of A. juarezi is forest, at altitudes of 2,000–2,800 m (6,600–9,200 ft).[1]
Behavior
editA. juarezi is terrestrial.[1]
Reproduction
editA. juarezi is ovoviviparous.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ a b 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
edit- 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.
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