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Anolis altitudinalis GARRIDO, 1985

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Higher TaxaAnolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: TURQUINO GREEN-MOTTLED ANOLE 
SynonymAnolis isolepis altitudinalis GARRIDO 1985: 42
Anolis altitudinalis — GARRIDO & HEDGES 2001
Anolis altitudinalis — NICHOLSON et al. 2005
Anolis altitudinalis — NICHOLSON et al. 2012
Anolis altitudinalis — NICHOLSON et al. 2018
Anolis altitudinalis — DIAZ et al. 2022 
DistributionE Cuba

Type locality: Alto del Cardero (1,050 m), Pico Turquino, Sierra Maestra, Santiago de Cuba province (formerly Oriente), Cuba.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: CZACC (= IZAC = IZ) (no number given) 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (7045 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentSpecies group: Anolis carolinensis species group (fide NICHOLSON et al. 2012).

Abundance: only known from the type locality (Meiri et al. 2017). 
EtymologyApparently named after the relatively high altitude at which this species occurs. From Middle English, borrowed from Latin altitūdō (“height”), from altus (“high”). 
References
  • Díaz LM, Cádiz A, Velazco K, Kawata M. 2022. A new dwarf green anole (Squamata: Dactyloidae) of the Anolis carolinensis species group, from western Cuba. Caribbean Herpetology 84: 1–16 - get paper here
  • Garrido, O. H. and S. B. Hedges 2001. A new anole from the northern slope of the Sierra Maestra in eastern Cuba (Squamata: Iguanidae). Journal of Herpetology 35 (3): 378-383 - get paper here
  • Garrido, O.H. 1985. Nueva subespecie de Anolis isolepis (Lacertilia: Iguanidae) para Cuba. Donana, Acta Vert. 12 (1): 41-49.
  • Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions - 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. 2013. 1986 Redux: New genera of anoles (Squamata: Dactyloidae) are unwarranted. Zootaxa 3626 (2): 295–299 - get paper here
  • QUEIROZ, KEVIN DE; JONATHAN M. HUIE & ESTHER M. LANGAN 2023. No longer in doubt: Discovery of a second specimen corroborates the validity of Anolis incredulus Garrido and Moreno 1998 (Reptilia, Iguania). Zootaxa 5284 (1): 121–141 - 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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