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Banded Arboreal Alligator Lizard

Abronia taeniata

Classification

Family
Anguidae

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. 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.

Distribution

(c) Wouter Beukema, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY
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