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Higher TaxaAnolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Jamaican Giant Anole, Jamaican anole, Jamaica Giant Anole 
SynonymAnolis garmani STEJNEGER 1899
Lacerta bullaris LINNAEUS 1758: 208
Anolis bimaculatus — DAUDIN 1802: 55 (part.)
Anolis Edwardsii — GRIFFITH & PIDGEON 1831: 228 (not of MERREM 1820)
Anolis variabilis GUILDING 1834: 582 (?)
Anolis equestris — DE LA SAGRA 1838: 76 (part.)
Dactyloa Edwardsii — GRAY 1840: 111 (part.)
Ctenonotus Edwardsii — FITZINGER 1843: 64
Dactyloa Edwardsii — GOSSE 1851
Eupristis Edwardsii — COPE 1861: 215
Anolis garmani — BARBOUR 1910: 275
Norops garmani — SAVAGE & GUYER 1991
Anolis garmani — CONANT & COLLINS 1991: 92
Anolis garmani — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 267
Norops garmani — NICHOLSON 2002
Anolis garmani — LOSOS 2007
Norops garmani — NICHOLSON et al. 2012
Norops garmani — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 
DistributionJamaica, Cayman I
USA (Florida: introduced),

Type locality: Jamaica.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: nondesignated. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Distinguished from other Jamaican anoles by its large size, emerald green to black coloration, and orange and green dewlap pattern (RUSSEL & BAUER 1991). 
CommentFor illustrations see Trivers, 1976; Schwartz and Henderson, 1985. Synonymy partly after RUSSEL & BAUER 1991.

Species group: Norops valencienni species group (fide NICHOLSON et al. 2012).

Synonymy: Anolis variabilis GUILDING 1834 may be a synonym of A. garmani, apparently proposed as a substitute name for Lacerta bullaris (but without much details provided by Guilding). Guilding also seems to have considered green-colored anoles from throughout the West Indies all to belong to the same species, fide K. de Queiroz, pers. comm., 28 Dec 2022. 
EtymologyNamed after Samuel W. Garman (1843-1927), then curator of the herpetological collections at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard. 
References
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