Anolis nelsoni BARBOUR, 1914

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Higher Taxa	Anolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Swan Islands Anole, Nelson's Anole
Synonym	Anolis nelsoni BARBOUR 1914: 287 Anolis sagrei nelsoni — RUIBAL 1964: 491 Norops sagrei nelsoni — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988: 160 Anolis sagrei nelsoni — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991 Anolis nelsoni — GRZIMEK et al. 2003 Norops nelsoni — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Norops nelsoni — MCCRANIE & KÖHLER 2015: 114 Norops nelsoni — NICHOLSON et al. 2018
Distribution	Honduras (Swan Islands) Type locality: Swan Is.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MCZ 7892, adult male
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Comment	Species group: Norops sagrei species group (fide NICHOLSON et al. 2012).
Etymology	Named after Dr. Edward William Nelson (1855-1934), founding President of the American Ornithologists' Union.
References	Barbour, Thomas 1914. A Contribution to the Zoögeography of the West Indies, with Especial Reference to Amphibians and Reptiles. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy 44 (2): 205-359 - 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 Hedges SB, Powell R, Henderson RW, Hanson S, and Murphy JC 2019. Definition of the Caribbean Islands biogeographic region, with checklist and recommendations for standardized common names of amphibians and reptiles. Caribbean Herpetology 67: 1–53 McCranie, James R. 2015. A checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of Honduras, with additions, comments on taxonomy, some recent taxonomic decisions, and areas of further studies needed. Zootaxa 3931 (3): 352–386 - get paper here McCranie, James R. 2018. The Lizards, Crocodiles, and Turtles of Honduras. Systematics, Distribution, and Conservation. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Special Publication Series (2): 1- 666 - get paper here McCranie, James R. and Gunther Köhler 2015. The Anoles (Reptilia: Squamata: Dactyloidae: Anolis: Norops) of Honduras. Systematics, Distribution, and Conservation. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard (Special Publication Series, No. 1): 1-280 [review in Q. J. Biol. 91: 227] - 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 Poe, Steven 2025. A Guide to the Anolis Lizards (Anoles) of Mainland Central and South America. Princeton University Press, 432 pp. - get paper here Schlager, N. (ed.) 2003. Grzimek’s Animal Life Encyclopedia, Second Edition. Volume 7: Reptiles. Gale, Thomson, Farmington Hills, 559 pp. Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp.
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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