Английская Википедия:Frost's arboreal alligator lizard

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Speciesbox Frost's arboreal alligator lizard (Abronia frosti) is a species of lizard in the family Anguidae. The species is endemic to Guatemala in Central America.

Etymology

The specific name, frosti, is in honor of American herpetologist Darrell R. Frost.

Geographic range

A. frosti is found in one isolated location in Huehuetenango Department, Guatemala.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. frosti, is forest, an altitudes of Шаблон:Cvt.

Description

A. frosti can be distinguished from all other Guatemalan species of Abronia by its lack of protuberant supra-aurical spines.

Reproduction

A. frosti is ovoviviparous.

Further reading

• Ariano-Sánchez D, Torres-Almazán M, Urbina-Aguilar A (2011). "Rediscovery of Abronia frosti (Sauria: Anguidae) from a Cloud Forest in Cuchumatanes Highlands in Northwestern Guatemala: Habitat Characterization and Conservation Status". Herpetological Review 42 (2): 196–198.
• Campbell JA, Sasa M, Acevedo M, Mendelson JR III (1998). "A new species of Abronia (Squamata: Anguidae) from the High Chuchumatanes of Guatemala". Herpetologica 54 (2): 221–234. (Abronia frosti, new species).
• Köhler G (2000). Reptilien und Amphibien Mittelamerikas. Band 1. Krokodile, Schildkröen, Echsen. Offenbach, Germany: Herpeton Verlag. 158 pp. Шаблон:ISBN. (Abronia frosti, p. 38). (in German).

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