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Anolis ruibali NAVARRO & GARRIDO, 2004

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Higher TaxaAnolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Cabo Cruz Pallid Anole 
SynonymAnolis ruibali NAVARRO & GARRIDO 2004
Anolis ruibali — NICHOLSON et al. 2012
Anolis ruibali — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 
DistributionCuba

Type locality: Alegría de Pio, Niquero, Granma, Cuba.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MHNH 14:250, an adult male, collected by N. Navarro, C. Peña, and E. Palacio on 25 June 1996 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Anolis ruibali is likely to be confused only with Anolis centralis and Anolis litoralis (which was considered a subspecies of Anolis centralis when Anolis ruibali was described). Anolis ruibali is smaller (mean SVL 35.3 mm vs. 38.4 mm for Anolis centralis and 45.5 mm for Anolis litoralis; Garrido 1975), has a rosy or reddish dewlap with small scales (versus intense crimson, sometimes with an orangish cast, and large scales in Anolis centralis and a pale yellow or yellow- orange dewlap with large scales in Anolis litoralis (Garrido 1975; Navarro et al. 2001), and larger postcloacal scales in males (mean = 2.06 ± 0.26 mm in Anolis ruibali vs. mean = 1.73 ± 0.23 mm in Anolis centralis). Anolis ruibali is similar to Anolis pumilus in size, but Anolis pumilus lacks the skin folds above the ears, is stockier, has a shorter rostrum, and the dewlap is yellow-orange. The elongated head of Anolis ruibali distinguishes it from other species in the Anolis argillaceus group, although juveniles often are difficult to differentiate (Powell et al. 2017). 
CommentSpecies group: Anolis loysianus species group (fide NICHOLSON et al. 2012). 
EtymologyNamed after the collector, Cuban herpetologist Rodolfo Ruibal (1927-2016), who spent most of his career at UC Riverside. See Lillywhite 2016 for an obituary. 
References
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Lillywhite, Harvey B. 2016. Obituary: Herpetology loses a class act: Rodolfo Ruibal, 1927-2016. Herpetological Review 47 (4): 741-745 - get paper here
  • Navarro Pacheo, N. & Garrido, O.H. 2004. Especie nueva de Anolis (Sauria: Lacertilia: Iguanidae) de la región Suroriental de Cuba. Solenodon 4: 85-90
  • 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
  • Powell, R., J. Torres, and N. Navarro Pacheco 2017. Anolis ruibali. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (906): 1-8 - get paper here
  • Rodríguez Schettino, Lourdes, Carlos A. Mancina & Vilma Rivalta González 2013. REPTILES OF CUBA: CHECKLIST AND GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTIONS. Smithsonian Herp. Inf. Serv. (144): 1-96 - get paper here
 
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