Anolis rupinae WILLIAMS & WEBSTER, 1974
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Anolis rupinae
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| Higher Taxa | Anolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Haitian Banded Red-bellied Anole, Castillon Anole |
| Synonym | Anolis rupinae WILLIAMS & WEBSTER 1974: 2 Anolis rupinae — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 331 Anolis rupinae — POWELL et al. 1999 Deiroptyx rupinae — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Deiroptyx rupinae — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 |
| Distribution | Hispaniola (Haiti: Massif de la Hotte) Type locality: 1.3 km SSW Castillon, Departement du Sud, Haiti. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: MCZ 121740 |
| Diagnosis | DESCRIPTION: Size moderate (SVL in males to 56 mm, in females to 42 mm); 6-9 rows of loreals; scales between supraorbitals 1-3; 3-{i scales between interparietal and supraorbital semicircles; frontal depression shallow; suboculars separated from supralabials by 1 row of scales; lower eyelid with transparent "window"; dorsals small, granular, 2-3 middorsal rows enlarged; flank granules keeled; ventrals larger than middorsals, weakly keeled, imbricate, subimbricate, or rarely juxtaposed; dorsal scales of arm and anterior scales of thigh and crus unicarinate; supra-digital scales multicarinate; tail compressed, 4 scales/verticil middorsally; dewlap small, extending to level of axillae, largest scales about as large as ventrals, weakly keeled. Snout uniform olive-green; laterally, transverse bands separate olive-brown blotches with yellowish spots; base of tail with olive and pale green areas alternating, tail distally with alternating black and greenish cream bands; dewlap sky-blue, scales yellow; side of snout pale green; eyelids yellow-orange; postocular area very dark green, below eye pale green; neck mottled with shades of olive and pale green; 5 pale green, transverse bands from neck to base of tail; middorsal crest scales with alternating areas of pale blue-green and olive; a bright green stripe from shoulder along flank, broadening where it crosses transverse bands; chin bright yellow; chest scales yellow; venter red-orange, rarely yellowish; underside of tail with red-orange spots surrounded by yellow scales, spots more diffuse and disappearing toward tip; limbs, dorsally, with alternating light yellow-green and light brown; 2 green bars on upper and lower arm and thigh, but 3 bars on crus; iris turquoise (Schwartz & Henderson 1991: 331). |
| Comment | Species group: Deiroptyx hendersoni species group (fide NICHOLSON et al. 2012). |
| Etymology | Named after the Latin “rupina” = a rocky chasm. |
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