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Anolis isolepis (COPE, 1861)

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Higher TaxaAnolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Dwarf Green Anole, Jatibonico Anole 
SynonymCtenocercus isolepis COPE 1861: 214
Anolis isolepis — GUNDLACH 1867: 110
Anolis isolepis — BOULENGER 1885: 46
Anolis isolepis — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 281
Anolis isolepis — RODRÍGUEZ SCHETTINO 1999: 218
Anolis isolepis — NICHOLSON et al. 2005
Anolis isolepis — NICHOLSON et al. 2012
Anolis isolepis — NICHOLSON et al. 2018
Anolis isolepis — DIAZ et al. 2022 
DistributionE/C Cuba

Type locality: Monte Verde, Guantánamo Province, Cuba.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: lost, was USNM, but now lost, fide Schwartz & Henderson 1988. 
DiagnosisUnfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions are available for collaborators and contributors. We will relaease that material sometime next year. Please contact us if you need any of this data earlier than that. 
CommentFor illustrations see Barbour and Ramsden, 1919; Ruibal, 1964.

Subspecies: Anolis isolepis altitudinalis GARRIDO 1985 has been elevated to full species status.

Species group: Anolis carolinensis species group (fide NICHOLSON et al. 2012). 
EtymologyNamed after Greek isos = equal, like, and Greek lepis = scale, after the equal size of scales on the neck, body, and extrememities. 
References
  • Barbour, T. and C. T. Ramsden. 1919. The herpetology of Cuba. Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., Harvard Coll. 47: 69-213. - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 2, Second edition. London, xiii+497 pp. - get paper here
  • Cope, E.D. 1861. Notes and descriptions of anoles. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 13: 208-215. - get paper here
  • Díaz LM, Cádiz A, Velazco K, Kawata M. 2022. A new dwarf green anole (Squamata: Dactyloidae) of the Anolis carolinensis species group, from western Cuba. Caribbean Herpetology 84: 1–16 - get paper here
  • Garrido, O. H. and S. B. Hedges 2001. A new anole from the northern slope of the Sierra Maestra in eastern Cuba (Squamata: Iguanidae). Journal of Herpetology 35 (3): 378-383 - get paper here
  • Garrido, O.H. 1985. Nueva subespecie de Anolis isolepis (Lacertilia: Iguanidae) para Cuba. Donana, Acta Vert. 12 (1): 41-49.
  • Gundlach, J. 1867. Repertorio Fís. Nat. Isla de Cuba 2: 110
  • 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. 2004. Phylogeny of anoles. Herpetological Monographs 18: 37-89 - get paper here
  • Poe, S. 2013. 1986 Redux: New genera of anoles (Squamata: Dactyloidae) are unwarranted. Zootaxa 3626 (2): 295–299 - get paper here
  • QUEIROZ, KEVIN DE; JONATHAN M. HUIE & ESTHER M. LANGAN 2023. No longer in doubt: Discovery of a second specimen corroborates the validity of Anolis incredulus Garrido and Moreno 1998 (Reptilia, Iguania). Zootaxa 5284 (1): 121–141 - 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
  • Rodríguez-Cabrera, T. M., & Torres, J. 2023. First record of the Dwarf Green Anole, Anolis isolepis (Dactyloidae) from Lomas de Banao Ecological Reserve, in central Cuba. Reptiles & Amphibians 30 (1): e18116 - get paper here
  • Ruibal, R. 1964. An annotated checklist and key to the anoline lizards of Cuba. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harvard 130 (8): 475-520. - 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.; Rand, A. S. 1977. Species recognition, dewlap function and faunal size. American Zoologist 17: 261-270 - get paper here
 
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