Abronia gadovii
Abronia gadovii, also known commonly as Gadow's alligator lizard and el escorpión de Gadow in Mexican Spanish, is a species of lizard in the family Anguidae. The species is endemic to the highlands of the Sierra Madre del Sur in Guerrero and Oaxaca, Mexico. Two subspecies are recognized:

Etymology
The specific name, gadovii, is in honor of German ornithologist Hans Friedrich Gadow. Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of A. gadovii is forest, including second-growth forest. Description
A. gadovii may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about , plus a tail length of about . Diet
A. gadovii preys predominately upon insects, and is known to also devour small lizards. Reproduction
A. gadovii is ovoviviparous. Subspecies
Two subspecies are recognized as being valid including the nominotypical subspecies. Abronia gadovii gadovii  – Guerrero
Abronia gadovii levigata  – Oaxaca

Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Abronia. References

Further reading
Boulenger GA (1913). "Descriptions of new Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Eighth Series 12: 563–566. (Gerrhonotus gadovii, new species. pp. 564–565). Good DA (1988). Phylogenetic Relationships Among Gerrhonotine Lizards: An Analysis of External Morphology. (University of California Publications in Zoology, Volume 121). Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press. x + 139 pp. . (Mesaspis gadovii, new combination, p. 82). Tihen JA (1949). "A Review of the Lizard Genus Barisia". University of Kansas Science Bulletin 33 (1): 217–254 + Plates I–II. (Barisia gadovii levigata, new subspecies, pp. 231–233 + Plate II, figures 3–5). Abronia
Lizards of North America
Endemic reptiles of Mexico
Reptiles described in 1913
Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger