Anolis websteri ARNOLD, 1980

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Higher Taxa	Anolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Yellow-bellied Desert Anole, Webster's Anole
Synonym	Anolis websteri ARNOLD 1980: 21 Anolis websteri — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 356 Anolis websteri — NICHOLSON et al. 2005 Ctenonotus websteri — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Ctenonotus websteri — NICHOLSON et al. 2018
Distribution	Hispaniola (NE Haiti) Type locality: 7.4 km NW Dessalines, Départment de l’Artibonite, Haiti
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MCZ 132390, adult male; paratypes: FSFS
Diagnosis	Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1146 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Species group: Ctenonotus distichus species group (fide NICHOLSON et al. 2012).
Etymology	Named after Thomas Preston Webster III (1947-1975), a student at Harvard. E. E. Williams wrote of him, "He published extensively while he was a graduate student, although he never finished his Ph.D. He died in an auto accident in Montana.
References	Arnold, D. L. 1980. Geographic variation in Anolis brevirostris (Sauria: Iguanidae) in Hispaniola. Breviora (461): 1-31 - get paper here Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - 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. 2013. 1986 Redux: New genera of anoles (Squamata: Dactyloidae) are unwarranted. Zootaxa 3626 (2): 295–299 - get paper here Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp. Yuan, M. L., M. H. Wake, and I. J. Wang. 2019. Phenotypic integration between claw and toepad traits promotes microhabitat specialization in the Anolis adaptive radiation. Evolution 73: 231–244 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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