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Taxonomy of the genus Abronia Biodiversity of the family Anguidae

Bibliography of the genus
Abronia (Arboreal Alligator Lizards)

(Reptilia: Sauria: Anguidae)

Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted.


Abronia in general

Ariano-Sánchez, C. 2014. Baumschleichen der Gattung Abronia in Guatemala. Terraria-Elaphe 2014(47): 44-48.

Ariano-Sánchez, D.; Melendez, L. 2009. Arboreal Alligator Lizards in the genus Abronia: Emeralds from the cloud forests of Guatemala. IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 16(1): 24-27.

Campbell, J.A.; Frost, D.R. 1993. Anguid lizards of the genus Abronia: revisionary notes, descriptions of four new species, a phylogenetic analysis, and key. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 216: 1-121.

Chippindale, P.; Ammerman, L.K.; Campbell, J.A. 1998. Molecular approaches to phylogeny of Abronia (Anguidae: Gerrhonotinae), with emphasis on relationships in subgenus Auriculabronia. Copeia 1998(4): 883-892.

Clause, A.G.; Schmidt-Ballardo, W.; Solano-Zavaleta, I.; Jiménez-Velázquez, G.; Heimes, P. 2016. Morphological variation and natural history in the enigmatic lizard clade Scopaeabronia (Squamata: Anguidae: Abronia). Herpetological Review 47(4): 536-543.

Good, D.A. 1989. Allozyme variation and phylogenetic relationships among the species of Mesaspis (Squamata: Anguidae). Herpetologica 45(2): 227-232.

Heimes, P. 2002. Abronia - Baumschleichen in Bedraengnis. DATZ (Die Aquarien- und Terrarien-Zeitschrift) 55(11): 16-20.

Hoser, R.T. 2014. A logical new genus-level taxonomy for the Xenosauridae, Anniellidae, Diploglossidae and Anguidae (Squamata: Sauria). Australasian Journal of Herpetology 24: 20-64.

Langner, C. 2014. Baumschleichen der Gattung Abronia. Terraria-Elaphe 2014(45): 14-26.

Solano-Zavaleta, I.; Nieto-Montes de Oca, A. 2018. Species limits in the Morelet's Alligator lizard (Anguidae: Gerrhonotinae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 120: 16-27.

Tihen, J.A. 1954. Gerrhonotine lizards recently added to the American Museum collection, with further revisions of the genus Abronia. American Museum Novitates 1954: 1-26.

Abronia antauges

Karges, J.P.; Wright, J.W. 1987. A new species of Barisia (Sauria, Anguidae) from Oaxaca, Mexico. Contributions in Science (Los Angeles) 381: 1-11.

Solano-Zavaleta, I.; Cerón de la Luz, N.M.; Clause, A.G. 2017. Solving a 50-year mystery: rediscovery of Mesaspis antauges (Squamata: Anguidae). Zootaxa 4303(4): 559–572.

Abronia anzuetoi

Campbell, J.A.; Frost, D.R. 1993. Anguid lizards of the genus Abronia: revisionary notes, descriptions of four new species, a phylogenetic analysis, and key. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 216: 1-121.

Abronia bogerti

Bille, T. 2001. Ein zweites Exemplar von Abronia bogerti Tihen, 1954 aus Oaxaca, Mexico, mit Bemerkungen zur Variation der Art (Sauria: Anguinidae). Salamandra 37(4): 205-210.

Abronia campbelli

Ariano-Sánchez, D.; Torres-Almazan, M. 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, E.D.; Savage, R.F. 1993. A new species of Abronia (Squamata: Anguidae) from a dry oak forest in eastern Guatemala. Herpetologica 49(4): 420-427.

Torres, M.; Ariano, D.; Lock, B. 2011. [The conservation project for the rediscovered Campbell's alligator lizard in Guatemala]. (In German). ZGAP Mitteilungen 27(2): 8-9.

Abronia chiszari

Flores-Villela, O.; Vogt, R.C. 1992. Abronia chiszari (Reptilia, Anguidae), a second specimen from the 'Los Tuxtlas' region, Veracruz, Mexico. Herpetological Review 23(2): 41-42.

Perez-Higareda, G.; Lopez-Luna, M.A.; Chiszar, D.; Smith, H.M. 2002. Additions to and notes on the herpetofauna of Veracruz, Mexico. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 37(4): 67-68.

