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<figureCitation id="13132A27FFFDFF967C6EFA3EFD1F7C3C" box="[565,654,1520,1544]" captionStart-0="Fig 5" captionStart-1="Fig 6" captionStart-2="Fig 7" captionStart-3="Fig 8" captionStartId-0="9.[533,561,1766,1785]" captionStartId-1="10.[486,514,959,978]" captionStartId-2="11.[529,557,1555,1574]" captionStartId-3="12.[224,252,1161,1180]" captionTargetBox-0="[541,1263,216,1737]" captionTargetBox-1="[489,1532,211,934]" captionTargetBox-2="[535,1533,190,1530]" captionTargetBox-3="[229,1532,212,1134]" captionTargetId-0="figure-3@9.[533,1271,208,1744]" captionTargetId-1="figure-222@10.[486,1535,208,937]" captionTargetId-2="figure-70@11.[529,1536,187,1533]" captionTargetId-3="figure-251@12.[224,1536,208,1139]" captionTargetPageId-0="9" captionTargetPageId-1="10" captionTargetPageId-2="11" captionTargetPageId-3="12" captionText-0="Fig 5. Holotype of Abronia cunemica sp. nov. from Coapilla, Chiapas, Mexico (MZFC-HE 36544, 29 mm head length). Dorsal view (top), left lateral view (middle), and ventral view (bottom) of head in preservative. All scale bars = 10 mm. Photographs by Israel Solano-Zavaleta. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0295230.g005" captionText-1="Fig 6. Color variation in life of type series of Abronia cunemica sp. nov. from Coapilla, Chiapas, Mexico. (A) Adult male holotype, MZFC-HE 36544, 127 mm snout-to-vent length (SVL); (B) adult female paratype, MZFC-HE 36545, 113 mm SVL; (C) adult female paratype, MZFZ 4514 (AGC 1492), 110 mm SVL; (D) adult female paratype, MZFZ 4513 (AGC 1491), 107 mm SVL; (E) juvenile male paratype, MZFZ 4512 (AGC 1484), 91 mm SVL. Photographs by Emmanuel Javier-Vázquez. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0295230.g006" captionText-2="Fig 7. Color variation in preservative (ethanol after formalin) in dorsal and ventral view of type series of Abronia cunemica sp. nov. from Coapilla, Chiapas, Mexico. From left to right: adult male holotype, MZFC-HE 36544 (AGC 1428), 127 mm snout-to-vent length (SVL); adult female paratype, MZFC-HE 36545 (AGC 1429), 113 mm SVL; juvenile male paratype, MZFZ 4512 (AGC 1484), 91 mm SVL; adult female paratype, MZFZ 4513 (AGC 1491), 107 mm SVL; and adult female paratype, MZFZ 4514 (AGC 1492), 110 mm SVL. Photographs by Israel Solano-Zavaleta. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0295230.g007" captionText-3="Fig 8. Geographic distribution of Abronia cunemica sp. nov. and nearby arboreal congeners in Chiapas and Oaxaca, Mexico. Inset photographs show characteristic differences in adult dorsal head color between A. cunemica sp. nov. (pale yellow, with dark markings distinct) and the closely related A. morenica (pale gray/tan, with dark markings absent or faint). The holotypes (adult males) of both species are shown; photograph of A. cunemica sp. nov. intentionally mirrored horizontally. Photographs by Adam G. Clause. Map layers courtesy of Natural Earth (public domain). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0295230.g008" figureDoi-0="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12631167" figureDoi-1="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12631169" figureDoi-2="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12631171" figureDoi-3="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12631173" httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/12631167/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/12631169/files/figure.png" httpUri-2="https://zenodo.org/record/12631171/files/figure.png" httpUri-3="https://zenodo.org/record/12631173/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Figs 5–8</figureCitation>
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elevation,
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,
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,
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,
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(
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and
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, n = 4)
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elevation,
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,
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,
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,
<collectorName id="26DD5374FFFFFF947C94FB03FC7A7ED1" box="[719,1003,1229,1253]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Marcos Joaquín Fitz-Pérez</collectorName>
,
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,
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<collectionCode id="ED39AE67FFFFFF947A40FB3EFB4B7F3C" box="[1051,1242,1264,1288]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">MZFZ 4513–4514</collectionCode>
(
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1491–1492),
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, all collection data the same as for MZFZ 4512 except collected on
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, respectively. The GPS coordinates in this paragraph and the preceding paragraph are intentionally imprecise; details are available in the Conservation subsection
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.
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<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFFCFF977C4EF928FDCA7D26" bold="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
Fig 5. Holotype of
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<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFFCFF977CE1F92BFCCB7CCC" bold="true" box="[698,858,1765,1784]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Abronia cunemica</emphasis>
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from Coapilla, Chiapas, Mexico (MZFC-HE 36544, 29 mm head length).
</emphasis>
Dorsal view (top), left lateral view (middle), and ventral view (bottom) of head in preservative. All scale bars = 10 mm. Photographs by Israel Solano-Zavaleta.
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<paragraph id="8B9736A2FFFCFF977C4EF88CFC3C7D61" blockId="9.[533,1496,1765,1877]" box="[533,941,1858,1877]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0295230.g005</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFFFFF947FBDFC71FAE879E6" bold="true" box="[486,1401,958,978]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
Fig 6. Color variation in life of type series of
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<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFFFFF947D2BFC70FB8179E5" bold="true" box="[880,1040,958,977]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Abronia cunemica</emphasis>
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from Coapilla, Chiapas, Mexico.
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(A) Adult male holotype, MZFC-HE 36544, 127 mm snout-to-vent length (SVL); (B) adult female paratype, MZFC-HE 36545, 113 mm SVL; (C) adult female paratype, MZFZ 4514 (AGC 1492), 110 mm SVL; (D) adult female paratype, MZFZ 4513 (AGC 1491), 107 mm SVL; (E) juvenile male paratype, MZFZ 4512 (AGC 1484), 91 mm SVL. Photographs by Emmanuel Javier-Vázquez.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9736A2FFFFFF947FBDFBFAFCEF7E73" blockId="10.[486,1536,958,1095]" box="[486,894,1076,1095]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0295230.g006</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="C3326529FFFFFF947C4EFA64FCCD7CF7" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" type="diagnosis">
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<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFFFFF947C4EFA64FD087FF2" bold="true" box="[533,665,1450,1478]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Diagnosis</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="8B9736A2FFFFFF947C4EFA15FCCD7CF7" blockId="10.[533,1530,1499,1731]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
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<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFFFFF947C4EFA15FD477FC6" box="[533,726,1499,1523]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Abronia cunemica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26F57CBFFFFFF947C87FA15FCBF7FC7" box="[732,814,1499,1523]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
can be distinguished from all recognized congeners, including all species formerly considered members of the genus
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<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFFFFF947A69FA30FB1E7C21" box="[1074,1167,1534,1557]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Mesaspis</emphasis>
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, by the following combination of characters: (1) lack of protuberant or spine-like supra-auricular scales; (2) lack of protuberant or casque-like posterolateral head scales; (3) dorsum of head pale yellow with distinct dark markings; (4) 35–39 transverse dorsal scale rows; (5) lateralmost row of ventral scales enlarged relative to adjacent medial row; and (6) dorsum brown with dark crossbands, these sometimes reduced to series of dark spots.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFFFFF947C4EF933FD567D2D" bold="true" box="[533,711,1789,1817]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Comparisons</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFFFFF947C4EF8E0FD477D72" authorityName="Clause &amp; Luna-Reyes &amp; Mendoza-Velázquez &amp; Oca &amp; Solano-Zavaleta" authorityYear="2024" box="[533,726,1838,1862]" class="Squamata" family="Anguidae" genus="Abronia" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cunemica" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFFFFF947C4EF8E0FD477D72" box="[533,726,1838,1862]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Abronia cunemica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26F57CBFFFFFF947C87F8E0FCBF7D72" box="[732,814,1838,1862]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
can be differentiated from all species of the former genus
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<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFFFFF947BC9F8E1FA617D72" box="[1426,1520,1839,1862]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Mesaspis</emphasis>
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by having 35–39 transverse dorsal scale rows (vs.&gt; 40 rows). Additionally, the new species differs from
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<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFFEFF957CC2F92AFD3A7CCF" box="[665,683,1764,1787]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFFEFF957CECF92AFCC07CC8" box="[695,849,1764,1788]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">cuchumatanus</emphasis>
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,
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFFEFF957D06F92AFC577CC8" baseAuthorityName="Boulenger" baseAuthorityYear="1913" box="[861,966,1764,1788]" class="Squamata" family="Anguidae" genus="Abronia" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="gadovii">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFFEFF957D06F92AFCFE7CCF" box="[861,879,1764,1787]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFFEFF957D21F92AFC577CC8" box="[890,966,1764,1788]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">gadovii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and the
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFFEFF957A7CF92AFB337CC8" baseAuthorityName="Bocourt" baseAuthorityYear="1872" box="[1063,1186,1764,1788]" class="Squamata" family="Anguidae" genus="Abronia" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="moreletii">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFFEFF957A7CF92AFBA87CCF" box="[1063,1081,1764,1787]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFFEFF957A1EF92AFB337CC8" box="[1093,1186,1764,1788]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">moreletii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species complex by having 14 longitudinal dorsal scale rows (vs. 16 or 18, 16–18, and 18–22, respectively); from
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFFEFF957B2DF8C9FA617D2A" baseAuthorityName="Cope" baseAuthorityYear="1866" box="[1398,1520,1799,1823]" class="Squamata" family="Anguidae" genus="Abronia" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="antauges">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFFEFF957B2DF8C9FA197D2A" box="[1398,1416,1799,1822]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFFEFF957BC8F8C9FA617D2A" box="[1427,1520,1799,1822]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">antauges</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFFEFF957C18F8E4FD3B7D75" baseAuthorityName="Karges &amp; Wright" baseAuthorityYear="1987" box="[579,682,1834,1858]" class="Squamata" family="Anguidae" genus="Abronia" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="juarezi">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFFEFF957C18F8E4FDC47D75" box="[579,597,1834,1857]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFFEFF957C3AF8E4FD3B7D75" box="[609,682,1834,1857]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">juarezi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having vertebral and paravertebral dorsal scales strongly keeled at midbody (vs. smooth to slightly convex); from
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFFEFF957DC4F882FBB87D50" baseAuthorityName="Bocourt" baseAuthorityYear="1873" box="[927,1065,1868,1892]" class="Squamata" family="Anguidae" genus="Abronia" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="viridiflava">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFFEFF957DC4F882FC207D57" box="[927,945,1868,1891]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFFEFF957DE6F882FBB87D50" box="[957,1065,1868,1892]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">viridiflava</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having the frontonasal scale present (vs. absent); and from
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFF9FF927C83FA89FCCF7F6B" baseAuthorityName="Cope" baseAuthorityYear="1878" box="[728,862,1351,1375]" class="Squamata" family="Anguidae" genus="Abronia" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="monticola">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF9FF927C83FA89FD7B7F6A" box="[728,746,1351,1374]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF9FF927CAEFA89FCCF7F6B" box="[757,862,1351,1375]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">monticola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having a divided or partly divided postmental scale in 3/5 or 60% of specimens (vs. undivided). Among
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFF9FF927D80FAA7FB137FB6" box="[987,1154,1385,1410]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF9FF927D80FAA7FBA37FB5" box="[987,1074,1385,1409]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Abronia</emphasis>
species
</taxonomicName>
not previously considered members of the former genus
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFF9FF927D45FA43FCEA7F90" authorityName="Cope" authorityYear="1877" box="[798,891,1421,1444]" class="Squamata" family="Anguidae" genus="Mesaspis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF9FF927D45FA43FCEA7F90" box="[798,891,1421,1444]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Mesaspis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFF9FF927DDCFA42FBD97F90" authorityName="Clause &amp; Luna-Reyes &amp; Mendoza-Velázquez &amp; Oca &amp; Solano-Zavaleta" authorityYear="2024" box="[903,1096,1420,1444]" class="Squamata" family="Anguidae" genus="Abronia" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cunemica" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF9FF927DDCFA42FBD97F90" box="[903,1096,1420,1444]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Abronia cunemica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26F57CBFFF9FF927A16FA42FB317F90" box="[1101,1184,1420,1444]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
differs from each recognized subgenus as follows, with character state(s) for each subgenus in parentheses and subgeneric synapomorphies (if they exist) indicated in italic font. Unlike the subgenus
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFF9FF927B6BFA1FFA587FDD" authorityName="Campbell &amp; Frost" authorityYear="1993" box="[1328,1481,1489,1513]" class="Squamata" family="Anguidae" genus="Scopaeabronia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF9FF927B6BFA1FFA587FDD" box="[1328,1481,1489,1513]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Scopaeabronia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the new species has the lower primary temporal scale unexpanded (vs.
