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Distribution

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Continent: Middle-America
Distribution: Mexico (E Oaxaca), elevation 1500-1600 m
Type locality: Cerro Baul, Oaxaca, Mexico; cloud forest at an elevation of about 1600 m. This site is in the vicinity of Colonia Rodulfo Figueroa, in the Atlantic drainage of the Rio Mono Blanco, 19 km NW Rizo de Oro, Chiapas.
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Abronia ornelasi

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Abronia ornelasi, Ornelas's arboreal alligator lizard or Cerro Baul alligator lizard, is a species of arboreal alligator lizard in the family Anguidae. The species, which was originally described in 1984 by Jonathan A. Campbell, is endemic to southern Mexico.

Etymology

The specific name, ornelasi, is in honor of Julio Ornelas Martinez who assisted Campbell in fieldwork in Mexico.[4]

Geographic range

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

Habitat

The natural habitat of A. ornelasi is cloud forest at altitudes of 1,500–1,600 m (4,900–5,200 ft).[3]

Reproduction

A. ornelasi is viviparous.[3]

References

  1. ^ Campbell, J. (2007). "Abronia ornelasi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T63687A12697494. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63687A12697494.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ^ a b c d Species Abronia ornelasi at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
  4. ^ 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 ornelasi, p. 196).
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Abronia ornelasi: Brief Summary

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Abronia ornelasi, Ornelas's arboreal alligator lizard or Cerro Baul alligator lizard, is a species of arboreal alligator lizard in the family Anguidae. The species, which was originally described in 1984 by Jonathan A. Campbell, is endemic to southern Mexico.

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