Anolis leachii DUMÉRIL & BIBRON, 1837
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Anolis leachii
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| Higher Taxa | Anolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Common Names | E: Antigua Bank Tree Anole, Barbuda Bank tree anole, Panther Anole |
| Synonym | Anolis leachii DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1837: 152 Anolis leachii — BOULENGER 1885: 29 Anolis bimaculatus leachii — UNDERWOOD in WILLIAMS et al. 1959 Anolis bimaculatus leachii — LAZELL 1962: 458 Anolis bimaculatus leachi — LAZELL 1972: 52 Ctenonotus bimaculatus leachi — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988 Anolis leachi — BURNELL & HEDGES 1990 Anolis leachi — POWELL & HENDERSON 2001 Ctenonotus leachii — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 Anolis leachii — THORPE 2022 |
| Distribution | Barbuda, Antigua and its satellites; introduced on Bermuda. Introduced to St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands Type locality: “Antilles”; restricted to “St. John’s, Antigua” by LAZELL 1972. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: MNHN-RA 2454 (indicated as syntype in MNHN catalogue) |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Lazell 1972: 52 Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 92 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Synonymy partly after LAZELL 1972. Anolis leachii has been synonymized with A. alliaceus by Günther 1888. A. b. leachii differs from A. bimaculatus from the St. Kitts Bank not only in inhabiting a different island bank, but in having a relatively smaller nuchal crest, larger dewlap, smaller maximum size, ornate sculpturing of the lower jaw (Etheridge, 194), yellow rather than green orbital skin, and differences in pattern (weakly rather than strongly developed costal spot and a light shoulder stripe that fades at midbody, whereas the stripe of A. b. bimaculatus almost always extends to the groin). However, because some specimens from St. John’s (Antigua) had a “decidedly yellow-green orbital skin,” Lazell (1972) felt that he had “no choice but to regard these two forms as still conspecific.” Hybridization: Male A. leachii and female A. bimaculatus can interbreed and produce offspring (Weidlich 2023, Anole Annals). Species group: Ctenonotus bimaculatus species group (fide NICHOLSON et al. 2012). |
| Etymology | Named after Dr. William Elford Leach (1790-1836) was a trained physician who became a zoologist to work at the British Museum (1813-1821), where he became an expert on crustaceans. |
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