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF9FF927A83FA3AFAAD7C38" box="[1240,1340,1524,1548]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">expanded</emphasis>
), 6 longitudinal nuchal scale rows (vs.
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF9FF927D5BF9D9FCD27C1A" box="[768,835,1559,1583]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">8 rows</emphasis>
) and 35–39 transverse dorsal scale rows (vs.
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF9FF927B40F9D9FACA7C1B" box="[1307,1371,1559,1583]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">38–47</emphasis>
). Unlike the subgenus
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFF9FF927C25F9F7FC8E7C65" authorityName="Campbell &amp; Frost" authorityYear="1993" box="[638,799,1593,1617]" class="Squamata" family="Anguidae" genus="Auriculabronia" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF9FF927C25F9F7FC8E7C65" box="[638,799,1593,1617]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Auriculabronia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the new species lacks strongly protuberant or spine-like supra-auricular scales (vs.
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF9FF927CE9F993FD6C7C40" box="[690,765,1629,1652]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">present</emphasis>
). Within the subgenus
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFF9FF927DAFF992FB047C40" authorityName="Campbell &amp; Frost" authorityYear="1993" box="[1012,1173,1628,1652]" class="Squamata" family="Anguidae" genus="Auriculabronia" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF9FF927DAFF992FB047C40" box="[1012,1173,1628,1652]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Auriculabronia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the new species further differs from
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFF9FF927C0BF9B1FD597CA3" box="[592,712,1663,1687]" class="Squamata" family="Anguidae" genus="Auriculabronia" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="matudai">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF9FF927C0BF9B1FDF37CA2" box="[592,610,1663,1686]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF9FF927C35F9B1FD597CA3" box="[622,712,1663,1687]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">matudai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(a species in which the supra-auricular scales are sometimes barely protuberant) in having a dark lateral bar on the neck present, albeit often divided into two separate blotches (vs. absent); and in having a dorsum that is brown with dark crossbands, albeit often reduced to series of spots (vs. dorsum green with no crossbands in adult males). Unlike the subgenus
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFF9FF927C25F8C7FD447D15" authorityName="Gray" authorityYear="1838" box="[638,725,1801,1825]" class="Squamata" family="Anguidae" genus="Abronia" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF9FF927C25F8C7FD447D15" box="[638,725,1801,1825]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Abronia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the new species has the lateralmost row of ventral scales distinctly enlarged relative to the adjacent medial row (vs. not enlarged). Within the subgenus
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFF9FF927B6AF8E2FA197D70" authorityName="Gray" authorityYear="1838" box="[1329,1416,1836,1860]" class="Squamata" family="Anguidae" genus="Abronia" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF9FF927B6AF8E2FA197D70" box="[1329,1416,1836,1860]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Abronia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the new species further differs from the
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFF9FF927D3AF880FC307D52" baseAuthorityName="Wiegmann" baseAuthorityYear="1828" box="[865,929,1870,1894]" class="Squamata" family="Anguidae" genus="Abronia" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="deppii">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF9FF927D3AF880FC307D52" box="[865,929,1870,1894]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">deppii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group (
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFF9FF927DADF881FBE17D52" authorityName="Campbell, Solano-Zavaleta, Flores-Villela, Caviedes-Solis &amp; Frost" authorityYear="2016" box="[1014,1136,1870,1895]" class="Squamata" family="Anguidae" genus="Abronia" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cuetzpali">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF9FF927DADF881FB997D52" box="[1014,1032,1871,1894]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF9FF927A48F880FBE17D52" box="[1043,1136,1870,1894]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">cuetzpali</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFF9FF927A26F881FB4B7D52" baseAuthorityName="Wiegmann" baseAuthorityYear="1828" box="[1149,1242,1870,1895]" class="Squamata" family="Anguidae" genus="Abronia" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="deppii">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF9FF927A26F881FB1E7D52" box="[1149,1167,1871,1894]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF9FF927AC1F880FB4B7D52" box="[1178,1242,1870,1894]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">deppii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFF9FF927ABDF881FA267D52" box="[1254,1463,1870,1895]" class="Squamata" family="Anguidae" genus="Abronia" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="martindelcampoi">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF9FF927ABDF881FB697D52" box="[1254,1272,1871,1894]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF9FF927B58F880FA267D52" box="[1283,1463,1870,1894]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">martindelcampoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF9FF927B98F881FA447D52" box="[1475,1493,1871,1894]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">A</emphasis>
.
</paragraph>
<caption id="DF57662AFFFEFF957C4AF9DDFC387C81" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12631171" ID-Zenodo-Dep="12631171" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/12631171/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" startId="11.[529,557,1555,1574]" targetBox="[535,1533,190,1530]" targetPageId="11" targetType="figure">
<paragraph id="8B9736A2FFFEFF957C4AF9DDFA2E7CBF" blockId="11.[529,1536,1554,1717]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFFEFF957C4AF9DDFC5F7C0B" bold="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
Fig 7. Color variation in preservative (ethanol after formalin) in dorsal and ventral view of type series of
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFFEFF957BF2F9DCFDF57C0B" authorityName="Clause &amp; Luna-Reyes &amp; Mendoza-Velázquez &amp; Oca &amp; Solano-Zavaleta" authorityYear="2024" class="Squamata" family="Anguidae" genus="Abronia" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cunemica" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFFEFF957BF2F9DCFDF57C0B" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Abronia cunemica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26F57CBFFFEFF957C32F9E2FD3C7C0B" box="[617,685,1580,1599]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
from Coapilla, Chiapas, Mexico.
</emphasis>
From left to right: adult male holotype, MZFC-HE 36544 (AGC 1428), 127 mm snout-to-vent length (SVL); adult female paratype, MZFC-HE 36545 (AGC 1429), 113 mm SVL; juvenile male paratype, MZFZ 4512 (AGC 1484), 91 mm SVL; adult female paratype, MZFZ 4513 (AGC 1491), 107 mm SVL; and adult female paratype, MZFZ 4514 (AGC 1492), 110 mm SVL. Photographs by Israel Solano-Zavaleta.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9736A2FFFEFF957C4AF96CFC387C81" blockId="11.[529,1536,1554,1717]" box="[529,937,1698,1717]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0295230.g007</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="DF57662AFFF9FF927EBBFB47FDE67F25" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12631173" ID-Zenodo-Dep="12631173" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/12631173/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" startId="12.[224,252,1161,1180]" targetBox="[229,1532,212,1134]" targetPageId="12" targetType="figure">
<paragraph id="8B9736A2FFF9FF927EBBFB47FB6A7EDC" blockId="12.[224,1521,1160,1297]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF9FF927EBBFB47FAB27EA8" bold="true" box="[224,1315,1160,1180]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
Fig 8. Geographic distribution of
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFF9FF927C52FB46FD387EA8" authorityName="Clause &amp; Luna-Reyes &amp; Mendoza-Velázquez &amp; Oca &amp; Solano-Zavaleta" authorityYear="2024" box="[521,681,1160,1180]" class="Squamata" family="Anguidae" genus="Abronia" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cunemica" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF9FF927C52FB46FD387EA8" bold="true" box="[521,681,1160,1180]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Abronia cunemica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26F57CBFFF9FF927CF6FB47FD607EA8" box="[685,753,1161,1180]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
and nearby arboreal congeners in Chiapas and Oaxaca, Mexico.
</emphasis>
Inset photographs show characteristic differences in adult dorsal head color between
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFF9FF927C86FB6CFCD47E81" authorityName="Clause &amp; Luna-Reyes &amp; Mendoza-Velázquez &amp; Oca &amp; Solano-Zavaleta" authorityYear="2024" box="[733,837,1186,1205]" class="Squamata" family="Anguidae" genus="Abronia" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cunemica" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF9FF927C86FB6CFD7A7E81" box="[733,747,1186,1205]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF9FF927CAEFB6DFCD47E81" box="[757,837,1187,1205]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">cunemica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26F57CBFFF9FF927D12FB6CFC1A7E81" box="[841,907,1186,1205]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
(pale yellow, with dark markings distinct) and the closely related
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFF9FF927BE9FB6CFEBF7EFA" class="Squamata" family="Anguidae" genus="Auriculabronia" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="morenica">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF9FF927BE9FB6CFA517E81" box="[1458,1472,1186,1205]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF9FF927EBBFB72FEBF7EFA" box="[224,302,1212,1230]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">morenica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(pale gray/tan, with dark markings absent or faint). The holotypes (adult males) of both species are shown; photograph of
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFF9FF927B68FB72FA0B7EFA" authorityName="Clause &amp; Luna-Reyes &amp; Mendoza-Velázquez &amp; Oca &amp; Solano-Zavaleta" authorityYear="2024" box="[1331,1434,1212,1231]" class="Squamata" family="Anguidae" genus="Abronia" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cunemica" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF9FF927B68FB72FAD07EFB" box="[1331,1345,1212,1231]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF9FF927B11FB72FA0B7EFA" box="[1354,1434,1212,1230]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">cunemica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26F57CBFFF9FF927BC4FB72FA707EFB" box="[1439,1505,1212,1231]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
intentionally mirrored horizontally. Photographs by Adam G. Clause. Map layers courtesy of Natural Earth (public domain).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9736A2FFF9FF927EBBFB30FDE67F25" blockId="12.[224,1521,1160,1297]" box="[224,631,1278,1297]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0295230.g008</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="8B9736A2FFF8FF937E3BFF1EFBAE7AD7" blockId="13.[96,1087,207,227]" box="[96,1087,207,227]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
Table 1. Selected characteristics of
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFF8FF937FCCFF01FDA67AD6" authorityName="Clause &amp; Luna-Reyes &amp; Mendoza-Velázquez &amp; Oca &amp; Solano-Zavaleta" authorityYear="2024" box="[407,567,207,226]" class="Squamata" family="Anguidae" genus="Abronia" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cunemica" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF8FF937FCCFF01FDA67AD6" bold="true" box="[407,567,207,226]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Abronia cunemica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26F57CBFFF8FF937C60FF1EFDEE7AD7" box="[571,639,208,227]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
and all species in the
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFF8FF937D66FF01FC327AD6" authorityName="Campbell &amp; Frost" authorityYear="1993" box="[829,931,207,226]" class="Squamata" family="Anguidae" genus="Lissabronia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF8FF937D66FF01FC327AD6" bold="true" box="[829,931,207,226]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Lissabronia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
congeneric clade.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8B9736A2FFF8FF937E3BFF39FF037979" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
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<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF8FF937E3BFF39FF287B3E" bold="true" box="[96,185,247,266]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Character</emphasis>
</th>
<th id="76C95D9CFFF800617F03FF39FDB07B3E" box="[344,545,247,266]" gridcol="1" gridrow="0" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF8FF937F03FF39FD9F7B3E" bold="true" box="[344,526,247,266]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFF8FF937F03FF39FE547B3E" authorityName="Clause &amp; Luna-Reyes &amp; Mendoza-Velázquez &amp; Oca &amp; Solano-Zavaleta" authorityYear="2024" box="[344,453,247,266]" class="Squamata" family="Anguidae" genus="Abronia" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cunemica" status="sp. nov.">
A.
