Frost's arboreal alligator lizard (Abronia frosti) is a species of lizard in the family Anguidae. The species is endemic to Guatemala in Central America.
Etymology
The specific name, frosti, is in honor of American herpetologist Darrell R. Frost.
Geographic range
A. frosti is found in one isolated location in Huehuetenango Department, Guatemala.
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of A. frosti, is forest, an altitudes of .
Description
A. frosti can be distinguished from all other Guatemalan species of Abronia by its lack of protuberant supra-aurical spines.
Reproduction
A. frosti is ovoviviparous.
References
Further reading
Ariano-Sánchez D, Torres-Almazán M, Urbina-Aguilar A (2011). "Rediscovery of Abronia frosti (Sauria: Anguidae) from a Cloud Forest in Cuchumatanes Highlands in Northwestern Guatemala: Habitat Characterization and Conservation Status". Herpetological Review 42 (2): 196–198. Campbell JA, Sasa M, Acevedo M, Mendelson JR III (1998). "A new species of Abronia (Squamata: Anguidae) from the High Chuchumatanes of Guatemala". Herpetologica 54 (2): 221–234. (Abronia frosti, new species). Köhler G (2000). Reptilien und Amphibien Mittelamerikas. Band 1. Krokodile, Schildkröen, Echsen. Offenbach, Germany: Herpeton Verlag. 158 pp. . (Abronia frosti, p. 38). (in German).
Abronia
Endemic fauna of Guatemala
Reptiles of Guatemala
Reptiles described in 1998
Taxa named by Jonathan A. Campbell
Taxa named by Manuel Acevedo (herpetologist)