Smith, H.M.; Smith, R.B. 1981. Another epiphytic alligator lizard (Abronia) from Mexico. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 17(2): 51-60.

Abronia cuchumatana

Solano-Zavaleta, I.; Nieto-Montes de Oca, A.; Campbell, J.A. 2016. A new species of Mesaspis (Squamata: Anguidae) from the High Cuchumatanes of Guatemala. Journal of Herpetology 50(2): 327-336.

Abronia cuetzpali

Campbell, J.A.; Solano-Zavaleta, I.; Flores-Villela, O.; Caviedes-Solis, I.W.; Frost, D.R. 2016. A new species of Abronia (Squamata: Anguidae) from the Sierra Madre del Sur of Oaxaca, Mexico. Journal of Herpetology 50(1): 149-156.

Abronia deppii

Centenero-Alcala, E.; Jimenez-Arcos, V.H.; Escalona-Lopez, A.; Cruz-Padilla, S.S. 2009. Geographic distribution: Abronia deppei (Deppe's Arboreal Alligator Lizard). Herpetological Review 40(4): 450.

Davis, W.B.; Dixon, J.R. 1961. Reptiles (exclusive of snakes) of the Chilpancingo region, Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 74: 37-56.

Flores-Villela, O.A.; Sanchez Herrera, O. 2003. A new species of Abronia (Squamata: Anguidae) from the Sierra Madre del Sur of Guerrero, Mexico, with comments on Abronia deppii. Herpetologica 59(4): 524-531.

Franco, R.C. 1987. New records of reptiles from the Mexican state of Morelos. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 22(4): 69-70.

Langner, C. 2014. Herpetologische Beobachtungen im Lebensraum von Abronia deppii im Valle de Bravo, Estado de México, Mexiko. Terraria-Elaphe 2014(46): 46-55.

McCoy, J.K.; Fox, S.F. 1996. Is Barisia rudicollis (Sauria: Anguidae) arboreal? A morphological analysis. Southwestern Naturalist 41(4): 359-364.

Sanchez-Herrera, O.; Lopez-Forment, C.W. 1980. The lizard Abronia deppei (Sauria; Anguidae) in the State of Mexico, with the restriction of its type locality. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 16(3): 83-87.

Schmidt-Ballardo, W.; Solano-Zavaleta, I.; Clause, A.G. 2015. Nature notes: Abronia deppii. Reproduction. Mesoamerican Herpetology 2(2): 192–194.

Abronia frosti

Ariano-Sánchez, D.; Torres-Almazan, 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, J.A.; Sasa, M.; Acevedo, M.; Mendelson, J.R. 1998. A new species of Abronia (Squamata: Anguidae) from the High Cuchumatanes of Guatemala. Herpetologica 54(2): 221-234.

Chippindale, P.; Ammerman, L.K.; Campbell, J.A. 1998. Molecular approaches to phylogeny of Abronia (Anguidae: Gerrhonotinae), with emphasis on relationships in subgenus Auriculabronia. Copeia 1998(4): 883-892.

Abronia fuscolabialis

Good, D.A.; Schwenk, K. 1985. A new species of Abronia (Lacertilia: Anguidae) from Oaxaca, Mexico. Copeia 1985(1): 135-141.

Tihen, J.A. 1944. A new Gerrhonotus from Oaxaca. Copeia 1944: 112-115.

Abronia gadovii

Davis, W.B.; Dixon, J.R. 1961. Reptiles (exclusive of snakes) of the Chilpancingo region, Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 74: 37-56.

Goldberg, S.R. 2011. Natural history notes: Mesaspis gadovii. (Gadow's Alligator Lizard). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 42(4): 606.

Karges, J.P.; Wright, J.W. 1987. A new species of Barisia (Sauria, Anguidae) from Oaxaca, Mexico. Contributions in Science (Los Angeles) 381: 1-11.

Ramírez-Pinilla, M.P.; Calderon-Espinosa, M.L.; Flores-Villela, O.A.; Munoz-Alonso, A.; Mendez-de la Cruz, F.R. 2009. Reproductive activity of three sympatric viviparous lizards at Omiltemi, Guerrero, Sierra Madre del Sur, Mexico. Journal of Herpetology 43(3): 409-420.

