Anolis rimarum THOMAS & SCHWARTZ, 1967

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Higher Taxa	Anolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Artibonite Bush Anole, Marmelade Anole
Synonym	Anolis rimarum THOMAS & SCHWARTZ 1967: 19 Anolis rimarum — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 326 Anolis rimarum — POWELL et al. 1999 Deiroptyx rimarum — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Deiroptyx rimarum — NICHOLSON et al. 2018
Distribution	Hispaniola (Haiti: Chaine de Marmelade) Type locality: 8-9 km (airline) W Marmelade, Département de l'Artibonite, Haiti.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MCZ 81128.
Diagnosis
Comment	For illustrations see Thomas and Schwartz, 1967. Species group: Deiroptyx hendersoni species group (fide NICHOLSON et al. 2012). Abundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017).
Etymology	Probably named after Latin rima = cleft, crevice, given that “the lizards retreated with agility into rock crevices” when approached.
References	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, 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, Robert; José A. Ottenwalder and Sixto J. Incháustegui 1999. The Hispaniolan Herpetofauna: Diversity, Endemism, and Historical Perpectives, with Comments on Navassa Island. In Crother, Caribbean Amphibians and Reptiles, Academic Press, pp. 93-168 - get paper here Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp. Thomas, R. and A. Schwartz. 1967. The monticola group of the lizard genus Anolis in Hispaniola. Breviora (261):1-27. - get paper here Williams, E. E. and T. P. Webster. 1974. Anolis rupinae new species, a syntopic sibling of A. monticola Shreve. Breviora (429): 1-22 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.ecologyasia.com/verts/lizards/earless_agamid.htm http://www.ecologyasia.com/verts/lizards/ornate_earless_agama.htm Google images

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