Anolis macilentus GARRIDO & HEDGES, 1992

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Higher Taxa	Anolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Black-cheeked Bush Anole
Synonym	Anolis macilentus GARRIDO & HEDGES 1992: 22 Anolis macilentus — RODRÍGUEZ SCHETTINO 1999: 294 Anolis macilentus — NICHOLSON et al. 2005 Anolis macilentus — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Anolis macilentus — NICHOLSON et al. 2018
Distribution	Cuba Type locality: "Rio Pai, Monte Libano, south slope of the Meseta del Guaso, [elevation] 650 m, Guantanamo Province, Cuba"
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MNHNCU 2721
Diagnosis
Comment	Species group: Anolis alutaceus species group (fide NICHOLSON et al. 2012). Abundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017).
Etymology	Named in reference to the feeble and slender aspect of the species.
References	Garrido, O. H. and S. B. Hedges. 1992. Three new grass anoles (Sauria: Iguanidae) from Cuba. Carib. J. Sci. 28: 21-29. - get paper here Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions - 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. 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
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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