Abronia ochoterenai

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 ochoterenai

Species Authority:

(Martin del Campo, 1939)

Common Name/s:

English

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Northern Chiapas Arboreal Alligator Lizard

Synonym/s:

Gerrhonotus vasconcelosii subspecies ochoterenai Martin del Campo, 1939

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 as, the species is known only from the type series collected in the 1930s from an imprecise locality.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is known only from the imprecise type locality of "Santa Rosa, Comitan" in eastern Chiapas, Mexico. The exact location of the collection site is not known. It is believed to have been collected between 1,800 and 2,300 m asl.
Countries:	Native: Mexico
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Population [top]

Population:	This species is known only from two animals collected in the 1930s. There have been no recent surveys within the area of collection.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This is an arboreal species of tropical cloud forest. It is not thought to tolerate much habitat disturbance.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	This species is threatened by deforestation resulting from the harvesting of timber and wood products, and the conversion of land to agricultural use.

Major Threat(s):

This species is threatened by deforestation resulting from the harvesting of timber and wood products, and the conversion of land to agricultural use.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	This species is protected by Mexican law under the category Pr (Special Protection). It is not known if the species is present in any protected areas. Further field surveys are needed to study the species ecology, and to better determine the extent of its geographic range.

Conservation Actions:

This species is protected by Mexican law under the category Pr (Special Protection). It is not known if the species is present in any protected areas. Further field surveys are needed to study the species ecology, and to better determine the extent of its geographic range.

Citation:	Campbell, J.A. & Muñoz-Alonso, A. 2007. Abronia ochoterenai. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2013.
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