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Anolis semilineatus COPE, 1864

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Higher TaxaAnolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Hispaniolan grass anole, Santo Domingo Anole 
SynonymAnolis semilineatus COPE 1864: 171
Anolis semilineatus — BOULENGER 1885: 68
Anolis semilineatus — COCHRAN 1941
Anolis cochranae WILLIAMS & RAND 1961
Anolis semilineatus — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 339
Anolis semilineatus — NICHOLSON et al. 2005
Chamaelinorops semilineatus — NICHOLSON et al. 2012
Chamaelinorops semilineatus — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 
DistributionHispaniola (Haiti, Dominican Republic), Ile de la Tortue, Ile Grande Cayemite, Ile a Cabrit, Isla Catalina

Type locality: Santo Domingo; restricted by Hertz, 1976, to Pétionville, Département de l'Ouest, Haiti, but corrected to "República Dominicana" by Wetherbee, 1987.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: BMNH 1946.8.5.85, BMNH 1946.8.5.48.
Holotype: MCZ 57660 [cochranae] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1193 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentFor illustrations see Boulenger, 1885; Cochran, 1941; Hertz, 1976; Schwartz and Henderson, 1985. 
References
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  • Cochran, D.M. 1941. The herpetology of Hispaniola. Bull. US Natl. Mus. 177: vii + 398 pp. - get paper here
  • Cope, E.D. 1864. Contributions to the herpetology of tropical America. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 16: 166-181. - get paper here
  • Crother, Brian I. (ed.) 1999. Caribbean Amphibians and Reptiles. Academic Press, 493 pp.
  • Hertz, P. E. 1976. Anolis alumina, new species of grass anole from the Barahona Peninsula of Hispaniola. Breviora (437): 1-19. - get paper here
  • Hertz, P.E. 1979. Comparative Thermal Biology of Sympatric Grass Anoles (Anolis semilineatus and A. olssoni) in Lowland Hispaniola (Reptilia, Lacertilia, Iguanidae) Journal of Herpetology 13 (3): 329-333. - get paper here
  • KÖHLER, GUNTHER 2014. Characters of external morphology used in Anolis taxonomy—Definition of terms, advice on usage, and illustrated examples. Zootaxa 3774 (2): 201–257 - get paper here
  • Nicholson, K. E., R. E. Glor, J. J. Kolbe, A. Larson, S. B. Hedges, and J. B. Losos 2005. Mainland colonization by island lizards. Journal of Biogeography 32: 929–938 - get paper here
  • NICHOLSON, KIRSTEN E.; BRIAN I. CROTHER, CRAIG GUYER & JAY M. SAVAGE 2012. It is time for a new classification of anoles (Squamata: Dactyloidae). Zootaxa 3477: 1–108 - get paper here
  • NICHOLSON, KIRSTEN E.; BRIAN I. CROTHER, CRAIG GUYER & JAY M. SAVAGE 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 - get paper here
  • Poe, S. 2004. Phylogeny of anoles. Herpetological Monographs 18: 37-89 - get paper here
  • Poe, S. 2013. 1986 Redux: New genera of anoles (Squamata: Dactyloidae) are unwarranted. Zootaxa 3626 (2): 295–299 - get paper here
  • Queiroz, Kevin de; Ling-Ru Chu, and Jonathan B. Losos 1998. A Second Anolis Lizard in Dominica Amber and the Systematics and Ecological Morphology of Dominican Amber Anoles. American Museum Novitates 3249: 23 pp. - get paper here
  • Schmidt, K. P. 1921. Notes on the herpetology of Santo Domingo. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 44: 7-20. - get paper here
  • Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp.
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  • WERNING, Heiko 2012. Im Bad mit Anolis – ein Besuch bei Uwe Bartelt. Terraria-Elaphe 2012 (6): 88-92 - get paper here
  • Wetherbee, D.K. 1987. Further contributions to the history of zoology in Hispaniola. Shebburne, MA, privatelyprinted: 114 pp.
  • Williams, E. E. & Rand, A. S. 1961. Notes on Hispaniolan herpetology 2. A review of the Anolis semilineatus group with the description of Anolis cochranae, new species. Breviora (135): 1-11 - get paper here
  • Williams, Ernest E. 1961. Notes on Hispaniolan herpetology 3. The evolution and relationships of the Anolis semilineatus group. Breviora (136): 1-8 - get paper here
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