Mitchell's Arboreal Alligator Lizard articles

Distribution

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Continent: Middle-America
Distribution: Mexico (Sierra Juarez, Oaxaca)
Type locality: Cerro PelÃ³n, N slope Sierra JuÃ¡rez, Oaxaca, Mexico, in cloud forest at an elevation of about 2750 m.

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Abronia mitchelli

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Abronia mitchelli, Mitchell's arboreal alligator lizard, is a species of arboreal alligator lizard in the family Anguidae. The species, which was originally described in 1982 by Jonathan A. Campbell, is endemic to southwestern Mexico.

Etymology

The specific name, mitchelli, is in honor of American herpetologist Lyndon A. Mitchell.^[3]

Geographic range

A. mitchelli is found in the Mexican state of Oaxaca.^[4]

Habitat

The natural habitat of A. mitchelli is cloud forest at an altitude of 2,750 m (9,020 ft).^[4]

Reproduction

A. mitchelli is viviparous.^[4]

References

^ Campbell, J. (2007). "Abronia mitchelli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T63683A12696624. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63683A12696624.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
^ 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 mitchelli, p. 180).
^ ^a ^b ^c Species Abronia mitchelli at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.

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