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Bogert's Arboreal Alligator Lizard
Abronia bogerti
Abronia bogerti, known by the common names Bogert's arboreal alligator lizard and escorpión arborícola de Bogert in Mexican Spanish, is a species of lizard in the family Anguidae. The species is endemic to Mexico.
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Range & habitat
Abronia bogerti is indigenous to eastern Oaxaca, Mexico. A single specimen, the holotype, of A. bogerti was collected in 1954, and it was not seen again until 2000, at which time a second specimen was photographed. The type locality is "north of Niltepec, between Cerro Atravesado and Sierra Madre, Oaxaca".
Wikipedia: “Geographic range”
In human culture
The specific name, bogerti, is in honor of American herpetologist Charles Mitchill Bogert.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 32020.