Anolis ferreus (COPE, 1864)
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Higher Taxa | Dactyloidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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Common Names | E: Marie-Galante Anole, Morne Constant Anole |
Synonym | Xiphosurus ferreus COPE 1864: 168 Anolis asper GARMAN 1887 Anolis ferreus — UNDERWOOD in WILLIAMS et al. 1959 Anolis marmoratus ferreus — LAZELL 1972 Anolis ferreus — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 264 Anolis ferreus — NICHOLSON et al. 2005 Ctenonotus ferreus — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 |
Distribution | Lesser Antilles: Marie-Galante Type locality: Morne Constant, Marie-Galante asper: Type locality: West Indies, Marie Galante. |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.5.59 Syntypes: ANSP 23011, USNM 39293, USNM 39294, CAS [asper] |
Diagnosis | DESCRIPTION: Size large (SVL in males to 119 mm, to 65 mm in females); 3-4 rows of loreals; 0-1 scales between supraorbital semicircles; 1 scale between interparietal and supraorbital semicircles; abrupt change in scales behind inter- parietal and dorsals; dorsal scales swollen, keeled, slightly imbricate; midventral scales cycloid, imbricate, smooth to weakly keeled; 3-4 postrostrals; 3-4 post-mentals; suboculars in contact with supralabials; supradigital scales smooth to unicarinate; 4 rows of vertical scales/10th caudal verticil; males with high caudal crest. Dorsal ground color (males) gray-brown, becoming greener posteriorly; dorsum sprinkled with dots seldom coalescing to form short vermiculations; laterally with yellow suffusions, often forming blotches; orbital area dull yellow; venter dull, pale yellow; chin blue-gray; dewlap yellow (sometimes with invasion of blue-gray from chin, rarely entirely blue-gray) with yellow scales; frequently with conspicuous caudal crest (with or without longitudinal streaking); dorsum (females) gray-brown to greenish with short flank stripe, obsolete middorsal pattern, and pale yellowish belly (Schwartz & Henderson 1991: 264). |
Comment | For illustrations see Lazell, 1972; Schwartz and Henderson, 198. BOULENGER (188) lists Xiphosurus ferreus as a synonym of A. leachii. Distribution: May have been established in Florida (Bartlett & Bartlett 1999) which was questioned by Meshaka et al. 2009. Species group: Ctenonotus bimaculatus species group (fide NICHOLSON et al. 2012). |
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