Abronia taeniata, the banded arboreal alligator lizard or bromeliad arboreal alligator lizard, is a vulnerable species of arboreal alligator lizard described in 1828 by Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Anguidae |
| Genus: | Abronia |
| Species: | A. taeniata
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| Binomial name | |
| Abronia taeniata Wiegmann, 1828
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Abronia taeniata is eurythermic. It can sustain activity at a wide range of temperatures and actively avoids favorable microhabitats in the spring and is a moderate thermoregulator during autumn and winter.[3]
References
edit- ^ Canseco-Márquez, L. & Mendoza-Quijano, F. (2007). "Abronia taeniata". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007. IUCN: e.T63691A12698332. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63691A12698332.en. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ Fierro-Estrada, Natalia; Méndez-de la Cruz, Fausto R.; Tellez-Valdes, Oswaldo (October 2023). "Living in the mountains: Thermal ecology and freezing tolerance of the lizard Abronia taeniata (Squamata: Anguidae)". Journal of Thermal Biology. 117: 103679. doi:10.1016/j.jtherbio.2023.103679. ISSN 0306-4565. PMID 37625341 – via pubmed.
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