Anolis guazuma GARRIDO, 1984
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Higher Taxa | Dactyloidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
Subspecies | |
Common Names | E: Turquino Twig Anole, Sierra Anole |
Synonym | Anolis guazuma GARRIDO 1984: 71 Anolis guazuma — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 272 Anolis guazuma — RODRÍGUEZ SCHETTINO 1999: 236 Norops guazuma — NICHOLSON 2002 Anolis guazuma — NICHOLSON et al. 2005 Anolis guazuma — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Anolis guazuma — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 |
Distribution | Cuba (Sierra Maestra) Type locality: La Emajagua, Pico Turquino, about 600 m, Sierra Maesta, Santiago de Cuba Province, Cuba. |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: CZACC 4.6128. |
Diagnosis | DESCRIPTION: Size small (SVL in males to 47 mm, in females to 41 mm); habitus attenuate, tail short; 3 rows of loreals; scales between supraorbitals 0-3 (strongly modally 0); 1 scale between interparietal and supraorbital semicircles; 6-7 postrostrals; 4 (females) to 6 (males) postmentals; head scales smooth; a concave depression between canthals; suboculars separated from supralabials by 1 row of scales; dewlap well developed, scales along border flat, smooth, and heart-shaped; dorsals smooth, almost granular, very uniform, slightly obovate; ventrals smooth, flat, slightly imbricate anteriorly, almost hexagonal and nonimbricate posteriorly; limb scales and supradigital scales smooth; tail very short (shorter than SVL), cylindrical, much thicker at base, without crest or folds, verticils well developed, composed of enlarged and imbricate scales. Dorsum (males) generally grayish brown, with some rusty dots; a conspicuous, wide, blackish postocular spot; posterior face of thighs rusty; tail with 6 well-marked, dark rings or bands; throat whitish; labials spotted black; dewlap dark orange peripherally, yellowish ocher basally, interior scales white; iris dark; oral cavity and throat blackish; dorsum (females) like males but grayish yellow with 3 conspicuous, rusty chestnut spots, reticulate; head gray; tail with 10 darker bands: rudimentary dewlap whitish (Schwartz & Henderson 1991: 272). |
Comment | Species group: Anolis angusticeps species group (fide NICHOLSON et al. 2012). |
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