Anolis rupinae WILLIAMS & WEBSTER, 1974

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Higher Taxa	Anolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Haitian Banded Red-bellied Anole, Castillon Anole
Synonym	Anolis rupinae WILLIAMS & WEBSTER 1974: 2 Anolis rupinae — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 331 Anolis rupinae — POWELL et al. 1999 Deiroptyx rupinae — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Deiroptyx rupinae — NICHOLSON et al. 2018
Distribution	Hispaniola (Haiti: Massif de la Hotte) Type locality: 1.3 km SSW Castillon, Departement du Sud, Haiti.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MCZ 121740
Diagnosis
Comment	Species group: Deiroptyx hendersoni species group (fide NICHOLSON et al. 2012).
Etymology	Named after the Latin “rupina” = a rocky chasm.
References	Losos, J. B. 2009. Lizards in an Evolutionary Tree: Ecology and Adaptive Radiation of Anoles. Berkeley: University of California Press, 528 pp. - 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. 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 https://www.facebook.com/groups/stshc/posts/519642323593704/ http://zoobank.org/FD43851E-D39C-4831-9459-A2CCD2EBE7C6 Google images

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