Anolis oculatus (COPE, 1879)
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Anolis oculatus
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| Higher Taxa | Anolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | Anolis oculatus cabritensis LAZELL 1962 Anolis oculatus montanus LAZELL 1962 Anolis oculatus oculatus (COPE 1879) Anolis oculatus winstonorum LAZELL 1962 |
| Common Names | E: Dominica Anole, Dominican anole, Eyed Anole |
| Synonym | Xiphosurus oculatus COPE 1879: 274 Anolis oculatus — UNDERWOOD in WILLIAMS et al. 1959 Anolis oculatus oculatus — LAZELL 1962: 468 Anolis oculatus — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 308 Anolis oculatus — NICHOLSON et al. 2005 Ctenonotus oculatus — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 Anolis oculatus — THORPE 2022 Anolis oculatus cabritensis LAZELL 1962: 469 Anolis oculatus cabritensis — HESELHAUS & SCHMIDT 1995 Ctenonotus oculatus cabritensis — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Ctenonotus oculatus cabritensis — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 Anolis oculatus montanus LAZELL 1962 Ctenonotus oculatus montanus — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Ctenonotus oculatus montanus — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 Anolis oculatus winstonorum LAZELL 1962 Anolis oculatus winstoni LAZELL 1962: 472 Anolis oculatus winstoni — MANTHEY 1984 Anolis oculatus winstoni — HESELHAUS & SCHMIDT 1995 Anolis oculatus winstoni — ZEILFELDER 2005 Anolis oculatus winstonorum — MICHELS & BAUER 2004 Anolis oculatus winstoni — DUBOIS 2007 Anolis oculatus winstoni — REIPRICH 2009 Ctenonotus oculatus winstonorum — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Ctenonotus oculatus winstoni — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 |
| Distribution | Lesser Antilles: Dominica oculatus: southwestern periphery of Dominica; intergrades with A. o. cabritensis, A. o. montanus, and A. o. winstoni. Type locality: Dominica; restricted ta Roseau, St. George Parish, Dominica, by Lazell, 1962. cabritensis: leeward coast of Dominica from Grand Savanna to the Cabrits; intergrades with A. o. winstoni. Type locality: “the Cabrits (= Prince Rupert Point), northwest of Portsmouth, Dominica” montanus: interior uplands of Dominica from Fond Hunt in the north ta Morne Anglais in the south; intergrades with A. o. winstoni. winstonorum: lowlands of eastern Dominica from Penville in the north ta La Plaine in the south. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Syntypes: USNM 10139-10148, USNM 10150-10151, USNM 10153 Holotype: MCZ 60319 [montanus] Holotype: MCZ 60467 [winstonorum] Holotype: MCZ 60245 [cabritensis] |
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| Comment | For illustrations see Lazell, 1962; Lazell, 1972; Schwartz and Henderson, 1985, cover of Herpetofauna 8 (45). Has been synonymized with A. alliaceus (e.g. by GÜNTHER 1888). Variation: This is quite a variable species, see images in Malhotra & Thorpe 1999: 22ff. On the tiny island of Dominica A. oculatus has 4 distinct lineages with as great as 10% mtDNA divergence (Malhotra and Thorpe 2000). Species group: Ctenonotus bimaculatus species group (fide NICHOLSON et al. 2012). Hybridization: A. oculatus and A. terraealtae can interbreed and produce offspring (Weidlich 2023, Anole Annals) |
| Etymology | Named after Latin oculatus (Latin, 'eyed"), referring to the light lateral spots that are a distinctive feature of this species (Malhotra & Thorpe 1992) A. o. cabritensis was named after the type locality, “the Cabrits”. A. o. montanus was named after its distribution in the central mountain range above 2000 ft (600 m) elevation. A. o. winstonorum was named after Charles A. Winston, Manager of Woodford Hill Estate, and his family. |
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