Anolis smallwoodi SCHWARTZ, 1964
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| Higher Taxa | Anolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | Anolis smallwoodi smallwoodi SCHWARTZ 1964 Anolis smallwoodi palardis SCHWARTZ 1964 Anolis smallwoodi saxuliceps SCHWARTZ 1964 |
| Common Names | E: Green-blotched Giant Anole, Smallwood's Anole |
| Synonym | Anolis equestris smallwoodi SCHWARTZ 1964: 412 Anolis smallwoodi — SCHWARTZ & GARRIDO 1972: 56 Anolis smallwoodi — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 343 Anolis smallwoodi — RODRÍGUEZ SCHETTINO 1999: 198 Anolis smallwoodi — NICHOLSON et al. 2005 Deiroptyx smallwoodi — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Deiroptyx smallwoodi — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 Anolis smallwoodi smallwoodi SCHWARTZ 1964 Deiroptyx smallwoodi smallwoodi — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Deiroptyx smallwoodi smallwoodi — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 Anolis smallwoodi palardis SCHWARTZ 1964 Anolis equestris palardis SCHWARTZ 1964: 416 Deiroptyx smallwoodi palardis — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Deiroptyx smallwoodi palardis — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 Anolis smallwoodi saxuliceps SCHWARTZ 1964 Anolis equestris saxuliceps SCHWARTZ 1964: 422 Deiroptyx smallwoodi saxuliceps — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Deiroptyx smallwoodi saxuliceps — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 |
| Distribution | SE Cuba smallwoodi: from Hongobosongo east to Bahia de Guantânamo; Sierra de la Gran Piedra. Type locality: Laguna de Baconao, Santiago de Cuba Province, Cuba. palardis: southeastern Cuba from Guantânamo and Baitiquii inland to Sierra del Guaso. saxuliceps: central southeastern Cuba; Type locality: Moa, Province Oriente , Cuba. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: AMNH 89526 Holotype: CM 33320, paratype: MCZ [palardis] Holotype: ZMH (given as HM) 5376, paratypes: MCZ [saxuliceps] |
| Diagnosis | DESCRIPTION: Size large (SVL in males to 190 mm, in females to 165 mm); moderate to high number (18-25) of vertical dorsals; size large to moderate (by population); metachrosis limited to shades of green in 1 population; dewlap pink, faintly orange, pale pink, or rosy; axillary stripe yellow to green; upper and lower jaws with prominent, pale labial stripe with green blotches on supralabials but without a subangular blotch; tail without broad, transverse bands. Dorsum green with paler green (at times orange) spotting, the spots encompassing as many as 6 adjacent scales, entire aspect leopard-like; occiput pale pea-green with bold, darker green vermiculations, or blotches and vermiculations absent (by population); casque black, gray, tan, brown, or blue, with or without pale dotting, flecking, or spotting; postlabial stripe pale green, bordered or not by darker green; eyelids at times bright orange or mustard; throat with darker (green?) longitudinally aligned dashes; venter pale green to green-brown; dewlap faint orange to pink; juveniles with 4 pale bands across body between limbs, first 2 often composed of dots, most posterior forming sacral U; transition to dotted dorsal pattern at SVL about 95-100 mm (Schwartz & Henderson 1991: 343). |
| Comment | Species group: Deiroptyx equestris species group (fide NICHOLSON et al. 2012). |
| Etymology | Named after James D. Smallwood, who collected the holotype of the anole (1960) when assisting Schwartz, who acknowledged him in his book on the mammals of the West Indies. |
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