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Higher TaxaAnolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
SubspeciesAnolis olssoni olssoni SCHMIDT 1919
Anolis olssoni alienus SCHWARTZ 1981
Anolis olssoni domingonis SCHWARTZ 1981
Anolis olssoni extentus SCHWARTZ 1981
Anolis olssoni ferrugicauda SCHWARTZ 1981
Anolis olssoni insulanus SCHWARTZ 1981
Anolis olssoni montivagus SCHWARTZ 1981
Anolis olssoni palloris SCHWARTZ 1981 
Common NamesE: desert grass anole, Monte Cristi Anole 
SynonymAnolis olssoni SCHMIDT 1919: 522
Anolis olssoni — COCHRAN 1941
Anolis olssoni — MERTENS 1939: 54
Anolis olssoni — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 309
Anolis olssoni — NICHOLSON et al. 2005
Chamaelinorops olssoni — NICHOLSON et al. 2012
Chamaelinorops olssoni — NICHOLSON et al. 2018

Anolis olssoni olssoni SCHMIDT 1919
Anolis olssoni SCHMIDT 1919: 522
Anolis olssoni olssoni — SCHWARTZ 1981: 6
Chamaelinorops olssoni olssoni — NICHOLSON et al. 2012
Chamaelinorops olssoni olssoni — NICHOLSON et al. 2018

Anolis olssoni alienus SCHWARTZ 1981
Anolis olssoni alienus SCHWARTZ 1981: 10
Anolis olssoni — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988
Chamaelinorops olssoni alienus — NICHOLSON et al. 2012
Chamaelinorops olssoni alienus — NICHOLSON et al. 2018

Anolis olssoni domingonis SCHWARTZ 1981
Anolis olssoni domingonis SCHWARTZ 1981: 16
Anolis olssoni domingonis — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988
Chamaelinorops olssoni dominigensis — NICHOLSON et al. 2012
Chamaelinorops olssoni dominigensis — NICHOLSON et al. 2018: 578 (in error)

Anolis olssoni extentus SCHWARTZ 1981
Anolis olssoni extentus SCHWARTZ 1981: 11
Anolis olssoni extentus — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988
Chamaelinorops olssoni extentus — NICHOLSON et al. 2012
Chamaelinorops olssoni extentus — NICHOLSON et al. 2018

Anolis olssoni ferrugicauda SCHWARTZ 1981
Anolis olssoni ferrugicauda SCHWARTZ 1981: 8
Anolis olssoni ferrugicauda — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988
Chamaelinorops olssoni ferrugicauda — NICHOLSON et al. 2012
Chamaelinorops olssoni ferrugicauda — NICHOLSON et al. 2018

Anolis olssoni insulanus SCHWARTZ 1981
Anolis olssoni insulanus SCHWARTZ 1981: 14
Anolis olssoni insulanus — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988
Chamaelinorops olssoni insulanus — NICHOLSON et al. 2012
Chamaelinorops olssoni insulanus — NICHOLSON et al. 2018

Anolis olssoni montivagus SCHWARTZ 1981
Anolis olssoni montivagus SCHWARTZ 1981: 18
Anolis olssoni montivagus — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988
Chamaelinorops olssoni montivagus — NICHOLSON et al. 2012
Chamaelinorops olssoni montivagus — NICHOLSON et al. 2018

Anolis olssoni palloris SCHWARTZ 1981
Anolis olssoni palloris SCHWARTZ 1981: 15
Anolis olssoni palloris — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988
Chamaelinorops olssoni palloris — NICHOLSON et al. 2012
Chamaelinorops olssoni palloris — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 
DistributionHispaniola (Haiti, Dominican Republic)

Anolis olssoni olssoni: extreme northwestern República Dominicana and northeastern Haiti; perhaps also at Cap-Haïtien, Haiti. Type locality: El Morro de Monte Cristi, Monte Cristi Province, República Dominicana.

alienus: Presqu'île du Nord-Ouest.

