Anolis roquet (BONNATERRE, 1789)
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| Higher Taxa | Dactyloidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | Anolis roquet roquet (BONNATERRE 1789) Anolis roquet caracoli LAZELL 1972 Anolis roquet majolgris LAZELL 1972 Anolis roquet salinei LAZELL 1972 Anolis roquet summus LAZELL 1972 Anolis roquet zebrilus LAZELL 1972 |
| Common Names | E: Martinique Anole, Martinique's anole, Savannah Anole |
| Synonym | Lacerta roquet LACÉPÈDE 1788: 1 Lacerta roquet — BONNATERRE 1789: 54 Ptychonotus fasciatus — FITZINGER 1843: 65 (fide BOULENGER 1885) Anolis roquet — NICHOLSON et al. 2005 Dactyloa roquet — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Dactyloa roquet — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 Anolis roquet roquet (BONNATERRE 1789) Anolis martinicensis SUCKOW 1798 Anolis cepedii MERREM 1820: 45 Anolis goudotii DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1837: 108 Anolis alligator DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1837: 134 Anolis alligator — HALLOWELL 1856: 231 Dactyloa goudotii — FITZINGER 1843: 67 (fide BOULENGER 1885) Anolis alligator — BOULENGER 1885: 31 Anolis roquet roquet — UNDERWOOD in WILLIAMS et al. 1959 Anolis roquet roquet — LAZELL 1972: 86 Anolis roquet — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 328 Dactyloa roquet roquet — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 Anolis roquet caracoli LAZELL 1972 Anolis roquet caracoli LAZELL 1972: 91 Anolis roquet caracoli — SCHMIDT 1980 Anolis roquet caracoli — ROUGHGARDEN 1995 Anolis roquet caracoli — BREUIL 1999 Anolis roquet caracoli — AKERET 2012: 120 Dactyloa roquet cracoli [sic] — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Dactyloa roquet cracoli [sic] — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 (in error) Anolis roquet majolgris LAZELL 1972 Anolis roquet majolgris LAZELL 1972: 89 Anolis roquet majolgris — SCHMIDT 1980 Anolis roquet majolgris — ROUGHGARDEN 1995 Anolis roquet majolgris — HESELHAUS & SCHMIDT 1995 Dactyloa roquet majogris [sic] — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Dactyloa roquet majogris [sic] — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 (in error) Anolis roquet salinei LAZELL 1972 Anolis roquet salinei LAZELL 1972: 91 Anolis roquet salinei — SCHMIDT 1980 Anolis roquet salinei — ROUGHGARDEN 1995 Anolis roquet salinei — HESELHAUS & SCHMIDT 1995 Dactyloa roquet salinei — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Anolis roquet salinei — AKERET 2016 Dactyloa roquet salinei — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 Anolis roquet summus LAZELL 1972 Anolis roquet summus LAZELL 1972: 88 Anolis roquet summus — SCHMIDT 1980 Anolis roquet summus — ROUGHGARDEN 1995 Anolis roquet summus — HESELHAUS & SCHMIDT 1995 Dactyloa roquet summa — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Anolis roquet summus — ZAWADZKI 2013 Dactyloa roquet summa — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 Anolis roquet summus — WERNING 2019 Anolis roquet zebrilus LAZELL 1972 Anolis roquet zebrilus LAZELL 1972: 90 Anolis roquet zebrilus — SCHMIDT 1980 Anolis roquet zebrilus — HESELHAUS & SCHMIDT 1995 Anolis roquet zebrilus — ROUGHGARDEN 1995 Anolis roquet zebrilus — VOSS 1997 Anolis roquet zebrilus — BREUIL 1999 Dactyloa roquet zebrila — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Dactyloa roquet zebrila — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 |
| Distribution | Lesser Antilles: Martinique. All subspecies described by LAZELL 1972 occur on Martinique. roquet: southern and central Martinique, except for extreme southeastern part; Rocher de Diamant; intergrades with A. r. caracoli and A. r. salinei; specimens from Trinité and Ilet St.-Aubin combine characters of A. r. roquet, A. r. majoîgris, and A. r. caracoli. Type locality: None given. “Fort-de-France, Martinique” designated by Lazell 1972 (to neotype). caracoli: eastern end of Presqu'île de la Caravelle. majoigris: northeastern coast from Derrière Morne ta Le Lorain. salinei: extreme southeastern Martinique; Île Cabrits, Ilet Chevalier. summus: mountains of northern Martinique from Montagne Pelée south ta Absalon above Fort-de-France. zebrilus: north-cental west coast from Case Pilote north ta Le Trou, south of St.-Pierre. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Neotype: MCZ 82117, 82117 Holotype: MCZ 81601 [caracoli] Holotype: MCZ 81675 [salinei] Holotype: MCZ 81530 (in catalogue as 81630) [summus] Holotype: MCZ 81619 [zebrilus] Holotype: MCZ 81664 (in catalogue as 81675 ) [majolgris] |
| Diagnosis | DESCRIPTION: Size moderate (SVL in males to 86 mm, in females to 66 mm); 4-5 rows of loreals; 0 scales between supraorbital semicircles; 0-1 scales between interparietal and supraorbital semicircles; scales behind interparietal grade gradually into dorsals; 3-5 postrostrals; 4-6 postmentals; suboculars in contact with supralabials; dorsal scales juxtaposed, weakly keeled, dorsalmost rows slightly enlarged; ventral scales almost square, smooth, slightly imbricate; supra-digital scales multicarinate; 5-8 vertical rows of scalesl10th caudal verticil. Dorsal ground color (male) green, dull gray-green, brown, brown with blue, or gray brown; dark markings of slate or sooty mottlings, chevrons, or peppering; light markings of yellow, tan, or white dots, whitish "frosting," or light flank stripe; venter whitish, cream, yellow, green, or gray; dewlap dull gray, yellow, or light to dark orange; scales of dewlap white, cream, dull gray, yellowish, or green; dewlap with or without streaking; dorsum (females) unmarked, or with peppering, or with bold, striped pattern, or with lateral components of male chevronate pattern (Schwartz & Henderson 1991: 328). |
| Comment | Synonymy: after Lazell 1972. Distribution: not in Venezuela; reports from Venezuela are based on A. extremus, formerly, A. roquet extremus, a species that has been introduced to Venezuela [RIVAS et al. 2012]. Reported from other islands too (Grenada, Barbados, St. Lucia, Trinidad, Guiana) but now restricted to Martinique (Creer et al. 2001). Nomenclature: SAVAGE (2003) suggested to reject Lacepède’s (1788) “Histoire Naturelle des Quadrupèdes Ovipares” as a non-binominal work (Case 3226; Bull. Zool. Nom. 60 (2)). This application has been successful. The ICZN (2005) has ruled that Lacepède’s (1788) work (and all subsequent editions of this work) are rejected as an unavailable, non-binominal work. Species groups: Dactyloa roquet species group (fide NICHOLSON et al. 2012). Prates et al. 2019 redefined the roquet series as follows: The largest crown clade that includes A. roquet and excludes A. aequatorialis, A. heterodermus, A. nasofrontalis, A. latifrons, and A. punctatus. |
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