Anolis caudalis COCHRAN, 1932

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Higher Taxa	Anolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Gonave Gracile Anole, Cochran's Gianthead Anole
Synonym	Anolis dominicensis caudalis COCHRAN 1932:185 Anolis distichus caudalis — COCHRAN 1941 Anolis distichus caudalis — BARBOUR & LOVERIDGE 1946 Anolis brevirostris caudalis SCHWARTZ 1968 Anolis caudalis — ARNOLD 1980: 17 Anolis caudalis — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 233 Anolis caudalis — NICHOLSON et al. 2005 Ctenonotus caudalis — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Ctenonotus caudalis — NICHOLSON et al. 2018
Distribution	Hispaniola (Haiti: coast of Golfe de la Gonave), Ile de la Petite Gonave, Ile a Cabrit Type locality: Nan Café, Ile de la Gonâve, Haiti.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: USNM 76801, immature male, collected March 1929 by A.J. Poole and W.M. Perrygo. Paratypes: USNM
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Comment	Illustrations: Cochran, 1941; Schwartz and Henderson, 1985. Species group: Ctenonotus distichus species group (fide NICHOLSON et al. 2012).
Etymology	Apparently named after the larger scales on the tail and a less pronounced scalloping of the crest, from Latin cauda = tail. No etymology is given by Cochran.
References	Arnold, D. L. 1980. Geographic variation in Anolis brevirostris (Sauria: Iguanidae) in Hispaniola. Breviora (461): 1-31 - get paper here Barbour, Thomas & Loveridge, Arthur 1946. First supplement to typical reptiles and amphibians. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 96 (2): 59-214. - get paper here Cochran, D. M. 1932. Two new lizards from Hispaniola. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 45:183-187. - get paper here Cochran, D.M. 1941. The herpetology of Hispaniola. Bull. US Natl. Mus. 177: vii + 398 pp. - 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. 1968. Geographic variation in Anolis distichus Cope (Lacertilia, Iguanidae) in the Bahama Islands and Hispaniola. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harvard 137 (2): 255-309 - get paper here Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp. Schwartz, A. and Henderson, R.W. 1985. A guide to the identification of the amphibians and reptiles of the West Indies exclusive of Hispaniola. Milwaukee Public Mus., 165 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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