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Cope's Arboreal Alligator Lizard
Abronia aurita (Cope, 1869)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Abronia aurita (Cope, 1869)
- Name authority
- (Cope, 1869)
- Common name
- Cope's Arboreal Alligator Lizard
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Anguidae
- Genus
- Abronia
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderAutarchoglossa
- familyAnguidae
- subfamilyGerrhonotinae
- genusAbronia
- speciesAbronia aurita (Cope, 1869)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Abronia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Matuda's Arboreal Alligator LizardAbronia matudai (Hartweg & Tihen, 1946) | AnguidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gadow's Alligator LizardAbronia gadovii (Boulenger, 1913) | AnguidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Morelet's Alligator LizardAbronia moreletii (Bocourt, 1872) | AnguidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sierra Morena Arboreal Alligator LizardsAbronia morenica Clause, Luna-Reyes & Nieto-Montes de Oca, 2020 | AnguidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anzuetoi Arboreal Alligator LizardAbronia anzuetoi Campbell & Frost, 1993 | AnguidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bogert's Arboreal Alligator LizardAbronia bogerti Tihen, 1954 | AnguidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chiszar's Arboreal Alligator LizardAbronia chiszari Smith & Smith, 1981 | AnguidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Abronia fimbriata (Cope, 1885) | AnguidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Frost’s Arboreal Alligator LizardAbronia frosti Campbell, Sasa, Acevedo & Mendelson, 1998 | AnguidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mount Zempoaltepec Arboreal Alligator LizardAbronia fuscolabialis (Tihen, 1944) | AnguidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sierra de Tehuacan Arboreal Alligator LizardAbronia graminea (Cope, 1864) | AnguidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Flat-scaled Arboreal Alligator LizardAbronia leurolepis Campbell & Frost, 1993 | AnguidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Auriculabronia aurita | synonym |
| Gerrhonotus auritus Cope, 1869 Cope, 1869 | ambiguous synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Abronia&species=aurita Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:8M66. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.