Abronia lythrochila, also known commonly as the red-lipped arboreal alligator lizard and escorpión arboricola de labios rojos in Mexican Spanish, is a species of lizard in the family Anguidae. The species is native to southern Mexico.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Red-lipped Arboreal Alligator Lizard being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Abronia oaxacae
- Gerrhonotus occidentalis
- Gerrhonotus ophiurus
- Abronia taeniata
- Gerrhonotus liocephalus
- Barisia imbricata
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Anguidae
- Genus
- Abronia
- Species
- Abronia lythrochila
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