Anolis barahonae WILLIAMS, 1962
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| Higher Taxa | Dactyloidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | Anolis barahonae barahonae WILLIAMS 1962 Anolis barahonae albocellatus SCHWARTZ 1974 Anolis barahonae ininquinatus CULLOM & SCHWARTZ 1980 Anolis barahonae mulitus CULLOM & SCHWARTZ 1980 |
| Common Names | E: Baoruco Giant Anole, Barahona Anole |
| Synonym | Anolis ricordii barahonae WILLIAMS 1962: 8 Anolis barahonae — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 226 Anolis barahonae — VAN BEEST & HABERHAM 2003 Xiphosurus barahonae — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Xiphosurus barahonae — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 Anolis barahonae barahonae WILLIAMS 1962 Xiphosurus barahonae barahonae — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Xiphosurus barahonae barahonae — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 Anolis barahonae albocellatus SCHWARTZ, 1974 Anolis barahonae albocellatus SCHWARTZ 1974: 114 Semiurus barahonae albocellatus — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988 Xiphosurus barahonae albocellatus — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Xiphosurus barahonae albocellatus — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 Anolis barahonae ininquinatus CULLOM & SCHWARTZ, 1980 Xiphosurus barahonae imiquinatus [sic] — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Xiphosurus barahonae imiquinatus — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 (in error) Anolis barahonae mulitus CULLOM and SCHWARTZ, 1980 Xiphosurus barahonae mulitus — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Xiphosurus barahonae mulitus — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 |
| Distribution | Hispaniola (SE Haiti, SW Dominican Republic) barahonae: Sierra de Baoruco, Repûblica Dominicana. Altitudinal distribution above 2600 ft. Type locality: Polo, Valle de Polo, Barahona Province, República Dominicana. albocellatus: Peninsula de Barahona, República Dominicana. ininquinatus: eastern coast of Peninsula de Barahona; intergrades with A. b. barahonae on northeast slope of Sierra de Baoruco. mulitus: República Dominicana, along Dominico-Haitian border on Peninsula de Barahona. INCERTAE SEDIS: Material from Enriquillo and between Enriquillo and Oviedo is unassigned subspecifically. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: MCZ 43819 Holotype: MCZ 125611 [albocellatus] Holotype: MCZ 132388 [ininquinatus] Holotype: MCZ 132389 [mulitus] |
| Diagnosis | DESCRIPTION: Size large (SVL in males to 160 mm, in females to 148 mm); dewlap present in both sexes; snout scales between second canthals 2-5 (mode 4); 2-8 (mode 6) loreal rows; scales between supraorbitals 1-4 (mode 2); 3=5 (mode 4) scales between interparietal and supraorbital semicircles; dorsals generally small (15-34 in snout-eye distance); ventral scales relatively small (17-31 in snout-eye distance); nuchal crest scales in both sexes rarely high, usually moderate to low, dorsal body crest scales rarely moderate, usually low; subocular scales rarely in contact with supralabials. Dorsal body color basically lichenate gray-green, olivaceous, tan, or gray, with browns and black giving a blotched effect (also in juveniles); at times with 3-4 yellowish dorsal crossbars or their remnants (2 subspecies), or with faintly bluish white, dark-edged ocelli (1 subspecies); venter pale greenish tan to cream, or tan or white with brown or gray mottling; dewlap (males) pale yellow, yellow (white basally), yellow-orange, deep orange, pale yellow with pink border, to peach, (females) pale yellow (at times suffused with gray), to pale peach; pale subocular crescent absent in adults of most subspecies but indicated in juveniles by a pale subocular spot (Schwartz & Henderson 1991: 226). |
| Comment | Illustrations: Cullom and Schwartz, 1980. Species group: Xiphosurus cuvieri species group (fide NICHOLSON et al. 2012). |
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