| Higher Taxa | Anolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Common Names | E: Cuban Eyespot Anole, Peninsula Anole |
| Synonym | Anolis quadriocellifer BARBOUR & RAMSDEN 1919:158
Anolis calliurus AHL 1924: 249
Anolis homolechis quadriocellifer — BARBOUR 1937: 127
Anolis quadriocellifer — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 321
Anolis quadriocellifer — RODRÍGUEZ SCHETTINO 1999: 341
Norops quadriocellifer — NICHOLSON 2002
Norops quadriocellifer — NICHOLSON et al. 2012
Norops quadriocellifer — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 |
| Distribution | W Cuba (Guanahacabibes)
Type locality: Cabo de San Antonia, Ensenada de Cajón, Pinar del Rio Province, Cuba.
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| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: MCZ 11867. |
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| Comment | For illustrations see Barbour and Ramsden, 1919; Ruibal and Williams, 1961; Schwartz, 1968.
Species group: Norops sagrei species group (fide NICHOLSON et al. 2012). |
| Etymology | Named after Latin quadri = four, and Latin ocellus, diminutive of oculus = eye, referring to the spots on the side of the species, and the Latin adjective fero, ferre = to carry. |
| References |
- Ahl, E. 1924. Neue Reptilien und Batrachier aus dem zoologischen Museum Berlin. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 90 (A) 5: 246-254
- Barbour, T. and C. T. Ramsden. 1919. The herpetology of Cuba. Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., Harvard Coll. 47: 69-213. - get paper here
- Barbour,T. 1937. Third list of Antillean reptiles and amphibians. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harvard 82 (2): 77-166 - get paper here
- Fläschendräger, Axel 2017. Beobachtungen an einigen Anolis-Arten im westlichen Kuba. Terraria-Elaphe 2017 (5): 52-63 - get paper here
- Muñoz, Martha M.; Johanna E. Wegener and Adam C. Algar 2014. Untangling Intra- and Interspecific Effects on Body Size Clines Reveals Divergent Processes Structuring Convergent Patterns in Anolis Lizards. The American Naturalist 184 (5), DOI: 10.1086/678084 - 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
- Rodríguez Schettino, Lourdes (ed.) 1999. The iguanid lizards of Cuba. University Press of Florida, 428 pp.
- Rodríguez Schettino, Lourdes, Carlos A. Mancina & Vilma Rivalta González 2013. REPTILES OF CUBA: CHECKLIST AND GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTIONS. Smithsonian Herp. Inf. Serv. (144): 1-96 - get paper here
- Ruibal, R. and E. E. Williams. 1961. The taxonomy of the Anolis homolechis complex of Cuba. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 125: 211-246. - get paper here
- Schwartz, A. 1968. The Cuban lizards of the Anolis homolechis complex. Tulane Studies in Zoology 14: 140-184. - 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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