Anolis scriptus GARMAN, 1887
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| Higher Taxa | Anolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | Anolis scriptus scriptus GARMAN 1887 Anolis scriptus leucophaeus GARMAN 1888 Anolis scriptus mariguanae COCHRAN 1931 Anolis scriptus sularum BARBOUR & SHREVE 1935 |
| Common Names | E: Southern Bahamas Anole, Silver Key Anole |
| Synonym | Anolis scriptus GARMAN 1887: 28 Anolis albipalpebralis BARBOUR 1916 (fide KLUGE 1984) Anolis leucophaeus albipalpebralis — COCHRAN 1934: 18 Anolis scriptus — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 338 Anolis scriptus — BRANDLEY & DE QUEIROZ 2004 Ctenonotus scriptus — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Ctenonotus scriptus — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 Anolis scriptus leucophaeus GARMAN 1888 Anolis leucophaeus GARMAN 1888: 109 Anolis moorei COPE 1895: 433 Anolis cinnamomeus COPE 1895: 433 Anolis leucophaeus — ROSEN 1911: 29 Anolis moorei — ROSEN 1911: 29 Anolis leucophaeus leucophaeus — COCHRAN 1934: 17 Anolis scriptus leucophaeus — RAND 1962: 3 Ctenonotus scriptus leucophaeus — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988: 119 Ctenonotus scriptus leucophaeus — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Ctenonotus scriptus leucophaeus — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 Anolis scriptus mariguanae COCHRAN 1931 Anolis leucophaeus mariguanae COCHRAN 1931 Anolis leucophaeus mariguanae — COCHRAN 1934: 19 Anolis leucophaeus mariguanae — BARBOUR & LOVERIDGE 1946 Anolis scriptus mariguanae — RAND 1962: 3 Ctenonotus scriptus mariguanae — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988: 119 Ctenonotus scriptus mariguanae — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Ctenonotus scriptus mariguanae — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 Anolis scriptus sularum BARBOUR & SHREVE 1935 Anolis leucophaeus sularum BARBOUR & SHREVE 1935: 354 Anolis leucophaeus sularum — BARBOUR & LOVERIDGE 1946 Anolis scriptus sularum — RAND 1962: 3 Ctenonotus scriptus sularum — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988: 120 Ctenonotus scriptus sularum — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Ctenonotus scriptus sularum — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 |
| Distribution | Bahamas, Great Inagua, Turks I, Caicos I scriptus: Turks and Caicos Is. Type locality: Silver and Lena Keys, Florida; emended and restricted by Rand, 1962, to Silver Key, Turks and Caicos Islands. leucophaeus: Bahama Is.: Great Inagua I. including Sheep Cay, Little Inagua I. mariguanae: Bahama Is.: Mayaguana I. and Booby Cay. sularum: Bahama Is.: Samana Cay (including Booby Cay), West Plana Cay. Type locality: “West Booby Cay just off Atwood's Cay” |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Syntypes: MCZ 972-73. Lectotype: MCZ 65950, selected by Rand, 1962. Holotype: MCZ 6226 [leucophaeus] Holotype: USNM 81346 [mariguanae] Holotype: MCZ 38013 [sularum] Holotype: MCZ 11954 [albipalpebralis] |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis [sularum]: Resembles Anolis leucophaeus mariguanae and Anolis leucophaeus albipalpebralis if both mariguanae and albipalpebralis are worthy of separate recognition, but it differs from them in coloration (in alcohol) and shape of the tail. The new subspecies is dark brown above) decidedly darker than the dorsal ground color of either mariguanae or albipalpebralis without any trace of the very light lateral streak or light lateral spotting seen in the last named two subspecies. Ventrally it is also dark, being strongly suffused with the same colored pigment that colors the back. The feet of this form are often lighter than the rest of the body. The tail is shaped like that of typical leucophaeus the adult male being without the broad tail fin possessed by adult males of mariguanae and albipalpebralis. Sularum has no trace of the leopard spotting of leucophams proper. The dark coloration of the types and paratypes of this form cannot, in our opinion be ascribed to the preservation as they were preserved in the same way as the other anoles collected on the same expedition [Barbour & Shreve 1935: 354]. |
| Comment | For illustrations see Cope, 1895 (as Anolis moorei and A. cinnamomeus); Klingel, 1940; Schwartz and Henderson, 1985. Ecomorph class: trunk-ground. A. scriptus has been shown to show selection for body size, relative limb length and toepad size induced by a hurricane (Donihue et al. 2018). Species group: Ctenonotus cristatellus species group (fide NICHOLSON et al. 2012). |
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