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Higher TaxaAnolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Puerto Rican giant anole, Cuvier's Anole, Green Giant Anole
Spanish: Lagarto verde 
SynonymAnolis cuvieri MERREM 1820: 45
Xiphosurus cuvieri — FITZINGER 1826: 48
Dactyloa cuvieri — WAWGLER 1830: 148
Anolis velifer — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1837: 164
Ctenonotus (Semiurus) cuvieri — FITZINGER 1843: 64
Xiphosurus velifer — GRAY 1845: 197
Anolis cuvieri — BOULENGER 1885: 23
Anolis cuvieri — STEJNEGER 1904: 627
Anolis cuvieri — FOWLER 1918
Semiurus cuvieri — GUYER & SAVAGE 1987 (in error)
Anolis cuvieri — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 246
Anolis cuvieri — NICHOLSON et al. 2005
Xiphosurus cuvieri — NICHOLSON et al. 2012
Xiphosurus cuvieri — NICHOLSON et al. 2018
Ctenonotus cuvieri — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 
DistributionPuerto Rico

Type locality: see comment.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: Unlocated fide SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1457 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentFor illustrations see Stejneger, 1904; Schmidt, 1928; Grant, 1931; Rivero, 1978.

Species group: Xiphosurus cuvieri species group (fide NICHOLSON et al. 2012).

Terra typica: Jamaica (in error). 
EtymologyNamed after Georges Leopold Chretien Frederic Dagobert Baron Cuvier (1769-1832), better known by his pen name Georges Cuvier. 
References
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  • Fitzinger, L. 1826. Neue Classification der Reptilien nach ihren natürlichen Verwandtschaften nebst einer Verwandschafts-Tafel und einem Verzeichnisse der Reptilien-Sammlung des K. K. Zoologischen Museums zu Wien. J. G. Heubner, Wien, 66 pp. - get paper here
  • Fitzinger, L. 1843. Systema Reptilium, fasciculus primus, Amblyglossae. Braumüller et Seidel, Wien: 106 pp. - get paper here
  • Fowler, H. W. 1918. Some amphibians and reptiles from Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Publ. Carnegie Inst. Washington, 252: 1-16.
  • Gorman, G.C. 1977. Comments on Ontogenetic Color Change in Anolis cuvieri (Reptilia, Lacertilia, Iguanidae) Journal of Herpetology 11 (2): 221. - get paper here
  • Gorman, George C. 1977. Comments on the ontogenetic color change in Anolis cuvieri (Reptilia, Lacertilia, Iguanidae). Journal of Herpetology 11 (2): 221 - get paper here
  • Grant, C. 1931. A new species and two new sub-species of the genus Anolis. J. Dept. Agric. Puerto Rico 15: 219-222.
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