Anolis fairchildi
Appearance
Anolis fairchildi | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Iguania |
Family: | Dactyloidae |
Genus: | Anolis |
Species: | A. fairchildi
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Binomial name | |
Anolis fairchildi | |
Synonyms[2][3] | |
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Anolis fairchildi, also known commonly as the Cay Sal anole and Fairchild's anole, is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is native to the Bahamas.[2]
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, fairchildi, is in honor of American botanist David Grandison Fairchild.[4]
Geographic range
[edit]A. fairchildi is endemic to Cay Sal Bank in the Bahamas.[1]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of A. fairchildi is dry shrubland.[1]
Reproduction
[edit]A. fairchildi is oviparous.[2]
Taxonomy
[edit]A. fairchildi is a member of the A. carolinensis species group.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Buckner S, Mahler DL, Reynolds RG (2020). "Anolis fairchildi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T74995354A75171586. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/74995354/75171586. Downloaded on 29 March 2021.
- ^ a b c d Species Anolis fairchildi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Schwartz A, Thomas R (1975). A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Anolis smaragdinus fairchildi, pp. 104–105).
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Anolis fairchildi, p. 88).
Further reading
[edit]- Barbour T, Shreve B (1935). "Concerning some Bahamian Reptiles, with Notes on the Fauna". Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 40: 347–365. (Anolis fairchildi, new species, P. 357).
- Nicholson KE, Crother BI, Guyer C, Savage JM (2018). "Translating a clade based classification into one that is valid under the international code of zoological nomenclature: the case of the lizards of the family Dactyloidae (Order Squamata)". Zootaxa 4461 (4): 573–586. (Anolis fairchildi).
- Schwartz A, Henderson RW (1991). Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History. Gainesville: University of Florida Press. 720 pp. ISBN 978-0813010496. (Anolis fairchildi, p. 263).