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List of Anolis lizards

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The large lizard genus Anolis contains around 390 accepted species, which have been considered in a number of subgroups, or clades such as carolinensis and isolepis.[1]

Below is a list of Anolis lizards.[2]

Anolis allisoni
Video of Anolis aquaticus in Costa Rica
A. barbatus
A. bartschi
Male A. carolinensis with partially expanded dewlap
A. biporcatus, neotropical green anole, in the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
A. cristatellus in garden in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
A. equestris at Boston Museum of Science
A. baracoae
A. marmoratus
Male A. oculatus montanus
Male A. oculatus winstoni
A. porcatus northwest of Cuba in a garden
A. pulchellus northwest of Cuba in a garden
A. polylepis in the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica, bobbing its head and extending a large yellow dewlap
A. sagrei, brown anole

Nota bene: In the above list, a binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Anolis.

References

  1. ^ Kristen A. Nicholson; Brian I. Crother; Craig Guyer; Jay M. Savage (11 September 2012). "It is time for a new classification of anoles (Squamata:Dactyloidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. Magnolia Press. p. 38. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  2. ^ Anolis, The Reptile Database
  3. ^ Lotzkat, S., Bienetreu, J.-F., Hertz, A., & Köhler, G. 2011. "A new species of Anolis Squamata: Iguania: Dactyloidae formerly referred to as A. pachypus from the Cordillera de Talamanca of western Panama and adjacent Costa Rica." Zootaxa 3125: 1-21.
  4. ^ "Discovery of a Giant Chameleon-Like Lizard (Anolis) on Hispaniola and Its Significance to Understanding Replicated Adaptive Radiations". The American Naturalist. in press. 2016. doi:10.1086/687566. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help)
  5. ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Anolis ortonii, p. 196).

Further reading

  • Schwartz, Albert, and Richard Thomas. 1975. A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Anolis species, pp. 64–107).