Anolis equestris MERREM, 1820
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| Higher Taxa | Dactyloidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | Anolis equestris equestris MERREM 1820 Anolis equestris brujensis GARRIDO 2001 Anolis equestris buidei SCHWARTZ & GARRIDO 1972 Anolis equestris cincoleguas GARRIDO 1981 Anolis equestris cyaneus GARRIDO & ESTRADA 2001 Anolis equestris juraguensis SCHWARTZ & GARRIDO 1972 Anolis equestris persparsus SCHWARTZ & GARRIDO 1972 Anolis equestris potior SCHWARTZ & THOMAS 1975 Anolis equestris sabinalensis GARRIDO & MORENO 2001 Anolis equestris thomasi SCHWARTZ 1958 Anolis equestris verreonensis SCHWARTZ & GARRIDO 1972 |
| Common Names | E: Cuban Giant Anole, Knight anole G: Ritteranolis |
| Synonym | Anolis equestris MERREM 1820: 45 Xiphosurus equestris — FITZINGER 1826 Anolius rhodolaemus BELL 1827: 235 Anolis equestris — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1837: 157 Anolis equestris — BOULENGER 1885: 21 Anolis equestris — CONANT & COLLINS 1991: 91 Anolis equestris — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 256 Anolis equestris — RODRÍGUEZ SCHETTINO 1999: 180 Anolis equestris — NICHOLSON et al. 2005 Deiroptyx equestris — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Deiroptyx equestris — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 Anolis equestris equestris MERREM 1820 Anolis equestris equestris — GARRIDO 1981: 12 Deiroptyx equestris equestris — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Deiroptyx equestris equestris — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 Anolis equestris brujensis GARRIDO 2001 Deiroptyx equestris brujensis — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Deiroptyx equestris brujensis — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 Anolis equestris buidei SCHWARTZ & GARRIDO 1972 Anolis equestris buidei — GARRIDO 1981: 12 Deiroptyx equestris buidei — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Deiroptyx equestris buidei — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 Anolis equestris cincoleguas GARRIDO 1981 Anolis equestris cincoleguas GARRIDO 1981: 3 Deiroptyx equestris cincoleguas — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Deiroptyx equestris cincoleguas — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 Anolis equestris cyaneus GARRIDO & ESTRADA 2001 Deiroptyx equestris cyanea — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Deiroptyx equestris cyanea — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 Anolis equestris juraguensis SCHWARTZ and GARRIDO 1972 Anolis equestris juraguensis — GARRIDO 1981: 13 Deiroptyx equestris juraguensis — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Deiroptyx equestris juraguensis — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 Anolis equestris persparsus SCHWARTZ and GARRIDO 1972 Anolis equestris persparsus — GARRIDO 1981: 12 Deiroptyx equestris persparsa — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Deiroptyx equestris perspara — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 (in error) Anolis equestris potior SCHWARTZ & THOMAS 1975 Anolis equestris santamariae GARRIDO 1975: 14 Anolis equestris potior SCHWARTZ & THOMAS 1975: 81 (nom. nov.) Anolis equestris potior — GARRIDO 1981: 13 Deiroptyx equestris potior — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Deiroptyx equestris potior — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 Anolis equestris sabinalensis GARRIDO & MORENO 2001 Deiroptyx equestris sabinalensis — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Deiroptyx equestris sabinalensis — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 Anolis equestris thomasi SCHWARTZ 1958 Anolis equestris thomasi SCHWARTZ 1958: 3 Anolis equestris thomasi — VAN BEEST & HABERHAM 2003 Deiroptyx equestris thomasi — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Deiroptyx equestris thomasi — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 Anolis equestris verreonensis SCHWARTZ and GARRIDO 1972 Anolis equestris verreonensis — GARRIDO 1981: 13 Deiroptyx equestris verreonensis — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Deiroptyx equestris verreonensis — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 |