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF8FF937F2AFF39FE547B3E" bold="true" box="[369,453,247,266]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">cunemica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26F57CBFFF8FF937F91FF39FD9F7B3E" box="[458,526,247,266]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
</th>
<th id="76C95D9CFFF800617C1FFF39FCD17B3E" box="[580,832,247,266]" gridcol="2" gridrow="0" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFF8FF937C1FFF39FD1A7B3E" authorityName="Campbell, Sasa, Acevedo &amp; Mendelson" authorityYear="1998" box="[580,651,247,266]" class="Squamata" family="Anguidae" genus="Abronia" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="frosti">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF8FF937C1FFF39FD1A7B3E" bold="true" box="[580,651,247,266]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
A.
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF8FF937C06FF39FD1A7B3E" bold="true" box="[605,651,247,266]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">frosti</emphasis>
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th id="76C95D9CFFF800617D0AFF39FB9D7B3E" box="[849,1036,247,266]" gridcol="3" gridrow="0" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFF8FF937D0AFF39FC467B3E" authorityName="Hidalgo" authorityYear="1983" box="[849,983,247,266]" class="Squamata" family="Anguidae" genus="Abronia" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="montecristoi">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF8FF937D0AFF39FC467B3E" bold="true" box="[849,983,247,266]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF8FF937D0AFF39FCCE7B3E" bold="true" box="[849,863,247,266]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF8FF937D31FF39FC467B3E" bold="true" box="[874,983,247,266]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">montecristoi</emphasis>
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th id="76C95D9CFFF800617A7FFF39FB667B3E" box="[1060,1271,247,266]" gridcol="4" gridrow="0" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFF8FF937A7FFF39FB1F7B3E" box="[1060,1166,247,266]" class="Squamata" family="Anguidae" genus="Auriculabronia" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="morenica">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF8FF937A7FFF39FB1F7B3E" bold="true" box="[1060,1166,247,266]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF8FF937A7FFF39FBA37B3E" bold="true" box="[1060,1074,247,266]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF8FF937A67FF39FB1F7B3E" bold="true" box="[1084,1166,247,266]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">morenica</emphasis>
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th id="76C95D9CFFF800617B4BFF39FA757B3E" box="[1296,1508,247,266]" gridcol="5" gridrow="0" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFF8FF937B4BFF39FA0F7B3E" authorityName="Hidalgo" authorityYear="1983" box="[1296,1438,247,266]" class="Squamata" family="Anguidae" genus="Abronia" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="salvadorensis">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF8FF937B4BFF39FA0F7B3E" bold="true" box="[1296,1438,247,266]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF8FF937B4BFF39FA8F7B3E" bold="true" box="[1296,1310,247,266]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF8FF937B73FF39FA0F7B3E" bold="true" box="[1320,1438,247,266]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">salvadorensis</emphasis>
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
</tr>
<tr id="351834E0FFF800617E3BFED7FA757B18" box="[96,1508,281,300]" gridrow="1" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
<th id="76C95D9CFFF800617E3BFED7FED77B18" box="[96,326,281,300]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Adult dorsal body color-</th>
<td id="76C95D9CFFF800617F03FED7FDB07B18" box="[344,545,281,300]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Brown with dark</td>
<td id="76C95D9CFFF800617C1FFED7FCD17B18" box="[580,832,281,300]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Black or blackish brown with</td>
<td id="76C95D9CFFF800617D0AFED7FB9D7B18" box="[849,1036,281,300]" gridcol="3" gridrow="1" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Brown sometimes</td>
<td id="76C95D9CFFF800617A7FFED7FB667B18" box="[1060,1271,281,300]" gridcol="4" gridrow="1" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Brown with dark</td>
<td id="76C95D9CFFF800617B4BFED7FA757B18" box="[1296,1508,281,300]" gridcol="5" gridrow="1" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Pale brown with dark</td>
</tr>
<tr id="351834E0FFF800617E3BFEFCFA757B71" box="[96,1508,306,325]" gridrow="2" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
<th id="76C95D9CFFF800617E3BFEFCFED77B71" box="[96,326,306,325]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">pattern in life</th>
<td id="76C95D9CFFF800617F03FEFCFDB07B71" box="[344,545,306,325]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">crossbands (sometimes</td>
<td id="76C95D9CFFF800617C1FFEFCFCD17B71" box="[580,832,306,325]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">white or yellow transverse</td>
<td id="76C95D9CFFF800617D0AFEFCFB9D7B71" box="[849,1036,306,325]" gridcol="3" gridrow="2" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">with pale crossbands</td>
<td id="76C95D9CFFF800617A7FFEFCFB667B71" box="[1060,1271,306,325]" gridcol="4" gridrow="2" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">crossbands (sometimes</td>
<td id="76C95D9CFFF800617B4BFEFCFA757B71" box="[1296,1508,306,325]" gridcol="5" gridrow="2" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">crossbands</td>
</tr>
<tr id="351834E0FFF800617E3BFE85FA757B6A" box="[96,1508,331,350]" gridrow="3" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" rowspan-0="1" rowspan-3="1" rowspan-5="1">
<td id="76C95D9CFFF800617F03FE85FDB07B6A" box="[344,545,331,350]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">indistinct)</td>
<td id="76C95D9CFFF800617C1FFE85FCD17B6A" box="[580,832,331,350]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">markings</td>
<td id="76C95D9CFFF800617A7FFE85FB667B6A" box="[1060,1271,331,350]" gridcol="4" gridrow="3" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">indistinct)</td>
</tr>
<tr id="351834E0FFF800617E3BFEA3FA757BB4" box="[96,1508,365,384]" gridrow="4" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
<th id="76C95D9CFFF800617E3BFEA3FED77BB4" box="[96,326,365,384]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Adult dorsal head color-</th>
<td id="76C95D9CFFF800617F03FEA3FDB07BB4" box="[344,545,365,384]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Pale yellow with</td>
<td id="76C95D9CFFF800617C1FFEA3FCD17BB4" box="[580,832,365,384]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Black with whitish,</td>
<td id="76C95D9CFFF800617D0AFEA3FB9D7BB4" box="[849,1036,365,384]" gridcol="3" gridrow="4" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Brown or gray with</td>
<td id="76C95D9CFFF800617A7FFEA3FB667BB4" box="[1060,1271,365,384]" gridcol="4" gridrow="4" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Pale gray or tan with</td>
<td id="76C95D9CFFF800617B4BFEA3FA757BB4" box="[1296,1508,365,384]" gridcol="5" gridrow="4" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Brown or gray with dark</td>
</tr>
<tr id="351834E0FFF800617E3BFE48FA757BAD" box="[96,1508,390,409]" gridrow="5" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
<th id="76C95D9CFFF800617E3BFE48FED77BAD" box="[96,326,390,409]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">pattern in life</th>
<td id="76C95D9CFFF800617F03FE48FDB07BAD" box="[344,545,390,409]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">prominent dark</td>
<td id="76C95D9CFFF800617C1FFE48FCD17BAD" box="[580,832,390,409]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">yellowish, or pale gray</td>
<td id="76C95D9CFFF800617D0AFE48FB9D7BAD" box="[849,1036,390,409]" gridcol="3" gridrow="5" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">dark markings absent</td>
<td id="76C95D9CFFF800617A7FFE48FB667BAD" box="[1060,1271,390,409]" gridcol="4" gridrow="5" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">dark markings absent or</td>
<td id="76C95D9CFFF800617B4BFE48FA757BAD" box="[1296,1508,390,409]" gridcol="5" gridrow="5" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">markings present or</td>
</tr>
<tr id="351834E0FFF800617E3BFE51FA757B86" box="[96,1508,415,434]" gridrow="6" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" rowspan-0="1" rowspan-3="1">
<td id="76C95D9CFFF800617F03FE51FDB07B86" box="[344,545,415,434]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">markings</td>
<td id="76C95D9CFFF800617C1FFE51FCD17B86" box="[580,832,415,434]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">markings</td>
<td id="76C95D9CFFF800617A7FFE51FB667B86" box="[1060,1271,415,434]" gridcol="4" gridrow="6" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">faint</td>
<td id="76C95D9CFFF800617B4BFE51FA757B86" box="[1296,1508,415,434]" gridcol="5" gridrow="6" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">absent</td>
</tr>
<tr id="351834E0FFF800617E3BFE0FFA757BE0" box="[96,1508,449,468]" gridrow="7" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
<th id="76C95D9CFFF800617E3BFE0FFED77BE0" box="[96,326,449,468]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Dark lateral bar on neck</th>
<td id="76C95D9CFFF800617F03FE0FFDB07BE0" box="[344,545,449,468]" gridcol="1" gridrow="7" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Present (often broken</td>
<td id="76C95D9CFFF800617C1FFE0FFCD17BE0" box="[580,832,449,468]" gridcol="2" gridrow="7" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Absent</td>
<td id="76C95D9CFFF800617D0AFE0FFB9D7BE0" box="[849,1036,449,468]" gridcol="3" gridrow="7" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Absent</td>
<td id="76C95D9CFFF800617A7FFE0FFB667BE0" box="[1060,1271,449,468]" gridcol="4" gridrow="7" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Present</td>
<td id="76C95D9CFFF800617B4BFE0FFA757BE0" box="[1296,1508,449,468]" gridcol="5" gridrow="7" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Present</td>
</tr>
<tr id="351834E0FFF800617E3BFE14FA757BD9" box="[96,1508,474,493]" gridrow="8" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" rowspan-2="1" rowspan-3="1" rowspan-4="1" rowspan-5="1">
<th id="76C95D9CFFF800617E3BFE14FED77BD9" box="[96,326,474,493]" gridcol="0" gridrow="8" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">from shoulder to ear</th>
<td id="76C95D9CFFF800617F03FE14FDB07BD9" box="[344,545,474,493]" gridcol="1" gridrow="8" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">into two blotches)</td>
</tr>
<tr id="351834E0FFF800617E3BFE3DFA757832" box="[96,1508,499,518]" gridrow="9" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
<th id="76C95D9CFFF800617E3BFE3DFA757832" box="[96,1508,499,518]" colspan="6" colspanRight="5" gridcol="0" gridrow="9" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">opening</th>
</tr>
<tr id="351834E0FFF800617E3BFDDBFA75781C" box="[96,1508,533,552]" gridrow="10" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
<th id="76C95D9CFFF800617E3BFDDBFED7781C" box="[96,326,533,552]" gridcol="0" gridrow="10" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Yellow or orange spots on</th>
<td id="76C95D9CFFF800617F03FDDBFDB0781C" box="[344,545,533,552]" gridcol="1" gridrow="10" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Absent (but flanks</td>
<td id="76C95D9CFFF800617C1FFDDBFCD1781C" box="[580,832,533,552]" gridcol="2" gridrow="10" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Absent</td>
<td id="76C95D9CFFF800617D0AFDDBFB9D781C" box="[849,1036,533,552]" gridcol="3" gridrow="10" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Absent</td>
<td id="76C95D9CFFF800617A7FFDDBFB66781C" box="[1060,1271,533,552]" gridcol="4" gridrow="10" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Present</td>
<td id="76C95D9CFFF800617B4BFDDBFA75781C" box="[1296,1508,533,552]" gridcol="5" gridrow="10" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Absent</td>
</tr>
<tr id="351834E0FFF800617E3BFDE0FA757875" box="[96,1508,558,577]" gridrow="11" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" rowspan-2="1" rowspan-3="1" rowspan-4="1" rowspan-5="1">
<th id="76C95D9CFFF800617E3BFDE0FED77875" box="[96,326,558,577]" gridcol="0" gridrow="11" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">flanks</th>
<td id="76C95D9CFFF800617F03FDE0FDB07875" box="[344,545,558,577]" gridcol="1" gridrow="11" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">sometimes mostly pale</td>
</tr>
<tr id="351834E0FFF800617E3BFD89FA75786E" box="[96,1508,583,602]" gridrow="12" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
<th id="76C95D9CFFF800617E3BFD89FA75786E" box="[96,1508,583,602]" colspan="6" colspanRight="5" gridcol="0" gridrow="12" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">yellow)</th>
</tr>
<tr id="351834E0FFF800617E3BFDA7FA757848" box="[96,1508,617,636]" gridrow="13" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
<th id="76C95D9CFFF800617E3BFDA7FED77848" box="[96,326,617,636]" gridcol="0" gridrow="13" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Primary temporal scales</th>
<td id="76C95D9CFFF800617F03FDA7FDB07848" box="[344,545,617,636]" gridcol="1" gridrow="13" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">4</td>
<td id="76C95D9CFFF800617C1FFDA7FCD17848" box="[580,832,617,636]" gridcol="2" gridrow="13" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">2</td>
