Abronia bogerti

Abronia bogerti, known by the common names Bogert's arboreal alligator lizard and escorpión arborícola de Bogert in Mexican Spanish, is a species of lizard in the family Anguidae. The species is endemic to Mexico.^[1]

Abronia bogerti
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Anguimorpha
Family:	Anguidae
Genus:	Abronia
Species:	A. bogerti
Binomial name
Abronia bogerti Tihen, 1954
Geographic range of Abronia bogerti
Synonyms[3]
Abronia bogerti Tihen, 1954 Abronia (Scopaeabronia) bogerti — Campbell & Frost, 1993 Abronia bogerti — Liner, 1994

Etymology

The specific name, bogerti, is in honor of American herpetologist Charles Mitchill Bogert.^[4]

Geographic range

Abronia bogerti is indigenous to eastern Oaxaca, Mexico. A single specimen, the holotype, of A. bogerti was collected in 1954, and it was not seen again until 2000, at which time a second specimen was photographed.^[5] The type locality is "north of Niltepec, between Cerro Atravesado and Sierra Madre, Oaxaca".^[3]

Behavior

Abronia bogerti is largely arboreal.^[1]

Reproduction

Abronia bogerti is viviparous.^[3]

Conservation status

Because the species Abronia bogerti was collected in the canopy of the forest, it is believed that deforestation and ongoing crop and livestock farming pose the largest threats to its survival. Mexican law protects the lizard.^[1]