Anolis marmoratus DUMÉRIL & BIBRON, 1837
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Anolis marmoratus
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| Higher Taxa | Anolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | Anolis marmoratus alliaceus COPE 1864 Anolis marmoratus caryae LAZELL 1964 Anolis marmoratus girafus LAZELL 1964 Anolis marmoratus inornatus LAZELL 1964 Anolis marmoratus marmoratus DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1837 Anolis marmoratus setosus LAZELL 1964 Anolis marmoratus speciosus (GARMAN 1887) |
| Common Names | E: Guadeloupe Anole, Guadeloupean anole, Leopard Anole |
| Synonym | Anolis marmoratus DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1837: 139 Anolis speciosus GARMAN 1888 Anolis marmoratus — UNDERWOOD in WILLIAMS et al. 1959 Ctenonotus marmoratus — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988: 113 Anolis marmoratus — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 297 Ctenonotus marmoratus — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Ctenonotus marmoratus — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 Anolis marmoratus alliaceus (COPE 1864) Anolis alliaceus COPE 1864: 175 Anolis alliaceus — GÜNTHER 1888: 363 Anolis bimaculatus alliaceus — UNDERWOOD in WILLIAMS et al. 1959 Anolis marmoratus alliaceus — LAZELL 1964: 374 Anolis marmoratus alliaceus — SCHMIDT 1981 Ctenonotus marmoratus alliaceus — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988: 114 Anolis marmoratus alliaceus — HENKEL 2006 Ctenonotus marmoratus alliaceus — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Ctenonotus marmoratus alliaceus — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 Anolis marmoratus caryae LAZELL 1964 Ctenonotus marmoratus caryae — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988 Anolis caryae — ROUGHGARDEN 1995 Anolis terraealtae caryae — POWELL et al. 2012 Ctenonotus marmoratus caryae — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Ctenonotus marmoratus caryae — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 Anolis marmoratus caryae — HEDGES et al. 2019 Anolis marmoratus girafus LAZELL 1964 Anolis marmoratus girafus — SCHMIDT 1981 Ctenonotus marmoratus girafus — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988 Ctenonotus marmoratus girafus — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Ctenonotus marmoratus girafus — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 Anolis marmoratus inornatus LAZELL 1964 Anolis marmoratus inornatus — SCHMIDT 1981 Ctenonotus marmoratus inornatus — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988 Ctenonotus marmoratus inornatus — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Ctenonotus marmoratus inornatus — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 Anolis marmoratus setosus LAZELL 1964 Anolis marmoratus setosus — SCHMIDT 1981 Ctenonotus marmoratus setosus — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988 Ctenonotus marmoratus setosus — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Ctenonotus marmoratus setosus — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 Anolis marmoratus speciosus (GARMAN 1887) Anolis speciosus GARMAN 1887: 45 Anolis speciosus speciosus — UNDERWOOD in WILLIAMS et al. 1959 Anolis marmoratus speciosus — LAZELL 1964: 384 Ctenonotus marmoratus speciosus — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988: 115 Anolis marmoratus speciosus — HESELHAUS & SCHMIDT 1995 Anolis marmoratus speciosus — BREUIL et al. 2009 Ctenonotus marmoratus speciosus — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Ctenonotus marmoratus speciosus — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 |
| Distribution | Lesser Antilles: Guadeloupe, Ile Desecheo Saintes, La Desirade, French Guiana (introduced) marmoratus: Guadeloupe: plain of Capesterre in southeastern Basse-Terre; intergrades with A. m. alliaceus, A. m. girafus, and A. m. speciosus. alliaceus: central highlands in the Basse-Terre portion of Guadeloupe; intergrades with A. m. girafus, A. m. setosus, and A. m. speciosus. caryae: Terre-de-Bas, Îles des Saintes; intergrades with A. m. terraealtae; introduced at Cayenne, Guiane Française. girafus: leeward coast of Basse-Terre portion of Guadeloupe, from vicinity of Malendure and adjacent Ilets de Pigeon, south to Ballif; intergrades with A. m. setosus. inornatus: northern Grande-Terre; Ilet Macou; intergrades with A. m. speciosus. setosus northern coast of Basse-Terre portion of Guadeloupe from vicinity of Deshaies to Ste.-Rose; intergrades with A. m. speciosus. speciosus: southwestern portion of Grande-Terre portion of Guadeloupe, onto isthmus connecting Grande-Terre and Basse-Terre; Ilet du Cochons, Ilet du Gosier, Ilet Christophe. Introduced to French Guiana (HOOGMOED, pers. comm.). Type locality: Martinique (in error); revised to Capesterre on the Basse-Terreportion of Guadeloupe by Lazell, 1964. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Syntypes: MNHN-RA 0794 (lectotype), MNHN-RA 5491 (paralectotype) Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.28.96 [alliaceus] Holotype: MCZ 70666 [caryae] Holotype: MCZ 71259 [girafus] Holotype: MCZ 71036 [inornatus] Holotype: MCZ 70813 [setosus] Lectotype: MCZ 6172 [speciosus] |
| Diagnosis | |
| Comment | Subspecies: Anolis marmoratus ferreus, terraealtae, chrysops, desiradei, and kahouannensis are now considered a valid species. Species group: Ctenonotus bimaculatus species group (fide NICHOLSON et al. 2012). Hybridization: Male A. marmoratus and female A. ferreus can interbreed and produce offspring (Weidlich 2023, Anole Annals) |
| Etymology | Named after Latin marmoratus, a, um, from the participle of marmoro, ‘covered with marble, marbled’, in reference to the marbling on the head and neck. A. m. alliaceus was named after Latin allium or alium, ‘garlic’and the suffix -aceus, a, um, ‘which resembles to, which has the nature of’. Cope (1864) did not explain his choice (Fretey 2023). A. m. caryae was named after Margaret M. Cary who sponsored the first trip of Lazell to the Caribbean (Fretey 2023). A. m. girafus has no known etymology and may be an arbitrary combination of letters. Lazell (1964: 337) indicates that “The name girafus has been invented to indicate the reticulate pattern” (Fretey 2023). A. m. inornatus was named after Latin inornatus, a, um, = ‘unadorned (Fretey 2023). A. m. setosus was named after Latin setosus (or saetosus), a, um, ‘bristly, covered with hair’ (Fretey 2023). A. m. speciosus was named after Latin speciosus, a, um, = ‘of beautiful appearance’ (Fretey 2023). |
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