<td id="76C95D9CFFF800617D0AFDA7FB9D7848" box="[849,1036,617,636]" gridcol="3" gridrow="13" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">4</td>
<td id="76C95D9CFFF800617A7FFDA7FB667848" box="[1060,1271,617,636]" gridcol="4" gridrow="13" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">4</td>
<td id="76C95D9CFFF800617B4BFDA7FA757848" box="[1296,1508,617,636]" gridcol="5" gridrow="13" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">4</td>
</tr>
<tr id="351834E0FFF800617E3BFD44FA7578A9" box="[96,1508,650,669]" gridrow="14" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
<th id="76C95D9CFFF800617E3BFD44FED778A9" box="[96,326,650,669]" gridcol="0" gridrow="14" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
Occipital scales
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF8FF937EB8FD45FF7D78A8" box="[227,236,651,668]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">*</emphasis>
</th>
<td id="76C95D9CFFF800617F03FD44FDB078A9" box="[344,545,650,669]" gridcol="1" gridrow="14" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">1</td>
<td id="76C95D9CFFF800617C1FFD44FCD178A9" box="[580,832,650,669]" gridcol="2" gridrow="14" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">1</td>
<td id="76C95D9CFFF800617D0AFD44FB9D78A9" box="[849,1036,650,669]" gridcol="3" gridrow="14" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">3†</td>
<td id="76C95D9CFFF800617A7FFD44FB6678A9" box="[1060,1271,650,669]" gridcol="4" gridrow="14" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">1 (86%) or 3 (14%)</td>
<td id="76C95D9CFFF800617B4BFD44FA7578A9" box="[1296,1508,650,669]" gridcol="5" gridrow="14" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">1 (25%) or 3 (75%)††</td>
</tr>
<tr id="351834E0FFF800617E3BFD65FA75788A" box="[96,1508,683,702]" gridrow="15" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
<th id="76C95D9CFFF800617E3BFD65FED7788A" box="[96,326,683,702]" gridcol="0" gridrow="15" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Transverse dorsal scale</th>
<td id="76C95D9CFFF800617F03FD65FDB0788A" box="[344,545,683,702]" gridcol="1" gridrow="15" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">35–39</td>
<td id="76C95D9CFFF800617C1FFD65FCD1788A" box="[580,832,683,702]" gridcol="2" gridrow="15" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">28–32</td>
<td id="76C95D9CFFF800617D0AFD65FB9D788A" box="[849,1036,683,702]" gridcol="3" gridrow="15" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">30–31</td>
<td id="76C95D9CFFF800617A7FFD65FB66788A" box="[1060,1271,683,702]" gridcol="4" gridrow="15" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">30–35</td>
<td id="76C95D9CFFF800617B4BFD65FA75788A" box="[1296,1508,683,702]" gridcol="5" gridrow="15" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">29–32</td>
</tr>
<tr id="351834E0FFF800617E3BFD0BFA7578EC" box="[96,1508,709,728]" gridrow="16" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
<th id="76C95D9CFFF800617E3BFD0BFA7578EC" box="[96,1508,709,728]" colspan="6" colspanRight="5" gridcol="0" gridrow="16" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">rows</th>
</tr>
<tr id="351834E0FFF800617E3BFD28FA7578CD" box="[96,1508,742,761]" gridrow="17" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
<th id="76C95D9CFFF800617E3BFD28FED778CD" box="[96,326,742,761]" gridcol="0" gridrow="17" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Longitudinal ventral scale</th>
<td id="76C95D9CFFF800617F03FD28FDB078CD" box="[344,545,742,761]" gridcol="1" gridrow="17" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">12</td>
<td id="76C95D9CFFF800617C1FFD28FCD178CD" box="[580,832,742,761]" gridcol="2" gridrow="17" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">14–16</td>
<td id="76C95D9CFFF800617D0AFD28FB9D78CD" box="[849,1036,742,761]" gridcol="3" gridrow="17" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">12</td>
<td id="76C95D9CFFF800617A7FFD28FB6678CD" box="[1060,1271,742,761]" gridcol="4" gridrow="17" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">12</td>
<td id="76C95D9CFFF800617B4BFD28FA7578CD" box="[1296,1508,742,761]" gridcol="5" gridrow="17" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">12–14</td>
</tr>
<tr id="351834E0FFF800617E3BFD31FA757926" box="[96,1508,767,786]" gridrow="18" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
<th id="76C95D9CFFF800617E3BFD31FA757926" box="[96,1508,767,786]" colspan="6" colspanRight="5" gridcol="0" gridrow="18" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">rows</th>
</tr>
<tr id="351834E0FFF800617E3BFCEFFA757900" box="[96,1508,801,820]" gridrow="19" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
<th id="76C95D9CFFF800617E3BFCEFFED77900" box="[96,326,801,820]" gridcol="0" gridrow="19" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Adult snout-to-vent length</th>
<td id="76C95D9CFFF800617F03FCEFFDB07900" box="[344,545,801,820]" gridcol="1" gridrow="19" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">107–127</td>
<td id="76C95D9CFFF800617C1FFCEFFCD17900" box="[580,832,801,820]" gridcol="2" gridrow="19" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">100–110</td>
<td id="76C95D9CFFF800617D0AFCEFFB9D7900" box="[849,1036,801,820]" gridcol="3" gridrow="19" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">85–93†††</td>
<td id="76C95D9CFFF800617A7FFCEFFB667900" box="[1060,1271,801,820]" gridcol="4" gridrow="19" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">92–93</td>
<td id="76C95D9CFFF800617B4BFCEFFA757900" box="[1296,1508,801,820]" gridcol="5" gridrow="19" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">80–111</td>
</tr>
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<th id="76C95D9CFFF800617E3BFCF4FA757979" box="[96,1508,826,845]" colspan="6" colspanRight="5" gridcol="0" gridrow="20" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">(mm)</th>
</tr>
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</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF8FF937E3BFCA3FFF8794A" box="[96,105,877,894]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">*</emphasis>
= percentages represent the proportion of available specimens with the given number of occipital scales.
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= count follows interpretation by Campbell et al. [
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]; all previous authors counted five scales.
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= count follows interpretation by Campbell and Frost [
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] and Clause et al. [
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].
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= Hidalgo [
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] gives the snout-to-vent length of the largest known specimen (KU 184046) as 90 mm, but we here follow the reported measurement from Campbell
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and Frost [
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].
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8B9736A2FFF8FF937E3BFBD2FE627E1B" blockId="13.[96,499,1052,1071]" box="[96,499,1052,1071]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0295230.t001</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFF8FF937C4EFBBBFDF67EB8" authorityName="Bogert &amp; Porter" authorityYear="1967" box="[533,615,1141,1164]" class="Squamata" family="Anguidae" genus="Abronia" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mixteca">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF8FF937C4EFBBBFDF67EB8" box="[533,615,1141,1164]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">mixteca</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFF8FF937CF9FBBBFC857EB8" baseAuthorityName="Gunther" baseAuthorityYear="1885" box="[674,788,1141,1165]" class="Squamata" family="Anguidae" genus="Abronia" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="oaxacae">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF8FF937CF9FBBBFD257EB8" box="[674,692,1141,1164]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF8FF937CE4FBBBFC857EB8" box="[703,788,1141,1164]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">oaxacae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as defined by Campbell et al. [
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], contra Campbell and Frost [
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]) in having dorsal scales on the flanks arranged in parallel longitudinal rows relative to the ventrolateral fold (vs.
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF8FF937CECFB74FC517EE6" box="[695,960,1210,1234]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">oblique longitudinal rows</emphasis>
), and from
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFF8FF937A66FB74FB2C7EE6" authorityName="García-Vázquez, Clause, Gutiérrez-Rodríguez, Cazares-Hernández &amp; de la Torre-Loranca" authorityYear="2022" box="[1085,1213,1210,1234]" class="Squamata" family="Anguidae" genus="Abronia" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="zongolica">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF8FF937A66FB74FBDE7EE5" box="[1085,1103,1210,1233]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF8FF937A00FB74FB2C7EE6" box="[1115,1213,1210,1234]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">zongolica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having 35–39 transverse dorsal scale rows (vs. 30–34). Unlike the subgenus
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFF8FF937A76FB12FB417EC0" authorityName="Campbell &amp; Frost" authorityYear="1993" box="[1069,1232,1244,1268]" class="Squamata" family="Anguidae" genus="Aenigmabronia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF8FF937A76FB12FB417EC0" box="[1069,1232,1244,1268]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Aenigmabronia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the new species has one occipital scale (vs.
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF8FF937C83FACEFCF47F23" box="[728,869,1279,1303]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">two occipitals</emphasis>
), and two scale rows separating the occipital scale from the first transverse nuchal scale row (vs.
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF8FF937DC3FAECFA457F0E" box="[920,1492,1314,1338]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">one scale row separating the occipitals from the nuchals</emphasis>
). Unlike the subgenus
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFF8FF937CAFFA8AFC017F68" authorityName="Campbell &amp; Frost" authorityYear="1993" box="[756,912,1348,1372]" class="Squamata" family="Anguidae" genus="Abaculabronia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF8FF937CAFFA8AFC017F68" box="[756,912,1348,1372]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Abaculabronia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the new species has a brown dorsum with at least traces of crossbands in life in adults (vs.
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF8FF937D21FAA9FCE87F96" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">dorsum olive green with pale or yellow scale margins and no trace of crossbands in life in adults</emphasis>
), and supranasal scales lacking contact in all specimens (vs.
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF8FF937C4EFA62FB877FF0" box="[533,1046,1452,1477]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">supranasals in contact in 8/9 or 89% of specimens</emphasis>
). Within the subgenus
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFF8FF937B56FA62FA177FF0" authorityName="Campbell &amp; Frost" authorityYear="1993" box="[1293,1414,1452,1476]" class="Squamata" family="Anguidae" genus="Lissabronia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF8FF937B56FA62FA177FF0" box="[1293,1414,1452,1476]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Lissabronia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, no single character differentiates the new species from all four currently recognized members of the group. However, it can be distinguished from all
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFF8FF937A40FA3CFB757C3E" box="[1051,1252,1522,1546]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF8FF937A40FA3CFB057C3E" box="[1051,1172,1522,1546]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Lissabronia</emphasis>
species
</taxonomicName>
except for
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<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF8FF937B02FA3CFAFA7C3D" box="[1369,1387,1522,1545]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF8FF937B2DFA3CFA497C3D" box="[1398,1496,1522,1545]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">morenica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having 35–39 transverse dorsal scale rows (vs. 28–32). Unlike
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFF8FF937AF9F9DBFAB37C18" box="[1186,1314,1557,1581]" class="Squamata" family="Anguidae" genus="Auriculabronia" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="morenica">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF8FF937AF9F9DBFB257C18" box="[1186,1204,1557,1580]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF8FF937A9BF9DBFAB37C18" box="[1216,1314,1557,1580]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">morenica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the new species attains a larger adult size of
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snout-to-vent length (vs.
