Anolis juangundlachi GARRIDO, 1975
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Higher Taxa | Dactyloidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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Common Names | E: Yellow-lipped Grass Anole, Finca Ceres Anole |
Synonym | Anolis juangundlachi GARRIDO 1975: 34 Anolis juangundlachi — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 282 Anolis juangundlachi — RODRÍGUEZ SCHETTINO 1999: 310 Anolis juangundlachi — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Anolis juangundlachi — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 |
Distribution | Cuba (Matanzas) Type locality: Finca Ceres (Los Montes), 4 km N Carlos Rojas, Matanzas Province, Cuba. |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: CZACC (= IZAC = IZ) 3755. |
Diagnosis | DESCRIPTION: Size small (SVL in males to 36 mm, in females to 31 mm); habitus attenuate, tail long; totalloreals 16-28; scales between supraorbitals 1; 3-4 scales between interparietal and supraorbital semicircles; 5-7 postrostrals; 2-3 postmentals; about 8 rows of enlarged, keeled dorsals; ventrals keeled; supra-digital scales multicarinate. Dorsum (males) chestnut; head grayish brown, at times head and sides of body slightly greenish; median dorsal stripe barely discernible, with diffuse darker dots; a yellow median lateral band from forelimb insertion to hindlimbs; a black postocular spot; a pale yellow labial-postlabialline; tail with a I-in. median portion black, remainder straw-colored; posterior face of hindlimbs darker brown, at times mahogany; venter pale yellow, greener toward throat; dewlap pale yellow; iris blue; dorsum (females) more yellow than males, the pink middorsal stripe better defined by yellowish (slightly greenish) sides; borders of middorsal stripe at times darker; venter yellow, with inconspicuous median band darker; dewlap absent, but a pair of fine brown lines (almost aligned dots) present on throat (Schwartz & Henderson 1991: 282). |
Comment | For illustrations see Garrido, 1975. Species group: Anolis alutaceus species group (fide NICHOLSON et al. 2012). Abundance: only known from the type locality (Meiri et al. 2017). |
Etymology | Named after Johannes Christoph (Juan Cristóbal) Gundlach (1810- 1896), a German zoologist and ornithologist. who lived in Cuba for most of his life (1839-1896). |
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