Anolis dominicensis REINHARDT & LÜTKEN, 1862
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Higher Taxa | Anolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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Synonym | Anolis dominicensis REINHARDT & LÜTKEN 1862: 261 Anolis biauritus MEERWARTH 1901: 23 Anolis distichus dominicensis — MERTENS 1938 Anolis distichus albogularis MERTENS 1939: 59 Anolis distichus dominicensis — MERTENS 1939: 55 Ctenonotus distichus dominicensis — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988: 109 Anolis distichus dominicensis — POWELL et al. 1999: 109 Anolis dominicensis — GLOR & LAPORT 2012 Ctenonotus distichus dominicensis — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Anolis dominicensis — POE et al. 2017 Anolis dominicensis — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 Ctenonotus dominicensis — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 Anolis distichus dominicensis — HEDGES et al. 2019 Anolis distichus dominicensis — MYERS et al. 2020 |
Distribution | Hispaniola, throughout much of Haiti and República Dominicana with exception of ranges of other mainland Hispaniolan subspecies; isolated population in Azua and Barahona provinces; Type locality: Haiti; restricted to the vicinity of Port-au-Prince, Departement de I'Ouest, Haiti by Schwartz, 1968: 274. Possibly on Île de la Tortue; USA: introduced in southeast Florida. |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Syntypes: ZMUC 37114-15, (given as UZM by Schwartz & Henderson 1988: 109), allotypes in ZMUC Syntypes: ZMH 1486a-c (given as HZM by Schwartz & Henderson 1988: 109) [biauritus] Holotype: SMF 25855 [albogularis] |
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Comment | Synonymy: Anolis brevirostris is listed as a synonym of A. distichus by BOULENGER (1885) but is now considered as a valid species. Species group: Ctenonotus distichus species group (fide NICHOLSON et al. 2012). Hybridization: intergrades with A. d. ignigularis in Cordillera Central; |
Etymology | Named after the presence of this species in the Dominican Republic. |
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