Anolis ignigularis MERTENS, 1939

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Higher Taxa	Anolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Anolis distichus ignigularis MERTENS 1939: 58 Ctenonotus distichus ignigularis — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988: 109 Ctenonotus distichus ignigularis — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Anolis ignigularis — GLOR & LAPORT 2012 Anolis ignigularis — POE et al. 2017 Anolis distichus ignigularis — MACGUIGAN et al. 2017 Ctenonotus ignigularis — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 Anolis distichus ignigularis — HEDGES et al. 2019 Anolis distichus ignigularis — MYERS et al. 2020
Distribution	Hispaniola, República Dominicana, south-central and eastern portions; Peninsula de Samaná USA: Introduced in southeast Florida. Type locality: San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macoris Province, Republica Dominicana.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: SMF 25694
Diagnosis	Original Diagnosis. “Eine mittelgroße Rasse, etwas größer als dominicensis und brevirostris. Im Leben, namentlich auf dem Vorderkörper oft moosgrün gefärbt. Zeichnung erheblich zurückgebildet. Kehlsack bein Männchen leuchtend feuer- bis blutrot mit schmalem hellgelben Saume.” (Mertens 1939) Detailed description of holotype: Mertens 1939
Comment	Species group: Ctenonotus distichus species group (fide NICHOLSON et al. 2012).
References	Glor, Richard E.; Robert G. Laport 2012. Are subspecies of Anolis lizards that differ in dewlap color and pattern also genetically distinct? A mitochondrial analysis. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 64 (2): 255-260 - get paper here Hedges SB, Powell R, Henderson RW, Hanson S, and Murphy JC 2019. Definition of the Caribbean Islands biogeographic region, with checklist and recommendations for standardized common names of amphibians and reptiles. Caribbean Herpetology 67: 1–53 MacGuigan DJ, Geneva AJ, Glor RE. 2017. A genomic assessment of species boundaries and hybridization in a group of highly polymorphic anoles (distichus species complex). Ecol Evol. 7: 3657–3671, doi:10.1002/ece3.2751 - get paper here Mertens, R. 1939. Herpetologische Ergebnisse einer Reise nach der Insel Hispaniola, Westindien. Abh. senckenb. naturf. Ges. (Frankfurt) 449: 1-84. Myers, T. C., de Mello, P. L., & Glor, R. E. 2020. A morphometric assessment of species boundaries in a widespread anole lizard (Squamata: Dactyloidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society - get paper here NICHOLSON, KIRSTEN E.; BRIAN I. CROTHER, CRAIG GUYER & JAY M. SAVAGE 2012. It is time for a new classification of anoles (Squamata: Dactyloidae). Zootaxa 3477: 1–108 - get paper here NICHOLSON, KIRSTEN E.; BRIAN I. CROTHER, CRAIG GUYER & JAY M. SAVAGE 2018. Translating a clade based classification into one that is valid under the international code of zoological nomenclature: the case of the lizards of the family Dactyloidae (Order Squamata). Zootaxa 4461 (4): 573–586 - get paper here Poe, Steven; Adrián Nieto-montes de Oca, Omar Torres-carvajal, Kevin De Queiroz, Julián A. Velasco, Brad Truett, Levi N. Gray, Mason J. Ryan, Gunther Köhler, Fernando Ayala-varela, Ian Latella 2017. A Phylogenetic, Biogeographic, and Taxonomic study of all Extant Species of Anolis (Squamata; Iguanidae). Syst Biol 66: 663–697 - get paper here Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1988. West Indian Amphibian and Reptiles: A Checklist. Milwaukee Publ. Mus. Contr. Biol. Geol. No. 74: 264 pp. - get paper here
External links	National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.anoleannals.org/2017/06/13/are-there-seven-species-of-anolis… Google images

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