Table 1 in A New Species of Abronia (Squamata: Anguidae) from the Sierra de Zongolica of Veracruz, Mexico

Table 1. Character states for selected features of Abronia zongolica and all other species in the oaXacae group.
A. zongolicaA. cuetzpaliA. miXtecaA. oaXacaeCanthal scale separate from posterior internasal scaleyesyes or nousually nonoAnterior superciliary scale contacting the cantholoreal scaleyesyesyesusually noTemporal scales between posterior supralabial and posterolateral ‘‘corner’’ of head in adult males*322–31–2Occipital scale(s) Scale rows between the occipital scale(s) and first row of nuchal scales1 1–22–3 23 33 1–2Longitudinal nuchal scale rows66–8 (if 8, lateral rows reduced in size)5–64Lateral neck scales between ventral scales and nuchal scales5–67–85–63–4Transverse dorsal scale rows30–3432–3528–3127–29