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Anolis bimaculatus (SPARRMAN, 1784)

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Higher TaxaAnolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Statia Bank Tree Anole, Panther Anole 
SynonymLacerta bimaculata SPARRMAN 1784:170
Cordylus bimaculatus — MEYER 1795: 18
Xiphosurus bimaculata — FITZINGER 1826
Ctenonotus bimaculatus — FITZINGER 1843: 64
Ctenodon bimaculatum — BRÜHL 1886
Anolis antiquae BARBOUR 1915: 74
Anolis mayeri FOWLER 1918: 8
Anolis barbudensis BARBOUR 1923: 4
Anolis bimaculatus bimaculatus — UNDERWOOD in WILLIAMS et al. 1959
Anolis antiguae BARBOUR 1915 — LAZELL 1972: 52 (in error)
Anolis bimaculatus — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 228
Anolis bimaculatus — POWELL & HENDERSON 2001
Ctenonotus bimaculatus — NICHOLSON et al. 2012
Ctenonotus bimaculatus — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 
DistributionLesser Antilles: St. Eustatius, St. Christopher, Nevis

Type locality: St. Eustatius.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: NRM, given as Museum de Geer Royal, Stockholm.
Holotype: MCZ 10624 [antiquae]
Holotype: MCZ 16167 [barbudensis]
Holotype: Princeton University 3151; paratypes: Princeton University (7) 
DiagnosisDiagnosis (Ctenonotus): Support for this genus is from 46 apomorphies including seven morphological and 39 molecular ones. There are two unequivocal morphological features: maximum male snout-to-vent length increased (2: h to m); length of tail about 2.0 to 2.5 times snout-to-vent length (8: h to m). There are 21 unequivocal molecular apomorphies (see Appendix II), NICHOLSON et al. 2012: 38). 
CommentSynonymy partly after LAZELL 1972, SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988. Anolis leachii has been synonymized with A. alliaceus by Günther 1888, then revalidated and is now a full species.

Subspecies: Anolis bimaculatus leachi DUMÉRIL & BIBRON, 1837 has been elevated to full species status.

Species group: Ctenonotus bimaculatus species group (fide NICHOLSON et al. 2012). The bimaculatus series of anoles contains A. bimaculatus and several other sub-groups, namely the gingivinus sub-group (gingivinus, nubilus, sabanus), the leachii sub-group (leachii), and the marmoratus sub-group (marmoratus, ferreus, lividus, oculatus) [STENSON et al. 2004].

Type species: Lacerta bimaculata Sparrman, 1784: 116 is the type species of the genus Ctenonotus FITZINGER 1843: 64.

Hybridization: Male A. leachii and female A. bimaculatus can interbreed and produce offspring (Weidlich 2023, Anole Annals). 
EtymologyThe generic name Ctenonotus is derived from the Greek kteis, ktenos = comb and noton, notos = back, latinized to Ctenonotus, in allusion to the large nuchal crest in males of the type species. The name is masculine in gender. 
References
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  • Barbour, Thomas 1923. West Indian investigations of 1922. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (132): 1-9 - get paper here
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