Anolis inexpectatus GARRIDO & ESTRADA, 1989
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Higher Taxa | Anolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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Common Names | E: Pineland Bush Anole |
Synonym | Anolis inexpectatus GARRIDO & ESTRADA 1989: 59 Anolis inexpectatus — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 278 Anolis inexpectata — RODRÍGUEZ SCHETTINO 1999: 292 Anolis inexpectatus — NICHOLSON et al. 2005 Anolis inexpectatus — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Anolis inexpectatus — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 |
Distribution | E Cuba
Type locality: Farallones de Moa, Holguin Province, Cuba.
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Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: MNHNCU 291 (actually 2652); GARRIDO & ESTRADA 1989 give as type “MNHN 291” but they meant the museum in Havanna, not Paris. |
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Comment | Species group: Anolis alutaceus species group (fide NICHOLSON et al. 2012). |
Etymology | Named after Latin “inexpectatus” = unexpected, probably after the unexpected discovery of a new species. |
References |
- Garrido, O. H. and A. R. Estrada. 1989. Nueva especies del complejo Anolis alutaceus (Lacertilia: Iguanidae) para Cuba. Rev. Biol. 3: 57-66.
- Garrido, O. H. and S. B. Hedges. 1992. Three new grass anoles (Sauria: Iguanidae) from Cuba. Carib. J. Sci. 28: 21-29. - 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
- 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
- Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp.
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