| Higher Taxa | Anolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Common Names | E: Central Pallid Anole, Central Anole |
| Synonym | Anolis agrillaceus [sic] centralis PETERS 1970: 215
Anolis centralis — GARRIDO 1975: 9
Anolis centralis — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 234
Anolis centralis — RODRÍGUEZ SCHETTINO 1999: 250
Anolis centralis — NICHOLSON et al. 2005
Anolis centralis — NICHOLSON et al. 2012
Anolis centralis — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 |
| Distribution | E Cuba (NE Camagüey Province to western Holguin Province; also apparently the Rio Cauto basin and perhaps the Peninsula de Banes)
Type locality: Victoria de las Tunas, Las Tunas Province, Cuba.
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| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: ZMB 41616. |
| Diagnosis | Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (982 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Illustrations: Garrido, 1975.
Subspecies: Anolis centralis litoralis GARRIDO 1975 has been elevated to full species status.
Species group: Anolis loysianus species group (fide NICHOLSON et al. 2012). |
| Etymology | Probably after the type locality in central eastern Cuba. Not given by Peters 1970. Maybe also after the very large interparietal scale, which is in the center of its head. |
| References |
- Garrido, O. H. 1988. Nueva especies para la ciencia de Anolis (Lacertilia: Iguanidae) de Cuba perteneciente al complejo argiliaceus. Donana, Acta Vert. 15: 45-57.
- Garrido, O.H. 1975. Distribución y variación de Anolis argillaceus Cope (Lacertilia: Iguanidae) en Cuba. Poeyana (142):1-28.
- Navarro Pacheo, N. & Garrido, O.H. 2004. Especie nueva de Anolis (Sauria: Lacertilia: Iguanidae) de la región Suroriental de Cuba. Solenodon 4: 85-90
- Navarro, Nils P.; Fernandez, Alejandro V.; Garrido, Orlando H. 2001. Taxonomic reconsideracion of Anolis centralis litoralis and description of a new species of the argillaceus group (Sauria: Iguanidae) for Cuba. [in Spanish]. Solenodon 1:66-75
- 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
- Peters, G. 1970. Zur Taxionomie und Zoogeographie der kubanischen anolinen Eidechsen (Reptilia, Iguanide). Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin 46: 197-234. - get paper here
- Poe, S. 2013. 1986 Redux: New genera of anoles (Squamata: Dactyloidae) are unwarranted. Zootaxa 3626 (2): 295–299 - get paper here
- Rodríguez Schettino, Lourdes (ed.) 1999. The iguanid lizards of Cuba. University Press of Florida, 428 pp.
- 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
- Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp.
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