Anolis equestris MERREM, 1820
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| Higher Taxa | Anolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | Anolis equestris equestris MERREM 1820 Anolis equestris brujensis GARRIDO 2001 Anolis equestris buidei SCHWARTZ & GARRIDO 1972 Anolis equestris cincoleguas GARRIDO 1981 Anolis equestris cyaneus GARRIDO & ESTRADA 2001 Anolis equestris juraguensis SCHWARTZ & GARRIDO 1972 Anolis equestris persparsus SCHWARTZ & GARRIDO 1972 Anolis equestris potior SCHWARTZ & THOMAS 1975 Anolis equestris sabinalensis GARRIDO & MORENO 2001 Anolis equestris thomasi SCHWARTZ 1958 Anolis equestris verreonensis SCHWARTZ & GARRIDO 1972 |
| Common Names | E: Cuban Giant Anole, Knight anole G: Ritteranolis |
| Synonym | Anolis equestris MERREM 1820: 45 Xiphosurus equestris — FITZINGER 1826 Anolius rhodolaemus BELL 1827: 235 Anolis equestris — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1837: 157 Anolis equestris — BOULENGER 1885: 21 Anolis equestris — CONANT & COLLINS 1991: 91 Anolis equestris — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 256 Anolis equestris — RODRÍGUEZ SCHETTINO 1999: 180 Anolis equestris — NICHOLSON et al. 2005 Deiroptyx equestris — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Deiroptyx equestris — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 Anolis equestris equestris MERREM 1820 Anolis equestris equestris — GARRIDO 1981: 12 Deiroptyx equestris equestris — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Deiroptyx equestris equestris — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 Anolis equestris brujensis GARRIDO 2001 Deiroptyx equestris brujensis — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Deiroptyx equestris brujensis — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 Anolis equestris buidei SCHWARTZ & GARRIDO 1972 Anolis equestris buidei — GARRIDO 1981: 12 Deiroptyx equestris buidei — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Deiroptyx equestris buidei — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 Anolis equestris cincoleguas GARRIDO 1981 Anolis equestris cincoleguas GARRIDO 1981: 3 Deiroptyx equestris cincoleguas — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Deiroptyx equestris cincoleguas — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 Anolis equestris cyaneus GARRIDO & ESTRADA 2001 Deiroptyx equestris cyanea — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Deiroptyx equestris cyanea — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 Anolis equestris juraguensis SCHWARTZ and GARRIDO 1972 Anolis equestris juraguensis — GARRIDO 1981: 13 Deiroptyx equestris juraguensis — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Deiroptyx equestris juraguensis — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 Anolis equestris persparsus SCHWARTZ and GARRIDO 1972 Anolis equestris persparsus — GARRIDO 1981: 12 Deiroptyx equestris persparsa — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Deiroptyx equestris perspara — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 (in error) Anolis equestris potior SCHWARTZ & THOMAS 1975 Anolis equestris santamariae GARRIDO 1975: 14 Anolis equestris potior SCHWARTZ & THOMAS 1975: 81 (nom. nov.) Anolis equestris potior — GARRIDO 1981: 13 Deiroptyx equestris potior — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Deiroptyx equestris potior — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 Anolis equestris sabinalensis GARRIDO & MORENO 2001 Deiroptyx equestris sabinalensis — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Deiroptyx equestris sabinalensis — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 Anolis equestris thomasi SCHWARTZ 1958 Anolis equestris thomasi SCHWARTZ 1958: 3 Anolis equestris thomasi — VAN BEEST & HABERHAM 2003 Deiroptyx equestris thomasi — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Deiroptyx equestris thomasi — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 Anolis equestris verreonensis SCHWARTZ and GARRIDO 1972 Anolis equestris verreonensis — GARRIDO 1981: 13 Deiroptyx equestris verreonensis — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Deiroptyx equestris verreonensis — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 |
| Distribution | Cuba, Saint Barthélemy, Bahamas USA (introduced to S Florida and Hawaii), Introduced to Turks and Caicos Islands. Anolis equestris equestris: western Cuba from Pinar del Rio Province to Villa Clara Province, where intergrades with A. e. persparsus; introduced in southeastern Florida and the Upper Florida Keys. Type locality: Unknown; restricted by Schwartz and Garrido, 1972, to the vicinity of La Habana, La Habana Province, Cuba. brujensis: Cuba (Sabana-Camagüey); Type locality: Cuba, Cayo Las Brujas, Archipielago de Sabana-Camagüey, provincia de Villa Clara. buidei: Peninsula de Hicacos, northern Matanzas Province. cincoleguas: Cayo Cinco Leguas, Matanzas Province. cyaneus: Cuba (Sabana-Camagüey); Type locality: Cayo Coco Archipielago de Sabana-Camagüey, provincia de Ciego de Avila. juraguensis: southern Cienfuegos Province. persparsus: throughout most of Villa Clara and Sancti Spirites provinces. potior: Archipiélago de Sabana-Camagüey. sabinalensis: Cuba (Sabana-Camagüey); Type locality: Lorna de la Alegria, Cayo Sabinal, archipieIago de Sabana-Camagüey, provincia de Camagüey thomasi: Ciego de Àvila and Camagüey provinces, east to Holguin Province. verreonensis: extreme southwestern Granma Province. INCERTAE SEDIS: Material from N San Diego de los Baños and Andrés (Pinar del Rio Province), Cayo Guajaba (Archipiélago de Sabana-Camagüey), Finca La Celia, Bayamo, Santiago de Cuba of unconfirmed subspecies. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: unknown (SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991) Holotype: CZACC 43775 (also given as IES CZACC), IZ-2727 [brujensis] Holotype: CZACC = IZ 1294 [buidei] Holotype: CZACC = IZ 5398 [cincoleguas] Holotype: MNHNCu 495 [cyaneus] Holotype: CZACC = IZ 1152 [juraguensis] Holotype: AMNH 78116 [persparsus] Holotype: CZACC = IZ 3098 [potior] Holotype: MNHNCu 2927, adult male [sabinalensis] Holotype: AMNH 78148 [thomasi] Holotype: CZACC = IZ 488 [verreonensis] |
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| Comment | For illustrations see Barbour and Ramsden, 1919; Schwartz, 1964; Conant and Collins 1991; Vogel, 1966; Peters and Schubert, 1968; Schwartz and Garrido, 1972; Garrido, 1975; Schwartz and Henderson, 1985. Type species: Anolis equestris Merrem, 1820 is the type species of the genus Eupristis (SAVAGE & GUYER 2004). Note that this genus contains at least one fossil species, Deiroptyx dominicana (RIEPPEL 1980), fide NICHOLSON et al. 2012. Species group: Deiroptyx equestris species group (fide NICHOLSON et al. 2012). Distribution: see map in Rodriguez-Schettino 1999: 181, Schwartz & Henderson 1991: 257. Karyotype: 2n=36, XY (males) or XX (females) (Giovannotti et al. 2016) |
| Etymology | Named after Latin equus = horse, and equitis = rider, knight, equestris = belonging to the rider or knight. A. e. brujensis was named after the type locality. A. e. cincoleguas was named after the type locality. A. e. sabinalensis was named after the type locality. A. e. thomasi was named after Richard Thomas, who caught the holotype. |
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