Anolis dolichocephalus WILLIAMS, 1963
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Anolis dolichocephalus
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| Higher Taxa | Anolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | Anolis dolichocephalus dolichocephalus WILLIAMS 1963 Anolis dolichocephalus portusalus SCHWARTZ 1978 Anolis dolichocephalus sarmenticola SCHWARTZ 1978 |
| Common Names | E: La Hotte Long-snouted Anole, Place Negre Anole |
| Synonym | Anolis hendersoni dolichocephalus WILLIAMS 1963: 8 Anolis dolichocephalus — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 255 Anolis dolichocephalus — NICHOLSON et al. 2005 Deiroptyx dolichocephala — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Deiroptyx dolichocephala — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 Anolis dolichocephalus dolichocephalus WILLIAMS 1963 Deiroptyx dolichocephala dolichocephala — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Deiroptyx dolichocephala dolichocephala — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 Anolis dolichocephalus portusalus SCHWARTZ, 1978 Deiroptyx dolichocephala portusala — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Deiroptyx dolichocephala portusala — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 Anolis dolichocephalus sarmenticola SCHWARTZ, 1978 Deiroptyx dolichocephala sarmenticola — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Deiroptyx dolichocephala sarmenticola — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 |
| Distribution | Hispaniola (Haiti: Tiburon) dolichocephalus: tip of Tiburon Peninsula, on Monts Cartaches and northern slopes of Massif de la Hotte, as well as adjacent northern and western areas; Type locality: Place Nègre, near Jérémie, Département de la Grand'Anse, Haiti. portusalus: Presqu'île de Port-Salut. sarmenticola: southern lower slopes of Massif de la Hotte. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: MCZ 64510 (dolichocephalus) Holotype: MCZ 132377 [portusalus] Holotype: MCZ 132376 [sarmenticola] |
| Diagnosis | DESCRIPTION: Size small (SVL in males to 52 mm, in females to 43 mm); habitus attenuate, snout very elongate; sexually dimorphic and strongly dichromatic; 5-9 rows of loreals; scales between supraorbitals 0-2 (strongly modally 1); 2-5 scales between interparietal and supraorbital semicircles; 2-5 postrostrals; 4-8 postmentals; suboculars in contact with supralabials; dorsal scales small, about 4 middorsal rows slightly enlarged and distinctly keeled, grading into granular flank scales; ventrals smooth, polygonal, subimbricate; supradigital scales multicarinate; tail not compressed, verticils obscure. Dorsum gray to rich brown to pale greenish tan, pale tan-gray, tan; head grayish brown, gray, or brown, with orange nuchal scrolling, at times reduced or absent; flank stripe (stopping at about midbody) yellow to bright orange-red, pale blue to white, outlined above (and below at times) by dark stripes and with or without substripe stippling or vermiculations; white subocular semicircle present or absent; eye-ring at times orange to buffy; supraorbital area, and lower eyelid and postocular area blue in some populations; post-scrolling chevron or bar present or absent; 0-10 middorsal dark dots or flecks; venter pale yellowish to pale gray; throat at times pale gray, yellowish, to white; dewlap absent; females with a yellow-tan middorsal band with undulating edges, including a fine, pale, middorsal hairline, and with brown suffusions on sides; sides dark brown with an incomplete, light flank stripe; supralabials cream; venter and chin pale yellow to greenish yellow (Schwartz & Henderson 1991: 255). |
| Comment | For illustrations see Williams, 1963; Schwartz and Henderson, 1985. Species group: Deiroptyx hendersoni species group (fide NICHOLSON et al. 2012). |
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