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Abronia taeniata

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Abronia taeniata
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Abronia taeniata, the banded arboreal alligator lizard or bromeliad arboreal alligator lizard, is a vulnerable species of arboreal alligator lizard described in 1828 by Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann.

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Abronia taeniata is eurythermic. It can sustain activity at a wide range of temperatures and actively avoids favorable microhabitats in the spring and is a moderate thermoregulator during autumn and winter.[3]

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Reproduction

Males reached sexual maturity at a smaller SVL (snout-vent length) than females. The same pattern emerged with body mass and both males and females had similar weights. [4]

In males, testicular volume varied with the month; smaller in November, increases in December through January, a plateau from April to August and after a peak in September and October there was a patterned decline in November. Testicular increase correlated with mean monthly precipitation, but not temperature or photoperiod.[4]

Litter size was not correlated with female SVL (snout-vent. length).[4]

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