Guerreran Arboreal Alligator Lizard

About the Guerreran Arboreal Alligator Lizard

Abronia deppii, Deppe's arboreal alligator lizard, is an endangered species of arboreal alligator lizard in the family Anguidae. The species was described in 1828 by Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann, and it is endemic to Mexico.

The specific name, deppii, is in honor of German naturalist Ferdinand Deppe. A. deppii is found in the mountains of the Mexican states of Guerrero and Morelos. The preferred natural habitat of A. deppii is forest. Dorsally, A. deppii is black and white.

A. deppii is viviparous. Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II.... Anguidæ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. (Gerrhonotus deppii, pp. 269–270).

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