Frost's arboreal alligator lizard explained

Frost's arboreal alligator lizard (Abronia frosti) is a species of lizard in the family Anguidae. The species is endemic to Guatemala in Central America.

Etymology

The specific name, frosti, is in honor of American herpetologist Darrell R. Frost.^[1]

Geographic range

A. frosti is found in one isolated location in Huehuetenango Department, Guatemala.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. frosti, is forest, an altitudes of .

Description

A. frosti can be distinguished from all other Guatemalan species of Abronia by its lack of protuberant supra-aurical spines.

Reproduction

A. frosti is ovoviviparous.

Further reading

• Ariano-Sánchez D, Torres-Almazán M, Urbina-Aguilar A (2011). "Rediscovery of Abronia frosti (Sauria: Anguidae) from a Cloud Forest in Cuchumatanes Highlands in Northwestern Guatemala: Habitat Characterization and Conservation Status". Herpetological Review 42 (2): 196–198.
• 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).
• Köhler G (2000). Reptilien und Amphibien Mittelamerikas. Band 1. Krokodile, Schildkröen, Echsen. Offenbach, Germany: Herpeton Verlag. 158 pp. . (Abronia frosti, p. 38). (in German).

Notes and References

1. [species:Bo Beolens|Beolens, Bo]