Abronia martindelcampoi, also known commonly as Martín del Campo's arboreal alligator lizard and escorpión arborícola de Martín del Campo in Mexican Spanish, is an endangered species of lizard in the family Anguidae. The species is endemic to Mexico, and was described in 2003 by Flores-Villela and Sánchez-Herrera.
Etymology The specific name, martindelcampoi, is in honor of Mexican herpetologist Rafael Martín del Campo.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Del Campo, p. 69; Abronia martindelcampoi, p. 169).
Geographic range Abronia martindelcampoi has been found only in the Mexican state of Guerrero.
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of Abronia martindelcampoi is forest, at altitudes of approximately .
Reproduction Abronia martindelcampoi is viviparous.
References
Further reading Flores-Villela, Oscar; Sánchez-H., Oscar (2003). "A New Species of Abronia (Squamata: Anguidae) from the Sierra Madre del Sur of Guerrero, Mexico, with Comments on Abronia deppii ". Herpetologica 59 (4): 524–531. (Abronia martindelcampoi, new species). (in German). (in Spanish, with an abstract in English).