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Abronia campbelli

{{Short description|Species of lizard}}

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| name = Campbell's alligator lizard

| image = Campbell's_Alligator_Lizard_imported_from_iNaturalist_photo_1461535_on_19_June_2023.jpg

| image_alt = Photograph of the lizard in the wild

| image_caption = In Guatemala.

| status = CR

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Ariano-Sánchez, D. |author2=Johnson, J. |author3=Acevedo, M. |year=2013 |title=Abronia campbelli |volume=2013 |page=e.T203014A2758583 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T203014A2758583.en |access-date=15 April 2023}}

| status2 = CITES_A1

| status2_system = CITES

| status2_ref = {{Cite web|title=Appendices {{!}} CITES|url=https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php|access-date=2022-01-14|website=cites.org}}

| genus = Abronia (lizard)

| species = campbelli

| authority = Brodie & R. Savage, 1993

}}

Abronia campbelli, commonly known as Campbell's alligator lizard, is species of critically endangered arboreal alligator lizard in the family Anguidae. Abronia campbelli is endemic to eastern Guatemala.

Etymology

The specific name, campbelli, is in honor of American herpetologist Jonathan A. Campbell.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 campbelli, p. 46).

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. campbelli is forest, at altitudes of {{convert|1,800|–|1,900|m|ft|abbr=on}}.

Reproduction

A. campbelli is viviparous.{{EMBL species|genus=Abronia|species=campbelli}} www.reptile-database.org.

References

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Further reading

  • Ariano-Sánchez, Daniel; Torres-Almazán, Monica (2010). "Rediscovery of Abronia campbelli (Sauria: Anguidae) from a Pine-Oak Forest in Southeastern Guatemala: Habitat Characterization, Natural History, and Conservation Status". Herpetological Review 41 (3): 290–292.
  • Brodie ED Jr, Savage RF (1993). "A new species of Abronia (Squamata: Anguidae) from a dry oak forest in eastern Guatemala". Herpetologica 49 (4): 420–427. (Abronia campbelli, new species).
  • Lock, Brad; Torres, Monica (2016). "Projekt zum Schutz der vom Aussterben bedrohten Baumschleiche Abronia campbelli im Osten Guatemalas ". Terraria-Elaphe 62 (6): 72–79. (in German).

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Category:Reptiles described in 1993

Category:Abronia

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