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Cerro Baul Alligator Lizard
Abronia ornelasi
Abronia ornelasi, also known commonly as Ornelas's arboreal alligator lizard, the Cerro Baul alligator lizard, and escorpión arboricola de Ornelas in Mexican Spanish, is a species of arboreal alligator lizard in the subfamily Gerrhonotinae of the family Anguidae. The species, which was originally described in 1984 by Jonathan A. Campbell, is native to southern Mexico.
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Range & habitat
The natural habitat of Abronia ornelasi is cloud forest at altitudes of 1,500–1,600 m (4,900–5,200 ft).
Wikipedia: “Habitat”
In human culture
The specific name, ornelasi, is in honor of Julio Ornelas Martinez who assisted Campbell in fieldwork in Mexico.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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