Frost's arboreal alligator lizard (''Abronia frosti'') is a
species of
lizard
Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic since it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia alt ...
endemic to
Central America.
Etymology
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specific name Specific name may refer to:
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In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''frosti'', is in honor of
American
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herpetologist Darrell R. Frost.
[Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Abronia frosti'', p. 95).]
Geographic range
''A. frosti'' is found in one isolated location in
Guatemala
Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by H ...
, in the
Huehuetenango Department.
References
Further reading
*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).
Abronia
Endemic fauna of Guatemala
Reptiles of Guatemala
Reptiles described in 1998
Taxa named by Jonathan A. Campbell
Taxa named by Manuel Acevedo (herpetologist)
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