Abronia antauges

Familia: Anguidae
Subfamilia: Gerrhonotinae
Genus: Abronia
Species:

Abronia antauges (Cope, 1866)

• Holotype: USNM 30221, adult ♂.
• Type locality: “[Pico de] Orizaba, Veracruz [, Mexico].”

• Barissia antauges Cope, 1866: 132 [original combination (misspelling genus)]
• Gerrhonotus antauges — Bocourt, 1878: 346 [name combination]
• Mesaspis antauges — Good, 1988: 83 [name combination]

• Pterogasterus modestus Cope, 1878: 97 [synonymized by Smith (1984: 153)]
  • Lectotype: USNM 7084, ♀. [designated by Solano-Zavaleta, la Luz & Clause (2017: 562)]
  • Paralectotype: USNM 591589–591590, ♀. [designated by Solano-Zavaleta, la Luz & Clause (2017: 562)]
  • Type locality: “probably Guatemala” emmended to “Mount Orizaba, Veracruz” by Smith (1942: 369)

• Cope, E.D. 1866. Fourth contribution to the herpetology of tropical America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 18: 123–132. BHL Reference page. 
• Bocourt, M.-F. 1878. pp. 281–360 + pls 20,21. In Duméril, A.H.A., Bocourt, M.-F., Mocquard, F., Vaillant, L. & Milne-Edwards, H. (eds.). 1870–1909. Mission Scientifique au Mexique et dans l'Amérique Centrale. Recherches Zoologiques paus servir à l'histórie de la faune de l'Amérique Centrale et du Mexique. Troisième partie. Section 1. Études sur ler Reptiles. Livraison 5. Imprimiere Impériale: Paris. i–xiv + 1012 pp. + 99 plates. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. [1877] 1878. Tenth contribution to the herpetology of tropical America. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 17: 85–98. BHL Reference page. 
• Smith, H.M. 1942. Mexican herpetological miscellany. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 92(3153): 349–395. BHL Reference page. 
• Smith, H.M. 1984. Notes on the enigmatic Barisia imbricata of the British Museum, and on its collection of reptiles from Amula, Guerrero, Mexico. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 20(4): 152–158. Reference page. 
• Good, D.A. 1988. Phylogenetic Relationships Among Gerrhonotine Lizards: An Analysis of External Morphology. In University of California Publications in Zoology volume 121. University of California Press: Berkeley & Los Angeles. 139 pp. ISBN 9780520097445 Reference page. 
• Solano-Zavaleta, I., Cerón de la Luz, N.M. & Clause, A.G. 2017. Solving a 50-year Mystery: Rediscovery of Mesaspis antauges (Squamata: Anguidae). Zootaxa 4303(4): 559–572. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4303.4.7 Reference page. 

• Sumichrast, F. 1882. Enumeración de las especies de reptiles observados en la parte meridional de la República Mexicana. La Naturaleza 6: 31–45. BHL Reference page. 
• Tihen, J.A. 1949. A review of the lizard genus Barisia. The University of Kansas science bulletin 33(3): 217–254. BHL Reference page. 

• Flores-Villela, O. & Santos-Barrera, G. 2007. IUCN: Abronia antauges  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63712A12708672. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63712A12708672.en.