Anolis alumina HERTZ, 1976

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Higher Taxa	Anolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Barahona Grass Anole, Shiny Anole
Synonym	Anolis alumina HERTZ 1976: 2 Anolis alumina — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 213 Anolis alumina — NICHOLSON et al. 2005 Chamaelinorops alumina — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Chamaelinorops alumina — NICHOLSON et al. 2018
Distribution	Hispaniola (SE Haiti, SW Dominican Republic) Type locality: “31.5 km north of Cabo Rojo, Pedernales Province, Dominican Republic (elevation 1150 m)”
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MCZ 143824
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Comment	Illustrations: Hertz, 1976.
Etymology	Named after the host of the author, the Alcoa Exploration Company and their bauxite mining operation at Cabo Rojo, Pedernales Province.
References	Hertz, P. E. 1976. Anolis alumina, new species of grass anole from the Barahona Peninsula of Hispaniola. Breviora (437): 1-19. - get paper here 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. 2013. 1986 Redux: New genera of anoles (Squamata: Dactyloidae) are unwarranted. Zootaxa 3626 (2): 295–299 - get paper here Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp.
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information https://sites.google.com/site/kuscarji/vrste-kuscarjev/polychrotidae Google images

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