Species of lizard
Abronia gadovii, also known commonly as Gadow's alligator lizard and el escorpión de Gadow in Mexican Spanish, is a species of lizard in the family Anguidae. The species is endemic to the highlands of the Sierra Madre del Sur in Guerrero and Oaxaca, Mexico.[1][2] Two subspecies are recognized:[2]
Etymology
The specific name, gadovii, is in honor of German ornithologist Hans Friedrich Gadow.[3]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of A. gadovii is forest, including second-growth forest.[1]
Description
A. gadovii may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about 9 cm (3.5 in), plus a tail length of about 15 cm (5.9 in).[4]
Diet
A. gadovii preys predominately upon insects, and is known to also devour small lizards.[5]
Reproduction
A. gadovii is ovoviviparous.[2]
Subspecies
Two subspecies are recognized as being valid including the nominotypical subspecies.
- Abronia gadovii gadovii (Boulenger, 1913) – Guerrero
- Abronia gadovii levigata (Tihen, 1949) – Oaxaca
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Abronia.
References
- ^ a b c Canseco-Márquez, L.; Campbell, J.A.; Ponce-Campos, P.; Muñoz-Alonso, A.; García Aguayo, A. (2007). "Mesaspis gadovii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T63713A12708812. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63713A12708812.en.
- ^ a b c d Abronia gadovii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 21 November 2022.
- ^ 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. (Mesaspis gadovii, p. 96).
- ^ Boulenger GA (1913).
- ^ Santos-Bibiano, Rufino; Woolrich-Piña, Guillermo A.; Beltrán-Sánchez, Elizabeth; Méndez-de la Cruz, Fausto R. (2016). "Mesaspis gadovii (Gadow's Alligator Lizard). Saurophagy". Mesoamerican Herpetology 3 (2): 484–486.
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1913). "Descriptions of new Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Eighth Series 12: 563–566. (Gerrhonotus gadovii, new species. pp. 564–565).
- Good DA (1988). Phylogenetic Relationships Among Gerrhonotine Lizards: An Analysis of External Morphology. (University of California Publications in Zoology, Volume 121). Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press. x + 139 pp. ISBN 0-520-09744-0. (Mesaspis gadovii, new combination, p. 82).
- Tihen JA (1949). "A Review of the Lizard Genus Barisia". University of Kansas Science Bulletin 33 (1): 217–254 + Plates I–II. (Barisia gadovii levigata, new subspecies, pp. 231–233 + Plate II, figures 3–5).
