Anolis barahonae WILLIAMS, 1962

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Higher Taxa	Anolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies	Anolis barahonae barahonae WILLIAMS 1962 Anolis barahonae albocellatus SCHWARTZ 1974 Anolis barahonae ininquinatus CULLOM & SCHWARTZ 1980 Anolis barahonae mulitus CULLOM & SCHWARTZ 1980
Common Names	E: Baoruco Giant Anole, Barahona Anole
Synonym	Anolis ricordii barahonae WILLIAMS 1962: 8 Anolis barahonae — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 226 Anolis barahonae — VAN BEEST & HABERHAM 2003 Xiphosurus barahonae — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Xiphosurus barahonae — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 Anolis barahonae barahonae WILLIAMS 1962 Xiphosurus barahonae barahonae — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Xiphosurus barahonae barahonae — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 Anolis barahonae albocellatus SCHWARTZ, 1974 Anolis barahonae albocellatus SCHWARTZ 1974: 114 Semiurus barahonae albocellatus — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988 Xiphosurus barahonae albocellatus — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Xiphosurus barahonae albocellatus — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 Anolis barahonae ininquinatus CULLOM & SCHWARTZ, 1980 Xiphosurus barahonae imiquinatus [sic] — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Xiphosurus barahonae imiquinatus — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 (in error) Anolis barahonae mulitus CULLOM and SCHWARTZ, 1980 Xiphosurus barahonae mulitus — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Xiphosurus barahonae mulitus — NICHOLSON et al. 2018
Distribution	Hispaniola (SE Haiti, SW Dominican Republic) barahonae: Sierra de Baoruco, Repûblica Dominicana. Altitudinal distribution above 2600 ft. Type locality: Polo, Valle de Polo, Barahona Province, República Dominicana. albocellatus: Peninsula de Barahona, República Dominicana. ininquinatus: eastern coast of Peninsula de Barahona; intergrades with A. b. barahonae on northeast slope of Sierra de Baoruco. mulitus: República Dominicana, along Dominico-Haitian border on Peninsula de Barahona. INCERTAE SEDIS: Material from Enriquillo and between Enriquillo and Oviedo is unassigned subspecifically.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MCZ 43819 Holotype: MCZ 125611 [albocellatus] Holotype: MCZ 132388 [ininquinatus] Holotype: MCZ 132389 [mulitus]
Diagnosis
Comment	Illustrations: Cullom and Schwartz, 1980. Species group: Xiphosurus cuvieri species group (fide NICHOLSON et al. 2012).
Etymology	Named after the type locality.
References	Allen, Amber L.; Albright, Melissa K.; Powell, Robert 1994. Notes on the reproductive biology of Anolis barahonae (Squamata: Polychrotidae) a crown-dwelling giant anole from Hispaniola. Herpetological Natural History 2 (2): 93-95 Bowersox, S. R. & S. Calderon & R. Powell & J. Parmerlee & D. D. Smith & A. Lathrop 1994. Nahrung eines Riesenanolis, Anolis barahonae, von Hispaniola, mit einer Zusammenfassung des Nahrungsspektrums westindischer Riesenanolis-Arten. Salamandra 30 (2): 155-160 - get paper here Calderon S.; Bowersox S R.; Parmerlee J S Jr. & Powell R. 1995. Anolis barahonae. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (609): 1-3. - get paper here Cullom, S.J., and Schwartz, A. 1980. Variation in the Hispaniolan giant anole Anolis barahonae with the description of two new subspecies. Herpetologica 36 (1): 93-98. - get paper here Mahler, D. Luke; Shea M. Lambert, Anthony J. Geneva, Julienne Ng, S. Blair Hedges, Jonathan B. Losos, and Richard E. Glor 2016. Discovery of a Giant Chameleon-Like Lizard (Anolis) on Hispaniola and Its Significance to Understanding Replicated Adaptive Radiations. The American Naturalist 188 (3): 357-364, DOI: 10.1086/687566 - 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 Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp. Schwartz, Albert 1974. An analysis of variation in the Hispaniolan giant anole, Anolis ricordi Duméril and Bibron. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 146 (2): 86-146 - get paper here Van Beest, P. & Haberham, Z.L. 2003. Een gebruiksaanwijzing voor een van de meest interssante gropen terrariumdiern:Anolissen ´Deel II: het terrarium. Lacerta 61 (4): 144-153 - get paper here Williams, E. E. 1962. Notes on Hispaniolan herpetology 6. The giant anoles. Breviora (155):1-15 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information https://sites.google.com/site/kuscarji/vrste-kuscarjev/polychrotidae http://www.anoleannals.org/2012/06/11/the-gray-dewlapped-anoleanolis… https://www.anoleannals.org/2020/10/15/didyouanole-anolis-dracula/ Google images

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