Anolis ernestwilliamsi LAZELL, 1983
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Anolis ernestwilliamsi
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| Higher Taxa | Anolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Carrot Rock Anole, Carrot Rock's anole, Ernest's Anole |
| Synonym | Anolis ernestwilliamsi LAZELL 1983: 102 Anolis ernestwilliamsi — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 258 Anolis ernestwilliamsi — BRANDLEY & DE QUEIROZ 2004 Ctenonotus ernestwilliamsi — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Ctenonotus ernestwilliamsi — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 |
| Distribution | Puerto Rico Bank, British Virgin Islands Type locality: Carrot Rock, south of Peter Island, British Virgin Islands, 18°19’45’’N. 64°34’19’’ W, Caribbean Sea. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: MCZ 158395. |
| Diagnosis | DESCRIPTION: Size moderate (SVL in males to 82 mm, in females to 60 mm); 6-8 rows of loreals; scales between supraorbitals 0; 2-3 scales between interparietal and supraorbital semicircles; 5 postrostrals; 5 postmentals; suboculars in contact with supralabials; supradigital scales multicarinate; dorsals small, granular, 2 mid-dorsal rows enlarged, bluntly tectiform; ventrals tectiform or keeled anteriorly (chest), smooth posteriorly. Dorsum (metachrosis from darker to lighter, not brown-green) brown to gray; laterodorsal trunk and neck boldly patterned with near-white to yellow spots and marblings that coalesce to form stripes as well as isolated spots of darker pigment ventrolaterally; a dark bar or blotch on each side of sacrum, set off posteriorly by pale (ashy or tan) border; females similar but mid- dorsal stripe irregularly edged, often fragmented, in weak contrast to bold laterodorsal pattern; venter yellowish; chin tricolored with bold, reticulate, or barred pattern of near-black to gray or lighter blue-gray with egg-shell white to creamy blotches; in males, chin pattern extends onto anterior dewlap, in females to level of eye; dewlap deep crimson with green center and white to gray scales, anterior 30° of extended dewlap boldly reticulate with slate- and blue-gray and cream-white (Schwartz & Henderson 1991: 258). |
| Comment | For illustrations see Lazell, 1983. 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 Ernest E. Williams (1914-1998), American herpetologist. |
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