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Anolis placidus HEDGES & THOMAS, 1989

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Higher TaxaAnolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Neiba Twig Anole, Placid Anole 
SynonymAnolis placidus HEDGES & THOMAS 1989: 330
Anolis placidus — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 315
Anolis placidus — NICHOLSON et al. 2005
Anolis placidus — NICHOLSON et al. 2012
Anolis placidus — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 
DistributionHispaniola (Dominican Republic: Sierra de Neiba)

Type locality: Ca. 10 km N Cacique Eriquillo, ca. 24 km N Las Pinos, Independencia Province, República Dominicana.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: USNM 286864. 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1726 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentFor illustrations see Hedges and Thomas, 1989.

Species group: Anolis angusticeps species group (fide NICHOLSON et al. 2012). 
References
  • Hedges, S. B. and R. Thomas. 1989. A new species of Anolis (Sauria: Iguanidae) from the Sierra de Neiba, Hispaniola. Herpetologica 45: 330-336. - 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. 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
  • Poe, Steven 1998. Skull characters and the cladistic relationships of the Hispaniolan dwarf twig Anolis. Herpetological Monographs 12: 192-236 - get paper here
  • Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp.
  • Vences, M. 2009. Lizard Radiations, in: Gillespie Clague, Encyclopedia of islands. University of California Press, pp. 558-563
 
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