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), and the dorsum of the head is pale yellow with distinct dark markings (vs. pale gray or tan with dark markings absent or faint).
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presents additional characters that differentiate species of
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<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF8FF937C4EF951FD1F7C83" box="[533,654,1695,1719]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Lissabronia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFF8FF937C94F951FCC07C83" authorityName="Clause &amp; Luna-Reyes &amp; Mendoza-Velázquez &amp; Oca &amp; Solano-Zavaleta" authorityYear="2024" box="[719,849,1695,1719]" class="Squamata" family="Anguidae" genus="Abronia" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cunemica" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF8FF937C94F951FD707C82" box="[719,737,1695,1718]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF8FF937CB6F96EFCC07C83" box="[749,849,1696,1719]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">cunemica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26F57CBFFF8FF937D0DF951FC387C83" box="[854,937,1695,1719]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
and/or from each other.
</paragraph>
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We are uncertain about the subgenus to which
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFF8FF937A73F90CFB387CED" authorityName="Clause &amp; Luna-Reyes &amp; Mendoza-Velázquez &amp; Oca &amp; Solano-Zavaleta" authorityYear="2024" box="[1064,1193,1730,1754]" class="Squamata" family="Anguidae" genus="Abronia" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cunemica" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF8FF937A73F90CFBAB7CED" box="[1064,1082,1730,1753]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF8FF937A1EF90CFB387CED" box="[1093,1193,1730,1753]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">cunemica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26F57CBFFF8FF937AF4F90CFA937CEE" box="[1199,1282,1730,1754]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
belongs. Nonetheless, we provisionally assign it to
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFF8FF937D1BF92AFC287CC8" authorityName="Campbell &amp; Frost" authorityYear="1993" box="[832,953,1764,1788]" class="Squamata" family="Anguidae" genus="Lissabronia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF8FF937D1BF92AFC287CC8" box="[832,953,1764,1788]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Lissabronia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
based on our phylogenetic analysis (see above). Furthermore, unlike for all other subgenera, no single character cleanly separates the new species from
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFF8FF937C0BF8E4FD587D76" authorityName="Campbell &amp; Frost" authorityYear="1993" box="[592,713,1834,1858]" class="Squamata" family="Anguidae" genus="Lissabronia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF8FF937C0BF8E4FD587D76" box="[592,713,1834,1858]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Lissabronia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
based on the diagnosis provided by Campbell et al. [
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] and on the subsequent description of
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFF8FF937CF4F883FCBF7D50" box="[687,814,1869,1893]" class="Squamata" family="Anguidae" genus="Auriculabronia" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="morenica">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF8FF937CF4F883FD507D50" box="[687,705,1869,1892]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF8FF937C97F883FCBF7D50" box="[716,814,1869,1892]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">morenica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
[
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] that provisionally assigned that species to
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<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFF8FF937B44F882FA097D50" box="[1311,1432,1868,1892]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Lissabronia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. In the Discussion section we present further explanation for our tentative assignment of the new species.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFFBFF907C4EFEF5FBDC7B63" bold="true" box="[533,1101,315,343]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
Description of
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(
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Adult male with both hemipenes everted, mass
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, head width at broadest point
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, head width/length ratio = 75.9%, tail broken and regenerating, tail length
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Coloration of
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<paragraph id="8B9736A2FFFBFF917C4EF927FBFA794E" blockId="14.[533,1536,1769,1897]" lastBlockId="15.[533,1536,208,1480]" lastPageId="15" lastPageNumber="16" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">In life, body medium ochre brown becoming pale yellow on lateral nuchals and dull lemon yellow with brown flecks on flanks. Body with distinct dark brown flank blotches and faint dark brown middorsal spots, seemingly the remnants of 10 indistinct crossbands. Dark blotches and spots separated by 3 scales middorsally and 1.5–2.5 scales laterally. Most scales in and along ventrolateral fold dull lemon yellow, but some mostly or entirely reddish brown due to ventrolateral continuation of crossbands. Lateral neck scales mostly whitish to dull lemon yellow, with 3–4 distinct reddish-brown ventrolateral blotches. Lateral neck scales bordered dorsally by prominent, interrupted or nearly interrupted black to dark brown bar extending from shoulder to near upper posterior edge of ear opening, 1–2 times width of lowermost nuchal scales. Dorsal surface of forelimbs and hindlimbs rusty brown, with a few yellow highlights and dark brown flecking and blotching, more so on forelimbs. Forelimb digits dull yellow with rusty brown spotting, hindlimb digits rusty brown. Head pale yellow becoming pale gray to white laterally with prominent, ill-defined arrowhead-shaped black to dark brown dorsal blotches. Head scales with moderate rugosity accentuated by fine black to dark brown flecking and vermiculations that extend onto most nuchals. Scales between nares on dorsum, and between orbit and rostral on sides of head (except cantholoreal), with no dark flecking or vermiculations. Tail same color as body, with 11 indistinct but mostly uninterrupted dark brown to blackish crossbands that degrade into a checkerboard-like pattern ventrally. Lower jaw, chin, and throat white to pale gray, many scales with distinct dark flecking on anterior or dorsal margins, especially prominent on sublabials and chinshields. Venter anterior to forelimbs white to pale gray, becoming yellow on remainder of venter including hindlimbs and base of tail, and beige with faint yellow tinge on remainder of tail. Many ventral scales with prominent pale ochre brown markings, becoming more extensive laterally. Manus and pes rusty orange to rusty yellow. Iris pale yellow with heavy dark flecking.</paragraph>
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Variation (
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and
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All
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are similar to the
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in most respects, but they differ as follows.
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(
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110), head length from rostral to upper anterior edge of ear opening
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22:3), head width at broadest point
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16:3), head width/ length ratio 72.7–73.9% (
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73:1%), tail unbroken and unregenerated only in MZFC-HE 36545, with tail length
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(including
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regenerated tissue).
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Left supranasal expanded medially and displacing adjacent posterior internasal in MZFC-HE 36545, and left supranasal damaged in MZFZ 4514; medial azygous scale present between anterior and posterior internasals in MZFZ 4514; prefrontals 2 times size of posterior internasals in MZFZ 4512, 2.5 times size of posterior internasals in MZFC-HE 36545 and MZFZ 4513–4514, but not contacting each other in MZFC-HE 36545 and narrowly contacting each other in MZFZ 4513; cantholoreal not (left) or barely (right) contacting anterior median supraocular in MZFC-HE 36545, no median supraocular contact in MZFZ 4513, and very narrow contact in MZFZ 4514; superciliaries 7/
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MZFC-HE 36545, MZFZ 4512, and MZFZ 4513; anteriormost superciliary nearly 2 times length of adjoining superciliary in MZFC-HE 36545 and MZFZ 4513, and nearly same length as adjoining superciliary in MZFZ 4512; suboculars 2/
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MZFZ 4514, right anteriormost aberrantly divided into small posterior and large anterior scales, and 2/2 on all other
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MZFC-HE 36545 and MZFZ 4514, 3/
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MZFZ 4512, and 3/
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MZFZ 4513; frontal narrowly contacting frontonasal in MZFC-HE 36545, barely contacting frontonasal via thin spur in MZFZ 4512 and MZFZ 4514; occipital smaller than interparietal in all
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MZFZ 4512 and MZFZ 4513, second on left and third on right abnormally enlarged posteriorly and partially displacing adjacent tertiary temporals in MZFZ 4512, first and second on left separated by abnormally enlarged second tertiary temporal in MZFZ 4513, second on left abnormally small in MZFZ 4514; tertiary temporals 4–5 (
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4:6), second abnormally enlarged and anteriorly displaced in MZFZ 4513; supralabials 10–11 (
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10:3); infralabials 8–9 (23345076), small aberrantly divided sublabial nearly separating eighth and ninth sublabials on right side in MZFZ 4514; postmental single in MZFZ 4513, partly divided posteriorly in MZFC-HE 36545 and anteriorly in MZFZ 4514; second sublabial on left abnormally divided in MZFZ 4513, fifth sublabial on both sides aberrantly divided and anteriormost contacting second (left) or third (right) infralabial in MZFZ 4514, sublabials 4/5 with anteriormost contacting third (left) or second (right) infralabial in MZFZ 4512.
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Transverse dorsal scale rows 35–39 (
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37:25); eight middorsal longitudinal scale rows strongly to moderately keeled in MZFZ 4512 and MZFZ 4514; transverse ventral scale rows 37–40 (
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38:5); lateral neck scales
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MZFC-HE 36545,
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MZFZ 4513–4514; subdigital lamellae on fourth toes 18–21 (
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19:6).
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In life, the
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female
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(MZFC-HE 36545 and MZFZ 4513–4514) differ from the adult male
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as follows: body dark brown with rusty tinge (MZFZ 4513) to pale ochre brown (MZFZ 4514); flanks medium rusty brown (MZFZ 4513) to pale brown (MZFZ 4514), becoming pale gray, beige, or cream anteriorly; remnants of dark crossbands even more reduced on MZFC-HE 36545, but crossbands unbroken, distinct, and roughly chevron-shaped on MZFZ 4513–4514, separated by 0.5–2 scales middorsally and 1.5–3.5 scales laterally; scales in and along ventrolateral fold same color as adjacent flank scales, including ventrolateral continuation of darker crossbands; lateral neck scales whitish to pale gray, rarely with yellow tinge, and ventrolateral blotches blackish to medium brown; dark lateral neck bar interrupted in MZFC-HE 36545, complete in MZFZ 4513–4514; dorsal surface of forelimbs and hindlimbs whitish, pale gray, pale brown, medium brown, or rusty brown, often with darker flecks or blotches and with forelimbs always at least partially paler than hindlimbs; digits various shades of gray or brown, often with darker spots or markings, rarely with cream flecks or highlights; 4–5 alternating brown spots on supralabial and/or infralabial scales in MZFC-HE 36545 and MZFZ 4513; cantholoreal scales lack dark flecks and vermiculations; tail with 9 (MZFC-HE 36545, tail broken and not yet regenerating), 14 (MZFZ 4514, tail regenerating), or 22 (MZFZ 4513, tail unbroken) dark brown crossbands, some partially merged with adjacent crossbands; regenerated portion of tail in MZFZ 4514 almost completely dark brown; lower jaw, chin, and throat lack dark flecking; venter white to pale gray becoming darker gray laterally, with pale yellow or cream midventral stripe posterior to forelimbs; venter of tail white to pale gray with degraded crossbands forming ill-defined checkerboard-like pattern of darker gray blotches; manus and pes bright rusty orange to dull rusty brown, sometimes becoming yellowish basally; iris with faint green tinge in MZFC-HE 36545.
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In life, the juvenile male
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(MZFZ 4512) differs from the adult male
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as follows: body pale brown becoming paler beige on flanks, with some darker flecking throughout and a faint cream tinge anteriorly; body with 11 indistinct dark brown crossbands, largely reduced to blotches on vertebral and paravertebral scale rows, often bordered posteriorly with pale gray to beige flecks or spots, each separated by 2–3 scales both middorsally and laterally; most scales in and along ventrolateral fold beige, but some mostly dark brown bordered posteriorly by white or pale gray spots due to ventrolateral continuation of crossbands; lateral neck scales whitish, some with cream tinge, and ventrolateral blotches medium brown; dark lateral neck bar interrupted; forelimbs and digits beige to pale brown with medium brown flecks and spots; hindlimbs and digits medium brown with dark brown flecks and spots; 3–4 alternating pale brown spots on supralabial scales; pale yellow and dark brown markings on dorsum of head faded and less contrasting; head scales smooth or weakly rugose, with less extensive dark flecking and vermiculations; tail slightly paler than body, especially posteriorly, but dark crossbands more distinct than on body; regenerated portion of tail pale brown with darker flecking and no crossbands; lower jaw, chin, and throat lack dark flecking; venter anterior to forelimbs white to pale gray, becoming pale yellow on remainder of venter including limbs and base of tail, and beige to pale gray on remainder of tail; manus and pes dull yellow-orange.
