Anolis desechensis HEATWOLE, 1976

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Higher Taxa	Anolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Desecheo Anole, Heatwole's Anole
Synonym	Anolis desechensis HEATWOLE 1976: 13 Anolis desechensis — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 251 Anolis desechensis — BRANDLEY & DE QUEIROZ 2004 Ctenonotus desechensis — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Ctenonotus desechensis — NICHOLSON et al. 2018
Distribution	Puerto Rico Bank: Isla Desecheo Type locality: Isla Desecheo.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: KU 159396.
Diagnosis
Comment	For illustrations see Heatwole, 1976. Ecomorph class: trunk-ground. Species group: Ctenonotus cristatellus species group (fide NICHOLSON et al. 2012). Abundance: only known from the type locality (Meiri et al. 2017).
Etymology	Named after the type locality.
References	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 Brandley, Matthew C.; Wynn, Addison; de Queiroz, Kevin. 2006. Karyotype and relationships of Anolis desechensis. Journal of Herpetology 40 (1):136-139. - get paper here Heatwole, H. 1976. Herpetogeography of Puerto Rico. VII. Geographic variation in the Anolis cristatellus complex in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Occas. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas 46: 1-17. - get paper here 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, 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. 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 Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp.
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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