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Anolis websteri ARNOLD, 1980

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Higher TaxaAnolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Yellow-bellied Desert Anole, Webster's Anole 
SynonymAnolis websteri ARNOLD 1980: 21
Anolis websteri — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 356
Anolis websteri — NICHOLSON et al. 2005
Ctenonotus websteri — NICHOLSON et al. 2012
Ctenonotus websteri — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 
DistributionHispaniola (NE Haiti)

Type locality: 7.4 km NW Dessalines, Départment de l’Artibonite, Haiti  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MCZ 132390, adult male; paratypes: FSFS 
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CommentSpecies group: Ctenonotus distichus species group (fide NICHOLSON et al. 2012). 
EtymologyNamed after Thomas Preston Webster III (1947-1975), a student at Harvard. E. E. Williams wrote of him, "He published extensively while he was a graduate student, although he never finished his Ph.D. He died in an auto accident in Montana. 
References
  • Arnold, D. L. 1980. Geographic variation in Anolis brevirostris (Sauria: Iguanidae) in Hispaniola. Breviora (461): 1-31 - get paper here
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - 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. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp.
  • 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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