Santos-Bibiano, R.; Woolrich-Piña, G.A.; Beltrán-Sánchez, E.; Méndez-de la Cruz, F.R. 2016. Nature notes: Mesaspis gadovii (Gadow’s Alligator Lizard). Saurophagy. Mesoamerican Herpetology 3(2): 484-486.

Spengler, J.C.; Smith, H.M. 1982. A range extension for the alligator lizard Barisia gadovi levigata. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 18(3): 172-174.

Abronia gaiophantasma

Campbell, J.A.; Frost, D.R. 1993. Anguid lizards of the genus Abronia: revisionary notes, descriptions of four new species, a phylogenetic analysis, and key. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 216: 1-121.

Eisermann, K.; Acevedo, M. 2016. Miscellaneous notes: A new locality for the endangered Abronia gaiophantasma Campbell and Frost, 1993 (Squamata: Anguidae) in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, with notes on morphology. Mesoamerican Herpetology 3(4): 1085-1089.

Franzen, M.; Haft, J. 1999. Range extension and morphological variation in Abronia gaiophantasma Campbell and Frost (Sauria: Anguidae). Caribbean Journal of Science 35(1-2): 151-153.

Abronia graminea

Clause, A.G.; Jiménez-Velázquez, G.; Pérez-Mendoza, H.A. 2016. Nature notes: Abronia graminea (Cope, 1864). Color variant. Mesoamerican Herpetology 3(1): 142-145.

Clause, A.G.; Solano-Zavaleta, I.; Vázquez-Vega, L.F. 2016. Captive reproduction and neonate variation in Abronia graminea (Squamata: Anguidae). Herpetological Review 47(2): 231-234.

Langner, C. 2007. Haltung und Vermehrung der Grünen Baumschleide Abronia graminea (Cope, 1864). Sauria (Berlin) 29(4): 5-18.

Lemos-Espinal, J.A.; Smith, G.R.; Ballinger, R.E. 2001. Sexual dimorphism in Abronia graminea from Veracruz, Mexico. Herpetological Natural History 8(1): 91-93.

Schmidt, B.; W 1991. Abronia graminea (Sauria, Anguidae) en la Sierra Mazateca, Oaxaca, Mexico. Boletin de la Sociedad Herpetologica Mexicana 3(1): 11-12.

Werler, J.E. 1951. Miscellaneous notes on the eggs and young of Texan and Mexican reptiles. Zoologica (New York) 36: 37-48.

Abronia juarezi

Karges, J.P.; Wright, J.W. 1987. A new species of Barisia (Sauria, Anguidae) from Oaxaca, Mexico. Contributions in Science (Los Angeles) 381: 1-11.

Abronia leurolepis

Campbell, J.A.; Frost, D.R. 1993. Anguid lizards of the genus Abronia: revisionary notes, descriptions of four new species, a phylogenetic analysis, and key. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 216: 1-121.

Peterson, A.; Nieto-Montes de Oca, A. 1996. Sympatry in Abronia (Squamata: Anguidae) and the problem of Mario del Toro Aviles' specimens. Journal of Herpetology 30(2): 260-262.

Abronia lythrochila

Casas-Andreu, G.; Smith, H.M. 1990. Historia nomenclatorial y status taxonomico de Abronia ochoterenai y Abronia lythrochila (Lacertilia: Anguidae), con una clave de identificacion para el grupo aurita. Anales del Instituto de Biologia Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Serie Zoologia 61(2): 317-325.

Langner, C. 2014. Haltung und Nachzucht der Baumschleiche Abronia lythrochila. Terraria-Elaphe 2014(45): 28-32, 34.

Torres, M.; Urbina, A.; Vásquez-Almazán, C.R.; Pierson, T.W.; Ariano-Sánchez, A. 2013. Geographic distribution: Abronia lythrochila (Red-lipped Arboreal Alligator Lizard). Herpetological Review 44(4): 624.

Abronia martindelcampoi

Flores-Villela, O.A.; Sanchez Herrera, O. 2003. A new species of Abronia (Squamata: Anguidae) from the Sierra Madre del Sur of Guerrero, Mexico, with comments on Abronia deppii. Herpetologica 59(4): 524-531.

Abronia matudai

Hartweg, N.; Tihen, J.A. 1946. Lizards of the genus Gerrhonotus from Chiapas, Mexico. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan 407: 1-16.

