Anolis monticola SHREVE, 1936

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Higher Taxa	Anolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies	Anolis monticola monticola SHREVE 1936 Anolis monticola quadrisartus THOMAS & SCHWARTZ 1967
Common Names	E: La Hotte Bush Anole, Foothill Anole
Synonym	Anolis monticola SHREVE 1936: 93 Anolis monticola — THOMAS & SCHWARTZ 1967: 11 Anolis monticola — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 304 Anolis monticola — NICHOLSON et al. 2005 Deiroptyx monticola — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Deiroptyx monticola — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 Anolis monticola monticola SHREVE 1936 Deiroptyx monticola monticola — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Deiroptyx monticola monticola — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 Anolis monticola quadrisartus THOMAS & SCHWARTZ 1967: 17 Deiroptyx monticola quadrisarta — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Deiroptyx monticola quadrisarta — NICHOLSON et al. 2018
Distribution	Hispaniola (Haiti: Monts Cartaches, Massif de la Hotte, elevation from about 1300 ft. to 4600 ft.) monticola: extreme distal portion of Tiburon Peninsula, on northern and western Massif de la Hotte and Monts Cartaches. Type locality: Northern and eastern foothills, Massif de la Hotte (= Pic Macaya), [elevation] 1000 ft. to 4000 ft., Département de la Grand'Anse, Haiti. quadrisartus: southern and eastern Massif de la Hotte.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MCZ 38296 Holotype: MCZ 62998 [quadrisartus]
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Comment	For illustrations see Williams, 1962 a; Thomas and Schwartz, 1967. Species group: Deiroptyx hendersoni species group (fide NICHOLSON et al. 2012).
Etymology	The species name, ‘monticola’, is Latin for ‘inhabitant of the mountains’ (Latin “colere” = inhabiting). A. m. quadrisartus was apparently named after Latin quadrisartus = “patched four times”. Presumably related to the following diagnostic coloration character: “A subspecies of A. monticola characterized by a pair of black, light-centered ocelli on the nape in addition to the pair on the neck” (Thomas & Schwartz 1967:17).
References	Griffin, D. K., Kretschmer, R., Srikulnath, K., Singchat, W., O’Connor, R. E., & Romanov, M. N. 2024. Insights into avian molecular cytogenetics—with reptilian comparisons. Molecular Cytogenetics, 17(1), 1-23 - get paper here Losos, J. B. 2009. Lizards in an Evolutionary Tree: Ecology and Adaptive Radiation of Anoles. Berkeley: University of California Press, 528 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. 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 Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp. Shreve, B. 1936. A new Anolis and new Amphibia from Haiti. Proc. New England Zool. Club 15: 93-99. Thomas, R. and A. Schwartz. 1967. The monticola group of the lizard genus Anolis in Hispaniola. Breviora (261):1-27. - get paper here Williams, E. E. 1962. Notes on the herpetology of Hispaniola 7. New material of two poorly known anoles: Anolis monticola Shreve and Anolis christophei Williams. Breviora (164):1-11. - get paper here Williams, E. E. and T. P. Webster. 1974. Anolis rupinae new species, a syntopic sibling of A. monticola Shreve. Breviora (429): 1-22 - get paper here Yuan, M. L., M. H. Wake, and I. J. Wang. 2019. Phenotypic integration between claw and toepad traits promotes microhabitat specialization in the Anolis adaptive radiation. Evolution 73: 231–244 - get paper here
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