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Anolis bahorucoensis NOBLE & HASSLER, 1933

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Higher TaxaAnolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
SubspeciesAnolis bahorucoensis bahorucoensis NOBLE & HASSLER 1933
Anolis bahorucoensis southerlandi SCHWARTZ 1978 
Common NamesE: Baoruco Long-snouted Anole, Bahoruco Long-snouted Anole 
SynonymAnolis bahorucoensis NOBLE & HASSLER 1933: 11
Anolis bahorucoensis — COCHRAN 1941
Anolis bahorucoensis — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 221
Anolis bahorucoensis — DOST 2005
Deiroptyx bahorucoensis — NICHOLSON et al. 2012
Deiroptyx bahorucoensis — NICHOLSON et al. 2018

Anolis bahorucoensis bahorucoensis NOBLE and HASSLER 1933
Deiroptyx bahorucoensis bahorucoensis — NICHOLSON et al. 2012
Deiroptyx bahorucoensis bahorucoensis — NICHOLSON et al. 2018

Anolis bahorucoensis southerlandi SCHWARTZ 1978
Anolis bahorucoensis southerlandi SCHWARTZ 1978: 357
Anolis bahorucoensis southerlandi — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988
Deiroptyx bahorucoensis southerlandi — NICHOLSON et al. 2012
Deiroptyx bahorucoensis southerlandi — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 
DistributionHispaniola (SE Haiti, SW Dominican Republic), 150 ft. to 4450 ft.

bahorucoensis: uplands and north, east, and southeast slopes of the Sierra de Bahoruco, República Dominicana. Type locality: Valle de Polo, Barahona Province, República Dominicana.

southerlandi: extreme southeast Haiti, east to Pedernales-Los Arroyos border road.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: AMNH 51128.
Holotype: CM (Carnegie Museum of Naural History) 60514, adult male; Paratypes: (all Dominican specimens from Pedernales Province, all Haitian specimens from Dept. de I'Ouest): Republica Dominicana: ASFS V44979-82, same data as holotype; ASFS V2848-50, 3 km NE Los Arroyos, 3 July 1964, R. Thomas; A.SFS V29888-89, 2.4 km N Los Arroyos, 17 August 1971, A. Schwartz; ASFS V16990, 1 km N Los Arroyos, 26 May 1969, A. Schwartz; ASFS V2846, 3 km SE Los Arroyos, 3 July 1964, R. Thomas; ASFS V29988, 4.2 km S Los Arroyos, 19 August 1971, B. R. Sheplan; ASFS V30184-213, 4.2 km S Los Arroyos (= 4.8km N. Don Juan), 25 August 1971, J. R. Buffett, D. C. Fowler, A. Schwartz, B. R. Sheplan; ASFS V39928, 7 km N Cabeza de Agua, 11 August 1974, A. Schwartz; ASFS V39990-93, 7 km N Cabeza de Agua, 15 August 1974, J. W. Norton, W. W. Sommer; ASFS V44971-75, 21 km N Pedernales, El Mulito, 275m, 18 December 1976, A. Schwartz, W. B. Southerland; Haiti: ASFS V9743-46, 6.4 km SW Seguin, 27 March 1966, E. Cyphale, R. Thomas; MCZ 68693-97, 68699-708, 68710, 68712-14, 68917, Carroye, nr. Saltrou, April 1962, G. Whiteman; MCZ 69234, 69236-56, 69259-66, 69268-73, near Saltrou, summer 1962, G. Whiteman [southerlandi] 
DiagnosisUnfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 3294 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentIllustrations: Cochran, 1941; Williams, 1963 a; Henderson and Schwartz, 1984 a; Schwartz and Henderson, 1985; Fitch and Henderson, 1987, Reptilia [Münster] 9 (1): 78.

Species group: Deiroptyx hendersoni species group (fide NICHOLSON et al. 2012).

Diet: a large percentage of the diet of this species (10-30%) consists of ants (Lucas et al. 2023). 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality.

A. b. southerlandi was named after W. B. Southerland, co-collector of the types with A. Schwartz. 
References
  • Bundt, D. 2007. Terrarienhaltung von Anolis - ein Erfahrungsbericht am Beispiel von Anolis bahorucoensis bahorucoensis Terraria (3) 2 (1): 18-31.
  • Cavalcanti, Lucas B Q; Gabriel C Costa, Guarino R Colli, Eric R Pianka, Laurie J Vitt, Daniel O Mesquita 2023. Myrmecophagy in lizards: evolutionary and ecological implications. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2023;, zlad175, - get paper here
  • Cochran, D.M. 1941. The herpetology of Hispaniola. Bull. US Natl. Mus. 177: vii + 398 pp. - get paper here
  • Dost, W. 2005. Stichpunktartige Bemerkungen zu Pflege und zucht diverser Iguaniden. Iguana Rundschreiben 18 (1): 16-24
  • Fitch, H.S., and Henderson, R.W. 1987. Ecological and ethological parameters in Anolis bahorucoensis, a species having rudimentary developmentof the dewlap. Amphibia-Reptilia 8:69-80. - get paper here
  • Flaschendräger, Axel 1990. Anolis bahorucoensis bahorucoensis (Noble & Hassler, 1933) - ein bemerkenswerter Saumfinger aus der Dominikanischen Republik. Herpetofauna 12 (64): 6-10 - get paper here
  • Henderson, R.W., and Schwartz, A. 1984. A guide to the identification of the amphibians and reptiles of Hispaniola. Spec. PubI. Milwaukee Public Mus. Biol. and Geol. (4):1-70.
  • 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
  • Losos, J. B. 2009. Lizards in an Evolutionary Tree: Ecology and Adaptive Radiation of Anoles. Berkeley: University of California Press, 528 pp. - 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
  • Noble, G. K. and W. G. Hassler 1933. Two new species of frogs, five new species and a new race of lizards from the Dominican Republic. American Museum Novitates 652: 1-17. - 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
  • Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp.
  • Schwartz, A. and Henderson, R.W. 1985. A guide to the identification of the amphibians and reptiles of the West Indies exclusive of Hispaniola. Milwaukee Public Mus., 165 pp.
  • SIFERS, SUSAN M.; MELISSA L. YESKA; YANERYS M. RAMOS ROBERT POWELL AND JOHN S. PARMERLEE, JR. 2001. Anolis Lizards Restricted to Altered Edge Habitats in a Hispaniolan Cloud Forest. Carib. J. Sci. 37 (1-2): 55-62
  • Sowell S P. Parmerlee J S Jr. Powell R. 1995. Anolis bahorucoensis. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (608): 1-3. - get paper here
  • Van Beest, P. and Haberham, Z.L. 2003. Een gebruikaanwijzing voor één van de meest interssante groepen terrarumdieren: Anolissen Deel I. Lacerta 61 (2): 53-64 - get paper here
  • Van Beest, P.A. & Haberham, Z.L. 2003. Een gebruiksaanwijzing voor een van de meest interessante groepen terrariumdiern:Anolissen. Deel III. Lacerta 61 (5): 163-176 - get paper here
  • Williams,E.E. 1963. Notes on hispaniolan herpetology. 8. The forms related to Anolis hendersoni Cochran. Breviora (186): 1-13 - get paper here
  • 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
 
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