Abronia meledona

Campbell, J.A.; Brodie, E.D. 1999. A new species of Abronia (Squamata: Anguidae) from the southeastern highlands of Guatemala. Herpetologica 55(2): 161-174.

Abronia mitchelli

Campbell, J.A. 1982. A new species of Abronia (Sauria, Anguidae) from the Sierra Juarez, Oaxaca, Mexico. Herpetologica 38(3): 355-361.

Abronia mixteca

Aldape-López, C.T.; Santos-Moreno, A. 2018. Natural history notes: Abronica mixteca (Mixtecan Arboreal Alligator Lizard). Mating behavior. Herpetological Review 49(1): 114.

Bogert, C.M.; Porter, A.P. 1967. A new species of Abronia (Sauria, Anguidae) from Sierra Madre del Sur of Oaxaca, Mexico. American Museum Novitates 2279: 1-21.

Bogert, C.M.; Porter, A.P. 1967. A new species of Abronia (Sauria, Anguidae) from the Sierra Madre del Sur of Oaxaca, Mexico. American Museum Novitates 2279: 1-21.

García-Padilla, E.; Rodríguez-Pérez, C.A.; Lope-Alzina, D.G. 2016. Distribution notes: Abronia mixteca Bogert and Porter, 1967. Mesoamerican Herpetology 3(1): 176-177.

Ibarra-Contreras, C.A.; García-Padilla, E. 2016. Distribution notes: Abronia mixteca Bogert and Porter, 1967. Mesoamerican Herpetology 3(1): 177-178.

Martin-Regalado, C.N.; Lavariega, M.C.; Gómez-Ugalde, R.M. 2012. [New records of Abronia mixteca (Sauria: Anguidae) in Oaxaca, Mexico]. (In Spanish). Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 83(3): 859-863.

Schmidt Ballardo, W.; Mendoza-Quijano, F. 1999. Natural history notes: Abronia mixteca (NCN). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 30(2): 96.

Abronia montecristoi

Hidalgo, H. 1983. Two new species of Abronia (Sauria: Anguidae) from the cloud forests of El Salvador. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History University of Kansas 105: 1-11.

Köhler, G. 1996. Notes on a collection of reptiles from El Salvador collected between 1951 and 1956. Senckenbergiana Biologica 76(1-2): 29-38.

McCranie, J.R.; Wilson, L.D. 1999. Status of the anguid lizard Abronia montecristoi Hidalgo. Journal of Herpetology 33(1): 127-128.

Wilson, L.D.; Porras, L.; McCranie, J.R. 1986. Distributional and taxonomic comments on some members of the Honduran herpetofauna. Milwaukee Public Museum Contributions in Biology and Geology 66: 1-18.

Abronia monticola

Bury, R.B.; Gorman, G.C.; Lynch, J.F. 1969. Karyotypic data for five species of anguid lizards. Experientia 25: 314-316.

Slevin, J.R. 1942. Notes on a collection of reptiles from Boquete, Panama, with the description of a new species of Hydromorphus. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 23(32): 463-480.

Slevin, J.R. 1946. A visit to the crater of the Volcan Chiriqui. Herpetologica 3(2): 62-63.

Vial, J.L. 1975. Thermal related activity in the Mesoamerican lizard Gerrhonotus monticolus. British Journal of Herpetology 5(5): 491-495.

Vial, J.L.; Stewart, J.R. 1985. The reproductive cycle of Barisia monticola: a unique variation among viviparous lizards. Herpetologica 41(1): 51-57.

Vial, J.L.; Stewart, J.R. 1989. The manifestation and significance of sexual dimorphism in anguid lizards: a case study of Barisia monticola. Canadian Journal of Zoology 67(1): 68-72.

Wicknick, J.A. 1993. Life history notes: Mesaspis monticola (NCN). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 24(1): 33-34.

Abronia moreletii

Cooper, W.E.; Habegger, J.J. 2001. Lingually mediated discrimination of prey, but not plant chemicals, by the Central American anguid lizard, Mesaspis moreletii. Amphibia-Reptilia 22(1): 81-90.

Hartweg, N.; Tihen, J.A. 1946. Lizards of the genus Gerrhonotus from Chiapas, Mexico. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan 407: 1-16.

Solano-Zavaleta, I.; Nieto-Montes de Oca, A. 2018. Species limits in the Morelet's Alligator lizard (Anguidae: Gerrhonotinae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 120: 16-27.

