Table 2 in A New Species of Abronia (Squamata: Anguidae) from the Sierra de Zongolica of Veracruz, Mexico

Table 2. Character states for selected features of Abronia zongolica and all species in Group III of Gutiérrez-Rodríguez et al. (2021).
A. zongolicaA. fuscolabialisA. gramineaA. taeniataCircumorbital area color different fromusually no (if yes,nousually yes (bright tonosurrounding scales in adultsthen white or palepale yellow)cream)Canthal scale separate from posterioryesyesnonointernasal scalePostnasal supralabial scales and loweryesyesno, lower jaw andyestemporal scales similar in color tothroat much palerlower jaw and throatLateral neck scalesoblique row ofrow of distinctlyrow of distinctlyrow of distinctlyenlarged scalesenlarged scalesenlarged scalesenlarged scaleseach 3 timesabsentabsent or poorlyabsentlarger than adjacentdevelopedscalesLongitudinal nuchal scale rows66 (rarely 4)4–66 (very rarely 4)Trunk coloration in adult males*flanks at least partiallyflanks and back greenflanks and back brightflanks and backyellow, back brownor turquoise, withgreen, scales oftenyellow or creamor gray, often withentire or brokenwith black baseswith wide darkbroken blackdark or yellowand/or yellow tipstransverse bandstransverse bandstransverse bandsArrangement of dorsal scales onslightly obliqueparallel longitudinalparallel longitudinalparallel longitudinalflanks relative to the ventrolaterallongitudinal rowsrowsrowsrowsfold
* ¼ adult females sometimes also correctly segregate based on the character states presented for each species