| Distribution | Cuba, Saint Barthélemy, Bahamas USA (introduced to S Florida and Hawaii), Introduced to Turks and Caicos Islands. Anolis equestris equestris: western Cuba from Pinar del Rio Province to Villa Clara Province, where intergrades with A. e. persparsus; introduced in southeastern Florida and the Upper Florida Keys. Type locality: Unknown; restricted by Schwartz and Garrido, 1972, to the vicinity of La Habana, La Habana Province, Cuba. brujensis: Cuba (Sabana-Camagüey); Type locality: Cuba, Cayo Las Brujas, Archipielago de Sabana-Camagüey, provincia de Villa Clara. buidei: Peninsula de Hicacos, northern Matanzas Province. cincoleguas: Cayo Cinco Leguas, Matanzas Province. cyaneus: Cuba (Sabana-Camagüey); Type locality: Cayo Coco Archipielago de Sabana-Camagüey, provincia de Ciego de Avila. juraguensis: southern Cienfuegos Province. persparsus: throughout most of Villa Clara and Sancti Spirites provinces. potior: Archipiélago de Sabana-Camagüey. sabinalensis: Cuba (Sabana-Camagüey); Type locality: Lorna de la Alegria, Cayo Sabinal, archipieIago de Sabana-Camagüey, provincia de Camagüey thomasi: Ciego de Àvila and Camagüey provinces, east to Holguin Province. verreonensis: extreme southwestern Granma Province. INCERTAE SEDIS: Material from N San Diego de los Baños and Andrés (Pinar del Rio Province), Cayo Guajaba (Archipiélago de Sabana-Camagüey), Finca La Celia, Bayamo, Santiago de Cuba of unconfirmed subspecies. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: unknown (SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991) Holotype: CZACC 43775 (also given as IES CZACC), IZ-2727 [brujensis] Holotype: CZACC = IZ 1294 [buidei] Holotype: CZACC = IZ 5398 [cincoleguas] Holotype: MNHNCu 495 [cyaneus] Holotype: CZACC = IZ 1152 [juraguensis] Holotype: AMNH 78116 [persparsus] Holotype: CZACC = IZ 3098 [potior] Holotype: MNHNCu 2927, adult male [sabinalensis] Holotype: AMNH 78148 [thomasi] Holotype: CZACC = IZ 488 [verreonensis] |
| Diagnosis | DESCRIPTION: Size very large (SVL in males to 188 mm, in females to 170 mm); low number (9-19) of vertical dorsal scales; size moderate (rarely small or very large); a median dorsal row of flaccid, elongate scales; capable of metachrosis. Axillary stripe brilliant yellow to white, at times with a yellow "tongue" included in the stripe over forelimb insertion; upper and lower jaws blotched or marbled, never with a dark subangular blotch; tail without broad transverse bands; dewlap present in both sexes, pink to white, not sexually dichromatic; head with prominent casque; body and tail laterally compressed; dorsum (in pale phase) green, bottle-green, blue, blue with mustard-yellow and green, green with gray-green dorsal stripe, brown to black (in dark phase); skin between scales white, giving a laterally streaked appearance in some populations; dorsum with or without (by subspecies) scattered white, pale green, or pale blue dots, at times restricted to anterior portion, and at times giving a tigroid effect; casque either dark or light green to almost black, with or without pale (yellow, green) casque markings, including (in some subspecies) a W- or U-shaped occipital figure and a pair of pale postorbital blotches; pale (yellow, white) supralabialline, including auricular opening, present; juveniles usually green with a series of 4 pale (yellow, white), vertical bars on sides and pale (white, tan) diamonds on upper side of tail (Schwartz & Henderson 1991: 256). |
| Comment | For illustrations see Barbour and Ramsden, 1919; Schwartz, 1964; Conant and Collins 1991; Vogel, 1966; Peters and Schubert, 1968; Schwartz and Garrido, 1972; Garrido, 1975; Schwartz and Henderson, 1985. Type species: Anolis equestris Merrem, 1820 is the type species of the genus Eupristis (SAVAGE & GUYER 2004). Note that this genus contains at least one fossil species, Deiroptyx dominicana (RIEPPEL 1980), fide NICHOLSON et al. 2012. Species group: Deiroptyx equestris species group (fide NICHOLSON et al. 2012). Distribution: see map in Rodriguez-Schettino 1999: 181, Schwartz & Henderson 1991: 257. Karyotype: 2n=36, XY (males) or XX (females) (Giovannotti et al. 2016) |
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