Abronia leurolepis

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	REPTILIA	SQUAMATA	ANGUIDAE

Scientific Name:

Abronia leurolepis

Species Authority:

Campbell & Frost, 1993

Common Name/s:

English

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Smoothback Arboreal Alligator Lizard

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Data Deficient ver 3.1
Year Published:	2007
Assessor/s:	Campbell, J.A. & Muñoz-Alonso, A.
Reviewer/s:	Cox, N., Chanson, J.S. & Stuart, S.N. (Global Reptile Assessment Coordinating Team)
Contributor/s:
Justification: Listed as Data Deficient since it is known only from a single individual collected in the 1930s from an imprecise locality, and has been little studied in recent years.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is known only from the imprecise type locality in eastern Chiapas, Mexico. The map for this species shows the general area of collection. It was collected between 1,800 and 2,300 m asl.
Countries:	Native: Mexico
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Population [top]

Population:	It is known from a single individual collected in the 1930s. There have been few directed surveys to relocate this species since the initial collection.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This is an arboreal species found in cloud forest habitat. It seems unlikely that the species can occur in degraded habitat.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	As in all the species of the genus Abronia, the principal threat is considered to be habitat loss through both timber and wood extraction, and the conversion of forest to agricultural use.

Major Threat(s):

As in all the species of the genus Abronia, the principal threat is considered to be habitat loss through both timber and wood extraction, and the conversion of forest to agricultural use.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	While this species is protected by Mexican law under the category Pr (Special Protection), it has not been recorded from any protected areas. There is an urgent need to conserve and restore remaining areas of suitable cloud forest within the region. Further field surveys are needed to relocate and study this species.

Conservation Actions:

While this species is protected by Mexican law under the category Pr (Special Protection), it has not been recorded from any protected areas. There is an urgent need to conserve and restore remaining areas of suitable cloud forest within the region. Further field surveys are needed to relocate and study this species.

Citation:	Campbell, J.A. & Muñoz-Alonso, A. 2007. Abronia leurolepis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 May 2013.
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