| Higher Taxa | Anolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Common Names | E: Escambray Grass Anole, Vanidicus Anole |
| Synonym | Anolis vanidicus GARRIDO & SCHWARTZ 1972: 515
Anolis vandicus — ZOOLOGICAL RECORD 1972
Anolis vanidicus — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 352
Anolis vanidicus — RODRÍGUEZ SCHETTINO 1999: 315
Anolis vanidicus — NICHOLSON et al. 2005
Anolis vanidicus — NICHOLSON et al. 2012
Anolis vanidicus — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 |
| Distribution | Cuba (Sierra de Trinidad, near Santiago de Cuba)
Anolis vanidicus vanidicus: Sierra de Trinidad and adjacent lowlands. Type locality: 4 km W, 12 km N Trinidad (road to Topes de Collantes), Sancti Spiritus Province, Cuba.
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| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: AMNH 78400, adult female; paratypes: AMNH, MCZ, USNM, ZMB |
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| Comment | Anolis vanidicus rejectus has been elevated to species status by GARRIDO & HEDGES 2000.
Species group: Anolis alutaceus species group (fide NICHOLSON et al. 2012). |
| Etymology | Named after Latin vanidicus, meaning "talking vainly" or "lying" in reference to the confusion of this species with A. spectrum. |
| References |
- Garrido, O. H. and A. Schwartz. 1972. The Cuban Anolis spectrum complex (Sauria, Iguanidae). Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 85: 509-521. - get paper here
- Garrido, O. H. and Hedges, S. B. 2000. Elevation of Anolis vanidicus rejectus Garrido and Schwartz (Sauria: Iguanidae) to species status and designation of Anolis mimus Schwartz and Thomas as a synonym. Carib. J. Sci. 36 (1-2):160-161 - get paper here
- Marrero, R., T. M. Rodríguez-Cabrera and J. Torres 2016. Anolis vanidicus (Escambray Grass Anole) maximum elevation. Herpetological Review 47(3): 460-461. - 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. 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
- Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp.
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