dominigensis: República Dominicana, south-central coast.

extentus: in Haiti, the edge of Golfe de la Gonâve, east through Cul de Sac-Valle de Neiba (including adjacent xeric montane slopes) and Llanos de Azua; also Valle de San Juan; Île àCabrit.

ferrugicauda: north-central Haiti south and inland along Rivière d'Ennery, and Dessalines.

insulanus: Île de la Gonâve.

montivagus: Cordillera Central, República Dominicana.

palloris: Peninsula de Barahona.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: AMNH 13400
Holotype: MCZ 62010 (in catalogue as 63010) [alienus]
Syntypes: MCZ 143796, 143797 [domingonis]
Holotype: MCZ 156203 [extentus]
Holotype: MCZ 156202 [ferrugicauda]
Holotype: MCZ 80701 [insulanus]
Holotype: MCZ 156205 [montivagus]
Holotype: MCZ 156204 [palloris] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (939 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentFor illustrations see Mertens, 1939; Mertens, 1940; Cochran, 1941; Schwartz and Henderson, 1985. 
EtymologyNamed after Dr. Axel Adolph Olsson (1889-1977), a paleontologist and malacologist who collected fossil crustacean. 
References
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Cochran, D.M. 1941. The herpetology of Hispaniola. Bull. US Natl. Mus. 177: vii + 398 pp. - get paper here
  • Hertz, P. E. 1976. Anolis alumina, new species of grass anole from the Barahona Peninsula of Hispaniola. Breviora (437): 1-19. - get paper here
  • Losos, J.B. 2007. Detective Work in the West Indies: Integrating Historical and Experimental Approaches to Study Island Lizard Evolution. BioScience 57 (7): 585-597 - get paper here
  • Mertens, R. 1939. Herpetologische Ergebnisse einer Reise nach der Insel Hispaniola, Westindien. Abh. senckenb. naturf. Ges. (Frankfurt) 449: 1-84.
  • Mertens, R. 1940. Zoologische Reisen auf der Insel Hispaniola (from Tierleben der Tropen). Verlag Dr. Waldemar Kramer, Frankfurt am Main, 155-241.
  • 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
  • Queiroz, Kevin de; Ling-Ru Chu, and Jonathan B. Losos 1998. A Second Anolis Lizard in Dominica Amber and the Systematics and Ecological Morphology of Dominican Amber Anoles. American Museum Novitates 3249: 23 pp. - get paper here
  • Queral, A., R. Garcia, R. Powell, J.S. Parmerlee, Jr., D.D. Smith & A. Lathrop 1995. Agonistic responses by a grass anole, Anolis olssoni from the Dominican Republic, to male conspecifics Amphibia-Reptilia, 16(4): 313-321. - get paper here
  • Schmidt, K. P. 1919. Descriptions of new amphibians and reptiles from Santo Domingo and Navassa. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 41:519-525. - get paper here
  • Schmidt, K. P. 1921. Notes on the herpetology of Santo Domingo. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 44: 7-20. - get paper here
  • Schwartz, A. 1981. Variation in Hispaniolan Anolis olssoni Schmidt (Reptilia: Sauria: Iguanidae). Milwaukee Public Mus. Contrib. Biol. and Geol. (47):1-21. - get paper here
  • Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp.
  • Schwartz, A. and Henderson, R.W. 1985. A guide to the identification of the amphibians and reptiles of the West Indies exclusive of Hispaniola. Milwaukee Public Mus., 165 pp.
  • Smith, J. W., J. S. Parmerlee, Jr., and R. Powell. 1995. Anolis olssoni. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (611) - get paper here
  • Smith, J. W.; Powell, R.; Parmerlee, J. S.;Smith, D. D.; Lathrop, A. 1994. Natural history notes on a population of grass anoles, Anolis olssoni (Sauria: Polychrotidae), from the Dominican Republic. Bull. Maryland Herp. Soc. 30: 67-75 - get paper here
 
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