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In preservative (ethanol after formalin), all
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maintain their basic color pattern elements from life except that rusty brown tones are mostly replaced by various shades of tan, cream, or pale gray; dorsum of body dark brown to pale gray or pale brown, but scales in lighter-colored
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with greenish tones; dark dorsal crossbands slightly faded and less distinct; neck generally more grayish, tan, or pale brown; dorsum of head grayish; head markings accentuated and distinct in all specimens; faint to distinct oblique dark mark extends from posterior margin of frontal to tertiary temporals in all specimens; manus and pes yellowish to saffron.
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<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE4FF8F7C4EFA26FD347C30" bold="true" box="[533,677,1512,1540]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Etymology</emphasis>
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The species name is a feminine singular adjective in the nominative case derived from CuÑemo (alternative spellings: KuÑØmØ or Kujnyä’mä), which is the name for Coapilla in the indigenous Zoque language. Coapilla is derived from the Náhuatl words
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE4FF8F7B4DF990FAD97C42" box="[1302,1352,1630,1654]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">coatl</emphasis>
(snake) and
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(river) and means “river of the snakes,” while CuÑemo has been variously translated as
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE4FF8F7C4EF96AFD647C8F" box="[533,757,1699,1723]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">agua entre los árboles</emphasis>
(“water among the trees” in English) [
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],
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE4FF8F7AE1F96DFA3B7C8F" box="[1210,1450,1699,1723]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">lugar de la gran capital</emphasis>
(“place of the new or great capital”) [
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], or
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE4FF8F7DCDF909FBAF7CEA" box="[918,1086,1734,1758]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">corona de cerros</emphasis>
(“crown of hills”) according to residents of the area. The chosen name, derived from the Zoque language, thus refers to the ejido and municipality which support the only known population of the new species. Our inquiries with residents of Coapilla about this name received universally positive responses. The recommended English pronunciation is “koon-YEM-ih-kuh.”
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<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE7FF8C7C4EFF1EFCF07AD8" bold="true" box="[533,865,208,236]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Distribution and ecology</emphasis>
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Like most arboreal
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<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE7FF8C7CB9FECEFCA87B2C" box="[738,825,256,280]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Abronia</emphasis>
species
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described in the last 30 years,
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.
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has only been reported from the vicinity of the
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locality (
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). However, also like many other members of the genus, this species probably occurs more widely given the presence of seemingly suitable interconnected highland forests. All documented populations exist on a small, wooded tableland. To the north and east, this tableland transitions into steep slopes that form several peaks exceeding
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elevation which overlook the town of Tapalapa. To the south and west, the tableland ends sharply in a long bank of dramatic cliffs and promontories that loom above the town of Copainalá. Rainfall on this tableland drains either into the Río Zacalapa to the west or the Río Chavarria to the east. Both waterways then feed into the Gulf of
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, as part of the Río Grijalva basin.
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The woodland in and around the
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locality for
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.
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is pine-oak forest, and includes
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<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE7FF8C7CF9FDB0FCDC78A2" box="[674,845,638,662]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Pinus chiapensis</emphasis>
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,
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.
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,
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<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE7FF8C7DA9FDB0FB2078A2" box="[1010,1201,638,662]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Quercus crispipilis</emphasis>
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, and
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<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE7FF8C7AB0FDB0FB6F78A1" box="[1259,1278,638,661]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Q</emphasis>
.
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(
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and
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trees are also present. Epiphytic growth in occupied forest is variable (
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). In some patches it is extensive, dominated by dense masses of
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFE7FF8C7D07FD28FBAA78CA" box="[860,1083,742,766]" class="Liliopsida" family="Bromeliaceae" genus="Tillandsia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="fasciculata">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE7FF8C7D07FD28FBAA78CA" box="[860,1083,742,766]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Tillandsia fasciculata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and/or
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<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE7FF8C7AD4FD28FB0E78C9" box="[1167,1183,742,765]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">T</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE7FF8C7AF0FD28FAAC78CA" box="[1195,1341,742,766]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">rodrigueziana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Other, less abundant bromeliads include
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<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE7FF8C7D46FCC7FCBC7914" box="[797,813,777,800]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">T</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE7FF8C7D62FCC7FCEF7914" box="[825,894,777,800]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">juncea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE7FF8C7DD1FCC7FC0B7914" box="[906,922,777,800]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">T</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE7FF8C7DFDFCC7FBBC7914" box="[934,1069,777,800]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">comitanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and/or
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<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE7FF8C7ADAFCC7FB007914" box="[1153,1169,777,800]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">T</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE7FF8C7AC6FCC6FA9A7914" box="[1181,1291,776,800]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">makoyana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and an unidentified species of
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<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE7FF8C7CDBFCE5FD497976" box="[640,728,811,834]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Catopsis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Many trees support
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFE7FF8C7DE2FCE5FB277977" box="[953,1206,811,835]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Anacardiaceae" genus="Toxicodendron" kingdom="Plantae" order="Sapindales" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="radicans">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE7FF8C7DE2FCE5FB277977" box="[953,1206,811,835]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Toxicodendron radicans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
vines, which at times form large tangles that ascend high into the canopy. Less conspicuous elements of the epiphytic flora include at least one species of mistletoe, a few species of ferns, and several orchids that include
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFE7FF8C7C31FC5AFCAE799F" box="[618,831,916,939]" class="Liliopsida" family="Orchidaceae" genus="Domingoa" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="purpurea">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE7FF8C7C31FC5AFCAE799F" box="[618,831,916,939]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Domingoa purpurea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and one or more species in the genera
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<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE7FF8C7A80FC5DFACF799F" box="[1243,1374,915,939]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Epidendrum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
or
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFE7FF8C7BD9FC5DFDD579F9" class="Liliopsida" family="Orchidaceae" genus="Prosthechea" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE7FF8C7BD9FC5DFDD579F9" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Prosthechea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Epiphytic moss is generally scarce or absent, but branches of many trees are laden with crustose, foliose, and fruticose lichens in the genera
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFE7FF8C7A61FC16FB0B79C4" authorityName="P.Browne" authorityYear="1756" box="[1082,1178,984,1008]" class="Lecanoromycetes" family="Cladoniaceae" genus="Cladonia" kingdom="Fungi" order="Lecanorales" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE7FF8C7A61FC16FB0B79C4" box="[1082,1178,984,1008]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Cladonia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFE7FF8C7AFCFC17FA8779C4" authorityName="Gray" authorityYear="1821" box="[1191,1302,985,1008]" class="Lecanoromycetes" family="Collemataceae" genus="Leptogium" kingdom="Fungi" order="Peltigerales" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE7FF8C7AFCFC17FA8779C4" box="[1191,1302,985,1008]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Leptogium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFE7FF8C7B79FC17FA3679C4" box="[1314,1447,985,1008]" class="Lecanoromycetes" family="Parmeliaceae" genus="Parmotrema" kingdom="Fungi" order="Lecanorales" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE7FF8C7B79FC17FA3679C4" box="[1314,1447,985,1008]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Parmotrema</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFE7FF8C7BE9FC17FD307E27" class="Lecanoromycetes" family="Lobariaceae" genus="Pseudocyphellaria" kingdom="Fungi" order="Peltigerales" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE7FF8C7BE9FC17FD307E27" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Pseudocyphellaria</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
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<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE7FF8C7C87FC32FC8C7E27" box="[732,797,1020,1043]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Usnea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
[
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].
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9736A2FFE7FF8C7C6EFBD0FA237F5A" blockId="18.[533,1537,208,1875]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
On five separate trips to the vicinity of Coapilla (
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,
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,
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,
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, and
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), we cumulatively invested over 350 person-hours of search effort specifically for
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<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE7FF8C7DBFFBADFC647E4E" box="[996,1013,1123,1146]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE7FF8C7A5AFBAAFBF27E4F" box="[1025,1123,1124,1147]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">cunemica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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in occupied habitat, including climbing with ropes into the canopy of almost 20 trees to search among the epiphytes. Despite this effort, we found only five individuals. This difficulty in encountering the species was echoed in our conversations with local residents. Of approximately two dozen people that we met while walking trails and roads through occupied forest, only about half of them recognized the
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFE7FF8C7BF4FB20FDA67F1C" authorityName="Gray" authorityYear="1838" class="Squamata" family="Anguidae" genus="Abronia" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE7FF8C7BF4FB20FDA67F1C" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Abronia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
when shown a photograph, video, or live animal. Furthermore, a student who completed extensive herpetological fieldwork in the Municipality of Coapilla, including one site that overlaps the
<typeStatus id="54938800FFE7FF8C7C31FA98FD077F5A" box="[618,662,1366,1390]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">type</typeStatus>
locality of
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<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE7FF8C7D53FA98FC887F59" box="[776,793,1366,1389]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE7FF8C7D7EFA98FC167F59" box="[805,903,1366,1389]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">cunemica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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, reported no observations of the species [
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].
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9736A2FFE7FF8C7C6EFAB7FBA67D67" blockId="18.[533,1537,208,1875]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
The arboreal behavior of
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFE7FF8C7D1AFAB7FC537FA4" authorityName="Clause &amp; Luna-Reyes &amp; Mendoza-Velázquez &amp; Oca &amp; Solano-Zavaleta" authorityYear="2024" box="[833,962,1401,1425]" class="Squamata" family="Anguidae" genus="Abronia" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cunemica" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE7FF8C7D1AFAB7FCC27FA4" box="[833,851,1401,1424]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE7FF8C7D05FAB7FC537FA4" box="[862,962,1401,1424]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">cunemica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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, together with the dense epiphytic growth in many trees of the region, are likely responsible for this lack of familiarity and few observations. We found
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high on limbs of both live and dead
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<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE7FF8C7B75FA70FA487FE2" box="[1326,1497,1470,1494]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Pinus chiapensis</emphasis>
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trees. We also found a pair in a courtship bite-hold on the forest floor, after they presumably fell from an adjacent
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<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE7FF8C7CAEF9CDFCDA7C2E" box="[757,843,1539,1562]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Quercus</emphasis>
sp.
</taxonomicName>
tree. We observed individuals from 10:30–13:30 hr, during sunny or partly cloudy conditions with ambient air temperatures of 20–27˚C. Consistent with the summer/fall mating season documented in other
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<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE7FF8C7A13F986FB0E7C54" box="[1096,1183,1608,1632]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Abronia</emphasis>
species
</taxonomicName>
[
<bibRefCitation id="EFB94B53FFE7FF8C7AA6F987FA877C55" author="Schmidt-Ballardo W &amp; Solano-Zavaleta I &amp; Clause AG" box="[1277,1302,1609,1633]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" pagination="192 - 4" refId="ref19516" refString="89. Schmidt-Ballardo W, Solano-Zavaleta I, Clause AG. Nature notes. Abronia deppii. Reproduction. Mesoam Herpetol. 2015; 2 (2): 192 - 4." type="journal article" year="2015">89</bibRefCitation>
–
<bibRefCitation id="EFB94B53FFE7FF8C7B7EF987FAAF7C55" author="Aldape-Lopez CT &amp; Santos-Moreno A." box="[1317,1342,1609,1633]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" refId="ref19593" refString="91. Aldape-Lopez CT, Santos-Moreno A. Abronia mixteca (Mixtecan Arboreal Alligator Lizard). Mating behavior. Herpetol Rev. 2018; 49 (1): 114." type="journal volume" year="2018">91</bibRefCitation>
], we found the courting pair of
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<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE7FF8C7C9AF9A5FD427CB6" box="[705,723,1643,1666]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE7FF8C7C84F9A2FCD27CB7" box="[735,835,1644,1667]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">cunemica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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on 14 August. Although the male immediately released his bite hold on the female upon capture, a few hours later when returned to close contact with her, he re-initiated a more persistent bite hold on her head and neck. After being manually separated, a few minutes later we again brought the pair into close contact. The male responded with repeated bouts of subtle yet intense tail tremors lasting several seconds.
