Table 1 in Bridging the gap: A new species of arboreal Abronia (Squamata: Anguidae) from the Northern Highlands of Chiapas, Mexico

Table 1. Selected characteristics of Abronia cunemica sp. nov. and all species in the Lissabronia congeneric clade. CharacterA. cunemica sp. nov.A. frostiA. montecristoiA. morenicaA. salvadorensisAdult dorsal body color-Brown with darkBlack or blackish brown withBrown sometimesBrown with darkPale brown with darkpattern in lifecrossbands (sometimeswhite or yellow transversewith pale crossbandscrossbands (sometimescrossbandsindistinct)markingsindistinct)Adult dorsal head color-Pale yellow withBlack with whitish,Brown or gray withPale gray or tan withBrown or gray with darkpattern in lifeprominent darkyellowish, or pale graydark markings absentdark markings absent ormarkings present ormarkingsmarkingsfaintabsentDark lateral bar on neckPresent (often brokenAbsentAbsentPresentPresentfrom shoulder to earinto two blotches)openingYellow or orange spots onAbsent (but flanksAbsentAbsentPresentAbsentflankssometimes mostly paleyellow)Primary temporal scales42444Occipital scales *113†1 (86%) or 3 (14%)1 (25%) or 3 (75%)††Transverse dorsal scale35–3928–3230–3130–3529–32rowsLongitudinal ventral scale1214–16121212–14rowsAdult snout-to-vent length107–127100–11085–93†††92–9380–111(mm) * = percentages represent the proportion of available specimens with the given number of occipital scales. † = count follows interpretation by Campbell et al. [1]; all previous authors counted five scales. †† = count follows interpretation by Campbell and Frost [39] and Clause et al. [44]. ††† = Hidalgo [120] 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 and Frost [39].