| Higher Taxa | Dactyloidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Saint Croix Anole, Saint Croix's anole, Sharp Anole |
| Synonym | Anolis acutus HALLOWELL 1856: 228
Anolis newtoni GÜNTHER 1859: 212
Anolis acutus — BOULENGER 1885: 36
Anolis acutus — LAZELL 1972
Anolis acutus — BRANDLEY & DE QUEIROZ 2004
Ctenonotus acutus — NICHOLSON et al. 2012
Ctenonotus acutus — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 |
| Distribution | Lesser Antilles: US Virgin Islands, St. Croix, Puerto Rico Bank
Type locality: St. Croix
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| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Syntypes: BMNH 1946.8.12.48-49 (and possibly additional specimens). 1946.8.12.44-45, 1946.8.12.55 original number 1859.3.14.8-12 [newtoni] |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis. An Anolis of the Lesser Antillean section of the hiniaculatus group ( as here defined) combining the following characters: prenasal posterodorsally elongate, extending to or beyond the anterior level of the naris; midventrals sharply keeled; interparietal in contact with supraorbital semicircles, or, if separated by one scale, then more than 23 midventrals contained in the standard distance, or, if separated by two scales, then more than 2S midventrals contained in the standard distance (Lazell 1972: 23)
Scalation: Lazell 1972: 23 (BHL scan quality too bad for OCR).
Coloration: Lazell 1972: 24 (BHL scan quality too bad for OCR).
Sexual dimorphism: well developed in both coloration and average adult size. It is not, however, nearly so striking in either respect as in some other Lesser Antillean forms. This is in keeping with the postulated position of Anolis acutus in himaculatus group phylogeny (Lazell 1972: 24). |
| Comment | Species group: Ctenonotus cristatellus species group (fide NICHOLSON et al. 2012). |
| Etymology | Named after Latin “acuere” = sharp, or “acutus” = sharpened, pointed, or “acumen” = tip, or “acus” = needle. |
| References |
- Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 2, Second edition. London, xiii+497 pp. - get paper here
- Brandley, M.C. & De Queiroz, K. 2004. Phylogeny, ecomorphological evolution, and historical biogeography of the Anolis cristatellus series. Herpetological Monographs 18: 90-126 - get paper here
- Gorman, G.C. 1969. The zoogeography of Lesser Antillean Anolis lizards; an analysis based upon chromosomes and lactic dehydrogenases. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 138 (3): 53-80. - get paper here
- Grant, C. 1937. Herpetological notes with new species from the American and British Virgin Islands, 1936. J. Dept. Agric. Puerto Rico 21: 503-522.
- Günther, A. 1859. On the reptiles from St. Croix, West Indies, collected by Messrs, A. and B. Newton. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (3) 4: 209-217 - get paper here
- Hallowell, E. 1856. Notes on reptiles in the collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 8: 221-238 - get paper here
- Lazell,J.D. 1972. The anoles (Sauria: Iguanidae) of the lesser Antilles. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harvard 143 (1): 1-115 - 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
- Philibosian, R. 1975. Territorial Behavior and Population Regulation in the Lizards, Anolis acutus and A. cristatellus Copeia 1975 (3): 428-444. - 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
- Rose, B. 1982. Food Intake and Reproduction in Anolis acutus Copeia 1982 (2): 322-330. - get paper here
- Roughgarden, J. 1995. Anolis Lizards of the Caribbean: Ecology, Evolution, and Plate Tectonics. OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 200 pp.
- Ruibal, R., R. Philibosian & J.L. Adkins 1972. Reproductive Cycle and Growth in the Lizard Anolis acutus Copeia 1972 (3): 509-518. - get paper here
- Ruibal, R.; Philibosian, R. 1974. The population ecology of the lizard Anolis acutus. Ecology 55: 525-537 - get paper here
- Ruibal, R.; Philobosian, R. 1974. Aggression in the lizard Anolis acutus. Copeia 1974 (2): 349-357 - get paper here
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