<specimenCount id="9D2EFD2BFFE7FF8C7BEEF938FDDA7D05" count="2" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" type="adult">Two adult</specimenCount>
females subsequently collected in mid-February appeared to be gravid, although we did not dissect the specimens to confirm this suspicion.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9736A2FFE6FF8D7C6EFF1EFD5C7B8C" blockId="19.[533,1536,207,1237]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">
The male
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of
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<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE6FF8D7D47FF01FC4D7AD3" box="[796,988,207,231]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Abronia cunemica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp nov. is unusually large, measuring
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SVL. Among arboreal Mexican species of the genus, only
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<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE6FF8D7A67FF3DFBDF7B3E" box="[1084,1102,243,266]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE6FF8D7A01FF3DFB3D7B3E" box="[1114,1196,243,266]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">mixteca</emphasis>
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is reported to be larger, with a maximum known SVL of
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[
<bibRefCitation id="EFB94B53FFE6FF8D7DD4FEDBFC397B19" author="Campbell JA &amp; Frost DR" box="[911,936,277,301]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" pagination="1 - 121" refId="ref17239" refString="39. Campbell JA, Frost DR. Anguid lizards of the genus Abronia: Revisionary notes, descriptions of four new species, a phylogenetic analysis, and key. Bull Am Mus Nat Hist. 1993; 216: 1 - 121." type="journal article" year="1993">39</bibRefCitation>
]. The Guatemalan endemic species
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<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE6FF8D7B7DFEDBFAA97B18" box="[1318,1336,277,300]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE6FF8D7B1FFEDBFA0E7B18" box="[1348,1439,277,300]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">anzuetoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE6FF8D7B89FEDBFA757B18" box="[1490,1508,277,300]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE6FF8D7C4EFEF9FDE97B7B" box="[533,632,311,335]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">fimbriata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are the only other species known to exceed
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFE6FF8D7A13FEF6FB5B7B7B" authorityName="Clause &amp; Luna-Reyes &amp; Mendoza-Velázquez &amp; Oca &amp; Solano-Zavaleta" authorityYear="2024" box="[1096,1226,312,336]" class="Squamata" family="Anguidae" genus="Abronia" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cunemica" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE6FF8D7A13FEF6FBCB7B7B" box="[1096,1114,312,335]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE6FF8D7A3DFEF6FB5B7B7B" box="[1126,1226,312,335]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">cunemica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26F57CBFFE6FF8D7A94FEF6FAB37B64" box="[1231,1314,312,336]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
in size, attaining lengths of 143 and
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SVL, respectively [
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,
<bibRefCitation id="EFB94B53FFE6FF8D7A7FFE94FBAC7B46" author="Reyes G &amp; Monzon J &amp; Ariano-Sanchez D." box="[1060,1085,346,370]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" pagination="108 - 111" refId="ref19625" refString="92. Reyes G, Monzon J, Ariano-Sanchez D. Rediscovery after 48 years and geographic range extension of Abronia anzuetoi (Campbell &amp; Frost, 1993) (Squamata: Anguidae) from Agua Volcano, Guatemala. Rev Lat Herpetol. 2022; 5 (4): 108 - 111. https: // doi. org / 10.22201 / fc. 25942158 e. 2022. 4.554" type="journal article" year="2022">92</bibRefCitation>
]. However, we are aware of unpublished records of
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFE6FF8D7CDDFEB3FC827BA1" authorityName="Smith &amp; Alvarez Del Toro" authorityYear="1963" box="[646,787,381,405]" class="Squamata" family="Anguidae" genus="Abronia" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lythrochila">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE6FF8D7CDDFEB3FD097BA0" box="[646,664,381,404]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE6FF8D7CF8FEB3FC827BA1" box="[675,787,381,405]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">lythrochila</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
exceeding
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SVL, and we hope to see this data formally announced soon.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9736A2FFE6FF8D7C6EFE0CFB8A78BC" blockId="19.[533,1536,207,1237]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">
Remarkably,
<specimenCount id="9D2EFD2BFFE6FF8D7C9AFE0CFCB47BEE" box="[705,805,450,474]" count="1" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" type="adult">one adult</specimenCount>
female
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(MZFZ 4514) of
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFE6FF8D7AD1FE0CFA9D7BEE" authorityName="Clause &amp; Luna-Reyes &amp; Mendoza-Velázquez &amp; Oca &amp; Solano-Zavaleta" authorityYear="2024" box="[1162,1292,450,474]" class="Squamata" family="Anguidae" genus="Abronia" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cunemica" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE6FF8D7AD1FE0CFB0D7BED" box="[1162,1180,450,473]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE6FF8D7AF3FE0DFA9D7BEE" box="[1192,1292,451,474]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">cunemica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26F57CBFFE6FF8D7B49FE0CFAF57BEE" box="[1298,1380,450,474]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
was re-found and collected 97 days after she was captured, photographed, and released by OMMV on
<date id="FF961062FFE6FF8D7BE0FE2BFD527814" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" value="2021-09-14">14 September 2021</date>
. Her location when re-captured was less than
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from her original capture location, in a
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFE6FF8D7CFFFDE5FCDE7876" box="[676,847,554,578]" class="Pinopsida" family="Pinaceae" genus="Pinus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Pinales" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="chiapensis">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE6FF8D7CFFFDE5FCDE7876" box="[676,847,554,578]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Pinus chiapensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
tree that was adjacent to the tree of the same species where she was originally found. Albeit limited, these data suggest that
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFE6FF8D7AD1FD83FA9D7851" authorityName="Clause &amp; Luna-Reyes &amp; Mendoza-Velázquez &amp; Oca &amp; Solano-Zavaleta" authorityYear="2024" box="[1162,1292,589,613]" class="Squamata" family="Anguidae" genus="Abronia" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cunemica" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE6FF8D7AD1FD83FB0D7850" box="[1162,1180,589,612]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE6FF8D7AF3FD80FA9D7851" box="[1192,1292,590,613]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">cunemica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26F57CBFFE6FF8D7B4AFD83FAF57851" box="[1297,1380,589,613]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
can be relatively sedentary at least some months of the year.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9736A2FFE6FF8D7C6EFD5CFD2A7EE1" blockId="19.[533,1536,207,1237]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">
Based on our field sampling, arboreal or semi-arboreal herpetofauna with which
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFE6FF8D7BD7FD5CFDD978F9" authorityName="Clause &amp; Luna-Reyes &amp; Mendoza-Velázquez &amp; Oca &amp; Solano-Zavaleta" authorityYear="2024" class="Squamata" family="Anguidae" genus="Abronia" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cunemica" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE6FF8D7BD7FD5CFA0F789D" box="[1420,1438,658,681]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE6FF8D7BF2FD5DFDD978F9" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">cunemica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26F57CBFFE6FF8D7C15FD7BFD3078F9" box="[590,673,693,717]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
occurs in sympatry (within 2 airline km) include
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFE6FF8D7AF6FD7BFA0B78F9" authorityName="Smith &amp; Bumzahem" authorityYear="1955" box="[1197,1434,693,717]" class="Squamata" family="Phrynosomatidae" genus="Sceloporus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="internasalis">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE6FF8D7AF6FD7BFA0B78F9" box="[1197,1434,693,717]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Sceloporus internasalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(MZFZ 4477),
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFE6FF8D7C06FD19FCCF78DB" baseAuthorityName="Cope" baseAuthorityYear="1861" box="[605,862,727,751]" class="Squamata" family="Colubridae" genus="Imantodes" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="gemmistratus">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE6FF8D7C06FD19FCCF78DB" box="[605,862,727,751]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Imantodes gemmistratus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(MZFZ 4562),
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFE6FF8D7A5AFD19FB4E78C4" baseAuthorityName="Cope" baseAuthorityYear="1869" box="[1025,1247,727,752]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Bolitoglossa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rufescens">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE6FF8D7A5AFD19FB4E78C4" box="[1025,1247,727,752]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Bolitoglossa rufescens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(MZFZ 4473),
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFE6FF8D7BD9FD19FD527926" baseAuthorityName="Schmidt" baseAuthorityYear="1933" class="Amphibia" family="Hylidae" genus="Bromeliohyla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bromeliacia">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE6FF8D7BD9FD19FD527926" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Bromeliohyla bromeliacia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(MZ-UNICACH 68–79) [
<bibRefCitation id="EFB94B53FFE6FF8D7D87FD34FC647926" author="Martinez-Coronel M &amp; Ramirez-Bautista A &amp; Vidal-Lopez R." box="[988,1013,762,786]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" pagination="104 - 5" refId="ref19697" refString="93. Martinez-Coronel M, Ramirez-Bautista A, Vidal-Lopez R. Geographic distribution. Hyla bromeliacia (Treefrog): Mexico, Chiapas, Municipio Coapilla. Herpetol Rev. 1995; 26 (2): 104 - 5." type="journal article" year="1995">93</bibRefCitation>
], and
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFE6FF8D7A63FD34FB7C7926" baseAuthorityName="Dumeril &amp; Bibron" baseAuthorityYear="1841" box="[1080,1261,762,786]" class="Amphibia" family="Hylidae" genus="Smilisca" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="baudinii">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE6FF8D7A63FD34FB7C7926" box="[1080,1261,762,786]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Smilisca baudinii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(MZFZ 4561, 4565). One or more of these species might be a food source for the new species, and
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<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE6FF8D7B49FCD3FA8A7900" box="[1298,1307,797,820]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">I</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE6FF8D7B7CFCD3FA257900" box="[1319,1460,797,820]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">gemmistratus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
could conceivably eat young
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFE6FF8D7D5DFC8EFC167963" authorityName="Clause &amp; Luna-Reyes &amp; Mendoza-Velázquez &amp; Oca &amp; Solano-Zavaleta" authorityYear="2024" box="[774,903,832,856]" class="Squamata" family="Anguidae" genus="Abronia" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cunemica" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE6FF8D7D5DFC8EFC897963" box="[774,792,832,855]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE6FF8D7D78FC8EFC167963" box="[803,903,832,855]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">cunemica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26F57CBFFE6FF8D7DD6FC8EFC4E796C" box="[909,991,832,856]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
Including previous records [
<bibRefCitation id="EFB94B53FFE6FF8D7B49FC8EFABA796C" author="Brindis-Segura O." box="[1298,1323,832,856]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" refId="ref19479" refString="88. Brindis-Segura O. Herpetofauna del Municipio de Coapilla, Chiapas, Mexico [thesis]. Tuxtla Gutirerrez, Chiapas, Mexico: Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas; 2007. Spanish." type="book" year="2007">88</bibRefCitation>
], we also documented sympatric co-occurrence of the following reptiles:
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFE6FF8D7ADBFCACFADF794E" authorityName="Peters" authorityYear="1863" box="[1152,1358,866,890]" class="Squamata" family="Dactyloidae" genus="Anolis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tropidonotus">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE6FF8D7ADBFCACFADF794E" box="[1152,1358,866,890]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Anolis tropidonotus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(=
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFE6FF8D7B29FCACFA6A794E" baseAuthorityName="Alvarez Del Toro &amp; Smith" baseAuthorityYear="1956" box="[1394,1531,866,890]" class="Squamata" family="Dactyloidae" genus="Anolis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="spilorhipis">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE6FF8D7B29FCACFA15794D" box="[1394,1412,866,889]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE6FF8D7BCBFCACFA6A794E" box="[1424,1531,866,890]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">spilorhipis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
or
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE6FF8D7C68FC4BFDD479A8" box="[563,581,901,924]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE6FF8D7C0BFC4BFDC979A8" box="[592,600,901,924]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">t</emphasis>
.
