Abronia matudai, also known commonly as Matuda's arboreal alligator lizard and escorpión arborícola de Matuda in New World Spanish, is a species of endangered arboreal alligator lizard in the family Anguidae. The species, which was originally described in 1946 by Norman Hartweg and Joseph Tihen, is native to Middle America.
Etymology The specific name, matudai, is in honor of Eizi Matuda, a Japanese-born Mexican botanist.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Abronia matudai, p. 171).
Geographic distribution Abronia matudai is found in southwestern Guatemala and southeastern Chiapas, Mexico.
Habitat Abronia matudai is found at elevations of .
Description Dorsally, Abronia matudai is green in life (fading to blue gray in alcohol), with about 11 dark crossbars on the head and body, and a corresponding number on the tail. The holotype has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of , and the tail is approximately the same length.Tihen JA (1954). "Gerrhonotine Lizards Recently Added to the American Museum Collection, with Further Revisions of the Genus Abronia ". American Museum Novitates (1687): 1-26. (Abronia matudai, pp. 25-26, Figure 7).
Reproduction Abronia matudai is viviparous.
References
Further reading Hartweg N, Tihen JA (1946). "Lizards of the Genus Gerrhonotus from Chiapas, Mexico". Occasional Papers, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (497): 1–16. (Gerrhonotus matudai, new species, pp. 3–5).
Tihen JA (1949). "The Genera of Gerrhonotine Lizards". American Midland Naturalist 41: 579–601. (Abronia matudai, new combination, p. 591).