Abronia gadovii

Abronia gadovii, also known commonly as Gadow's alligator lizard and el escorpión de Gadow in Mexican Spanish, is a species of lizard in the family Anguidae. The species is endemic to the highlands of the Sierra Madre del Sur in Guerrero and Oaxaca, Mexico. Two subspecies are recognized:

Etymology
The specific name, gadovii, is in honor of German ornithologist Hans Friedrich Gadow.

Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of A. gadovii is forest, including second-growth forest.

Description
A. gadovii may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about 9 cm, plus a tail length of about 15 cm.

Diet
A. gadovii preys predominately upon insects, and is known to also devour small lizards.

Reproduction
A. gadovii is ovoviviparous.

Subspecies
Two subspecies are recognized as being valid including the nominotypical subspecies.
 * Abronia gadovii gadovii (Boulenger, 1913) – Guerrero
 * Abronia gadovii levigata (Tihen, 1949) – Oaxaca

Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Abronia.