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFE6FF8D7C3FFC4BFD5E79A9" baseAuthorityName="Alvarez Del Toro &amp; Smith" baseAuthorityYear="1956" box="[612,719,901,925]" class="Squamata" family="Dactyloidae" genus="Anolis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="spilorhipis">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE6FF8D7C3FFC4BFD5E79A9" box="[612,719,901,925]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">spilorhipis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
of some authors; MZFZ 4559–4560),
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFE6FF8D7A04FC4BFA9979A8" baseAuthorityName="Stuart" baseAuthorityYear="1940" box="[1119,1288,901,925]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Scincella" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="incerta">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE6FF8D7A04FC4BFA9979A8" box="[1119,1288,901,925]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Scincella incerta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(MZFZ 4472),
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFE6FF8D7BF1FC4BFD4D79F4" baseAuthorityName="Schlegel" baseAuthorityYear="1837" class="Squamata" family="Colubridae" genus="Drymobius" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="margaritiferus">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE6FF8D7BF1FC4BFD4D79F4" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Drymobius margaritiferus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(MZ-UNICACH 194) [
<bibRefCitation id="EFB94B53FFE6FF8D7D80FC66FC6579F4" author="Brindis-Segura O." box="[987,1012,936,960]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" refId="ref19479" refString="88. Brindis-Segura O. Herpetofauna del Municipio de Coapilla, Chiapas, Mexico [thesis]. Tuxtla Gutirerrez, Chiapas, Mexico: Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas; 2007. Spanish." type="book" year="2007">88</bibRefCitation>
],
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFE6FF8D7A52FC69FB55798B" box="[1033,1220,935,959]" class="Squamata" family="Colubridae" genus="Geophis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="carinosus">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE6FF8D7A52FC69FB55798B" box="[1033,1220,935,959]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Geophis carinosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(MZFZ 4475–4476),
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFE6FF8D7BFCFC66FD1779D6" authorityName="Baird &amp; Girard" authorityYear="1853" class="Squamata" family="Colubridae" genus="Ninia" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="diademata">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE6FF8D7BFCFC66FD1779D6" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Ninia diademata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(MZ-UNICACH 196, 376),
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFE6FF8D7DE8FC04FB0379D6" baseAuthorityName="Cope" baseAuthorityYear="1861" box="[947,1170,970,994]" class="Squamata" family="Colubridae" genus="Pituophis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lineaticollis">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE6FF8D7DE8FC04FB0379D6" box="[947,1170,970,994]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Pituophis lineaticollis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(MZ-UNICACH 198) [
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],
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<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE6FF8D7BE4FC04FDCD7E31" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Rhadinaea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
[
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE6FF8D7C30FC23FD627E31" box="[619,755,1005,1029]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">= Rhadinella</emphasis>
]
<taxonomicName id="4C284D21FFE6FF8D7D59FC23FCCF7E31" baseAuthorityName="Günther" baseAuthorityYear="1865" box="[770,862,1005,1029]" class="Squamata" family="Colubridae" genus="Rhadinaea" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="godmani">
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE6FF8D7D59FC23FCCF7E31" box="[770,862,1005,1029]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">godmani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(MZFC-HE 29997) [
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],
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<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE6FF8D7A36FC23FAB37E31" box="[1133,1314,1005,1029]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Tantilla schistosa</emphasis>
MZFZ
</taxonomicName>
4471,
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<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE6FF8D7BE9FC23FD2B7E13" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Thamnophis cyrtopsis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(MZ-UNICACH 378) [
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],
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<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE6FF8D7DBCFBDEFB097E13" box="[999,1176,1039,1063]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Micrurus elegans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(MZFZ 4474); and the following amphibians:
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<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE6FF8D7CC5FBFCFCD97E7E" box="[670,840,1074,1098]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Incilius valliceps</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(MZ-UNICACH 95–98) [
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],
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<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE6FF8D7AD4FBFDFACD7E7E" box="[1167,1372,1074,1098]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Craugastor lineatus</emphasis>
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(MZ-UNICACH 454) [
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],
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<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE6FF8D7C89FB9BFD727E58" box="[722,739,1109,1132]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">C</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE6FF8D7CB5FB9BFCC47E58" box="[750,853,1109,1132]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">pygmaeus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(MZFZ 4563–4564), and
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<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE6FF8D7A3DFB9BFAB17E59" box="[1126,1312,1109,1133]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Rana brownorum</emphasis>
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(MZ-UNICACH 155–157) [
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]. Further sampling will likely show
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<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE6FF8D7A46FBB6FBBE7EBB" box="[1053,1071,1144,1167]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">A</emphasis>
.
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to co-occur with the terrestrial congener
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<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE6FF8D7C95FB54FC087E86" box="[718,921,1178,1202]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Abronia temporalis</emphasis>
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, which has been collected less than
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to the northeast (MVZ 272336).
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<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE6FF8D7C4EFAD6FD597F00" bold="true" box="[533,712,1304,1332]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Conservation</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE6FF8D7C4EFA86FD477F54" box="[533,726,1352,1376]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Abronia cunemica</emphasis>
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is unrecorded from any protected areas. However, several forest parcels within a
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radius of the
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locality have been designated as small reserves by residents of Coapilla. These patches could support populations of the species. Upon touring one such parcel, we found a more intact forest canopy compared to other lands that we visited, but the understory was highly modified by widespread cutting of saplings (probably for firewood). The Parque Ecoturístico Laguna Verde is another area managed by the Ejido of Coapilla where
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.
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likely occurs, and where relatively environmentally friendly ecotourism activities are promoted by the community. However, socioeconomic problems that are well-documented in other protected areas of
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also affect this ecotourism park and its surroundings [
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–
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]. Lastly, an additional 101-ha protected area called the Zona Sujeta a Conservación Ecológica Tzama Cum Pümy, which lies some
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from the
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locality of
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, could also support the species [
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]. Future surveys, in close partnership with community leaders in Coapilla and Tapalapa, are necessary to confirm these suspicions.
</paragraph>
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The forest on the tableland where
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<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE6FF8D7DC5F8C5FC217D16" box="[926,944,1803,1826]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE6FF8D7DE7F8C2FBB17D17" box="[956,1056,1804,1827]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">cunemica</emphasis>
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lives is generally perturbed to some degree (e.g.,
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). Much of the landscape has been converted to a savannah, with widelyspaced trees and a grassy understory with few shrubs and saplings. On multiple occasions, we also observed trucks loaded with large freshly-cut pine logs leaving the area. Within
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of all sites where we found
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, we saw agricultural, livestock, and forestry activities taking place. The absence of intact forest and ongoing loss of trees are nonetheless tempered by three factors. First, many communally-owned parcels in the Ejido of Coapilla are under active forest management. Based on public signage that we observed, this management approach appears to disallow clear-cuts in favor of selective logging on a cyclical basis across a mosaic of designated parcels. Second, our surveys revealed that adult female and juvenile
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can live in remnant trees growing within pastureland. The species thus might have substantial tolerance to forest disturbance, similar to reports for a few other arboreal species of
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<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE1FF8A7CF6F94EFC957CAC" box="[685,772,1664,1688]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Abronia</emphasis>
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[
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]. Third, individuals of
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.
<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE1FF8A7A17F94FFB217CAC" box="[1100,1200,1665,1688]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">cunemica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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appear to spend most of their lives hidden in the forest canopy, where they are inherently sheltered from direct human influence. For these reasons, despite ongoing forest loss that clearly eliminates habitat for this species and imperils its survival, we remain cautiously hopeful about its long-term prognosis.
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Fig 9. Habitat of
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near Coapilla, Chiapas, Mexico.
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(A) Live and dead
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trees in a cattle pasture, (B) intact
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-
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forest, (C) microhabitat of
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spp.
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trees laden with epiphytes. Photographs taken by Adam G. Clause on 19 February 2022 (A) and 14 August 2021 (B–C).
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There are additional reasons for guarded optimism about the future for
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.
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, in our judgement. Because the species lives in mid-elevation portions of the Northern Highlands, it probably has room to expand upward in elevation as the pine-oak forest is pushed upward by climate change [28, 30, but see 31]. This is unlike its close relative
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<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE0FF8B7BCDFF3DFA397B3E" box="[1430,1448,243,266]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">A</emphasis>
.
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, which appears to only live in high-elevation mountaintop cloud forest and is thus more strongly threatened by habitat loss driven by climate change [
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]. Furthermore, although we encountered a few people who mistakenly feared
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, believing it to be venomous, the overall lack of familiarity with the species by community members suggests that populations are not subject to serious pressure from unwarranted killing. Lastly, although arboreal members of the genus
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are increasingly targeted for the international illegal pet trade [
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–
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], we suspect that the extraordinary difficulty which we experienced in finding this species will reduce the intensity of this threat. Nonetheless, to further reduce any possible poaching pressure, we have intentionally masked the localities mentioned in this paper by (1) rounding GPS coordinates to the nearest hundredth of a degree, and (2) not reporting distance or direction from the nearest town [
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].
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Although all conclusions regarding threats are based on limited data and thus represent informed conjecture, we consider it justifiable to provisionally categorize
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on three lists of imperiled species. For the Red List of Threatened Species of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, we recommend that
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.
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be assessed as Endangered (B1ab[iii,v]+2ab[iii,v]) [
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]. In meeting these criteria for Endangered status, we consider the species to have an extent of occurrence and area of occupancy of much less than
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, respectively; to be known from fewer than five locations; and to be experiencing a inferred decline in the extent of habitat, quality of habitat, and number of mature individuals, due to cutting of trees and possible loss of individuals to targeted killing and poaching [
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]. Similarly, we calculate that
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.
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has an Environmental Vulnerability Score (EVS, see Wilson et al. [
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]) of 18 out of 20, which places the species in the High Vulnerability category. We derive this total score from assessed criteria on geographic distribution (6 points, for having a distribution limited to
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in the vicinity of the
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locality), ecological distribution (8 points, for being currently known from only one vegetation formation), and degree of human persecution (4 points, for having arboreal habits yet thought to be harmful to people, and might be killed if encountered). Finally, we propose that
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.
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be categorized as Amenazada (Threatened) on the Norma Oficial Mexicana list [
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], due to the species meeting Criteria A.(I)+B.(II)+C.(II)+D.(III) as defined by the Anexo Normativo I or Método de Evaluación del Riesgo de Extinción de las Especies Silvestres en
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(MER) [
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]. This is the only list of at-risk species that is legally recognized by the Mexican government. We suggest this categorization based on
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<emphasis id="B95CEAB0FFE0FF8B7AACFA86FA987F6B" box="[1271,1289,1352,1375]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">A</emphasis>
.
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having the following characteristics: a very restricted distribution (4 points) that encompasses less than 5% of the national territory of
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; an intermediate or limiting habitat (2 points) with respect to the requirements for the natural development of the species, due to its presumed restriction to mid-elevation forests; a medium vulnerability (2 points) intrinsic to the biology of the species, due to its specialized natural history that depends on trees but allows the species to persist in fragmented forests; and a medium impact (3 points) by humans on the species due to pressure from human settlements, moderate habitat fragmentation, and the potential use, trade and trafficking of the species. The total score of 11 points justifies an assignment to the category of Amenazada [
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].
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