Abronia juarezi, also known commonly as the Sierra Juarez alligator lizard and el escorpión de Sierra de Juárez in Mexican Spanish, is a species of lizard in the family Anguidae. The species is endemic to the Sierra Juárez in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico.
Etymology The specific name, juarezi, refers to the Sierra Juárez mountain range.Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Mesaspis juarezi, p. 137).
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of A. juarezi is forest, at altitudes of .
Behavior A. juarezi is terrestrial.
Reproduction A. juarezi is ovoviviparous.
References
Further reading Gutiérrez-Rodríguez J, Zaldívar-Riverón A, Solano-Zavaleta I, Campbell JA, Meza-Lázaro RN, Flores-Villela O, Nieto-Montes de Oca A (2020). "Phylogenomics of the Mesoamerican Alligator-Lizard Genera Abronia and Mesaspis (Anguidae: Gerrhonotidae) Reveals Multiple Independent Clades of Arboreal and Terrestrial Species". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 154: 106693. (Abronia juarezi, new combination). (Barisia juarezi, new species). Liner EA (1994). Scientific and Common Names for the Amphibians and Reptiles of Mexico in English and Spanish: Nombres Cientificos y Comunes en Ingles y Español de los Anfibios y los Reptiles de México. Herpetological Circular No. 3. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR). iii + 113 pp. (Mesaspis juarezi, new combination). (in English and Spanish). Mata-Silva V, Johnson JD, Wilson LD, García-Padilla E (2015). "The herpetofauna of Oaxaca, Mexico: composition, physiographic distribution, and conservation status". Mesoamerican Herpetology 2 (1): 6–62.