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Anolis oligaspis COPE, 1894

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Higher TaxaAnolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Bahama Anole 
SynonymAnolis oligaspis COPE 1894: 430
Anolis angusticeps chickcharneyi OLIVER 1948 (fide SCHWARTZ & THOMAS 1975)
Anolis angusticeps oligaspis — SCHWARTZ & THOMAS 1969
Anolis angusticeps oligaphis [sic] — FRANZ et al. 1993
Anolis angusticeps oligaspis — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988: 73
Norops oligaspis — NICHOLSON et al. 2012
Anolis angusticeps oligaspis — POWELL & HENDERSON 2012
Anolis angusticeps oligaspis — ROBINSON et al. 2014
Anolis oligaspis — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 
DistributionBahamas: New Providence Island, Cat I., North Bimini, South Bimini

Type locality: Bahama Islands, New Providence.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ANSP 26119 
Diagnosis 
CommentThe status of this species is contentious and it may be better to treat it as subspecies (J. Losos, B. Hedges, R. Powell, RG Reynolds, pers. comm., 18-19 May 2021). 
References
  • Cope, E.D. 1895. The Batrachia and Reptilia of the University of Pennsylvania West Indian expedition of 1890 and 1891. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 46 [1894]: 429-442 - 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
  • Powell, R., R. W. Henderson, K. Adler, And H. A. Dundee. 1996. An annotated checklist of West Indian amphibians and reptiles. In R. Powell and R. W. Henderson (eds.), Contributions to West Indian Herpetology: A Tribute to Albert Schwartz, p.51-93. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Ithaca (New York). Contributions to Herpetology, volume 12. [book review in Salamandra 36 (2): 136]
  • Robinson, C. D., Kircher, B. K., Johnson, M. A. 2014. Communal Nesting in the Cuban Twig Anole (Anolis angusticeps) from South Bimini, Bahamas. IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians, 21(2), 71-72 - get paper here
  • Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1988. West Indian Amphibian and Reptiles: A Checklist. Milwaukee Publ. Mus. Contr. Biol. Geol. No. 74: 264 pp. - get paper here
  • Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp.
  • Schwartz, A. & Thomas, R. 1969. A Review of Anolis angusticeps in the West Indies. Quarterly J. Florida Acad. Sci. 31 (1): 52-69 [1968] - get paper here
 
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