Anolis longitibialis NOBLE, 1923
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Higher Taxa | Anolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
Subspecies | Anolis longitibialis longitibialis NOBLE 1923 Anolis longitibialis specuum SCHWARTZ 1979 |
Common Names | E: Barahona Stout Anole, Isla Beata Anole |
Synonym | Anolis longitibialis NOBLE 1923: 4 Anolis cybotes longitibialis — COCHRAN 1941 Anolis longitibialis — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 290 Anolis longitibialis — NICHOLSON et al. 2005 Audantia longitibialis — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Audantia longitibialis — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 Anolis longitibialis longitibialis NOBLE 1923 Audantia longitibialis longitibialis — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Audantia longitibialis longitibialis — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 Anolis longitibialis specuum SCHWARTZ, 1979 Audantia longitibialis specuum — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Audantia longitibialis specuum — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 |
Distribution | Hispaniola (SE Haiti, SW Dominican Republic), Isla Beata longitibialis: Isla Beata. Type locality: Isla Beata, República Dominicana. specuum: Peninsula de Barahona. |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: AMNH 24329 Holotype: MCZ 132370 [specuum] |
Diagnosis | DESCRIPTION: Size moderate (SVL in males to 72 mm, in females to 59 mm); 4-6 (mode 5) rows ofloreals; scales between supraorbitals 0-1 (mode 0); 0-2 (mode 1) scales between interparietal and supraorbital semicircles; 0-1 (mode 1) rows of scales between suboculars and supralabials; 3-5 (mode 4) postrostrals; 2-9 (mode 6) postmentals; dorsals small, granular, flattened; median row of dorsals enlarged, continuing onto tail; supradigital scales smooth to faintly unicarinate; ventrals smooth; tail short, compressed, verticillate, 7 vertical rows/verticil, 3 enlarged middorsals/verticil. Dorsum grayish brown or grayish tan in both sexes, often with at least an indication of 4 darker brown dumbbells on body (more conspicuous in females); body often with many dark brown longitudinal dots and dashes; flank stripe gray, often absent or indicated only by extreme lateral edges of dorsal dumbbell-shaped figures or their remnants; lower sides at times greenish; a pale, narrow subocular crescent and a dark postocular (but truncated) U at times present (by subspecies); venter creamy; throat usually immaculate in adult males, longitudinally streaked in females; dewlap dirty yellow to orange on posterior 3/4, or yellow to very pale orange or very dull yellow or dirty yellow (Schwartz & Henderson 1991: 290). |
Comment | For illustrations see Cochran, 1941. |
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