Solís, J.M.; Valle, R.E.; Herrera, L.A.; O’Reilly, C.M.; Downing, R. 2015. Distribution notes: Range extensions and new departmental records for amphibians and reptiles in Honduras. Mesoamerican Herpetology 2(4): 557-561.

Sunyer, J.; Köhler, G. 2007. New country and departmental records of herpetofauna in Nicaragua. Salamandra 43(1): 57-62.

Veselý, M.; Köhler, G. 2001. Zur Kenntnis von Mesaspis moreletii (Bocourt, 1871) in El Salvador. Salamandra 37(3): 185-192.

Abronia oaxacae

Aldape-Lopez, C.T.; Santos-Moreno, A. 2016. Ampliación de la distribución geográfica de Abronia oaxacae (Squamata: Anguidae) y Tantalophis discolor (Squamata: Colubridae) en el estado de Oaxaca, Mexico. Acta Zoologica Mexicana Nueva Serie 32(1): 116-119.

Cruz-Ruiz, G.I.; Mondragon, D.; Santos-Moreno, A. 2012. The presence of Abronia oaxacae (Squamata: Anguidae) in tank bromeliads in temperate forests of Oaxaca, Mexico. Brazilian Journal of Biology 72(2): 337-341.

Abronia ochoterenai

Casas-Andreu, G.; Smith, H.M. 1990. Historia nomenclatorial y status taxonomico de Abronia ochoterenai y Abronia lythrochila (Lacertilia: Anguidae), con una clave de identificacion para el grupo aurita. Anales del Instituto de Biologia Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Serie Zoologia 61(2): 317-325.

Peterson, A.; Nieto-Montes de Oca, A. 1996. Sympatry in Abronia (Squamata: Anguidae) and the problem of Mario del Toro Aviles' specimens. Journal of Herpetology 30(2): 260-262.

Abronia ornelasi

Campbell, J.A. 1984. A new species of Abronia (Sauria: Anguidae) with comments on the herpetogeography of the highlands of southern Mexico. Herpetologica 40(4): 373-381.

Abronia ramirezi

Campbell, J.A. 1994. A new species of elongate Abronia (Squamata: Anguidae) from Chiapas, Mexico. Herpetologica 50(1): 1-7.

Abronia reidi

Thesing, B.J.; Heimes, P.; Clause, A.G. 2017. Miscellaneous notes: Morphological variation in Abronia reidi (Squamata: Anguidae) with comments on distribution. Mesoamerican Herpetology 4(1): 211-215.

Werler, J.E.; Shannon, F.A. 1961. Two new lizards (Abronia and Xenosaurus) from the Los Tuxtlas range of Veracruz, Mexico. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences 64: 123-132.

Abronia salvadorensis

Hidalgo, H. 1983. Two new species of Abronia (Sauria: Anguidae) from the cloud forests of El Salvador. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History University of Kansas 105: 1-11.

Köhler, G. 1996. Notes on a collection of reptiles from El Salvador collected between 1951 and 1956. Senckenbergiana Biologica 76(1-2): 29-38.

Abronia smithi

Campbell, J.A.; Frost, D.R. 1993. Anguid lizards of the genus Abronia: revisionary notes, descriptions of four new species, a phylogenetic analysis, and key. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 216: 1-121.

Abronia taeniata

Mendoza-Paz, C.A.; Fernández-badillo, L. 2018. Distribution notes: Abronia taeniata (Weigmann, 1828). Mesoamerican Herpetology 5(1): 176-177.

Stephenson, B.P.; Salinas, U.H.; Sturemark, I.E.C.; Mendoza-Varela, E.L.; Ihasz, N.; Ramirez-Bautista, A. 2008. Natural history notes: Abronia taeniata (Bromeliad Arboreal Alligator Lizard). Microhabitat. Herpetological Review 39(2): 219.

Abronia vasconcelosii

Formanowicz, D.R.; Brodie, E.D.; Campbell, J.A. 1990. Intraspecific aggression in Abronia vasconcelosii (Sauria, Anguidae), a tropical, arboreal lizard. Biotropica 22(4): 391-396.

Abronia viridiflava

Peters, W.C.H. 1876. Über neue Arten der Sauriergattung Gerrhonotus. Monatsberichte der Königlich Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1876(May): 297-300.