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Higher TaxaAnolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Saba Anole, Saban Anole 
SynonymAnolis sabanus GARMAN 1887: 39
Anolis bimaculatus sabanus — UNDERWOOD in WILLIAMS et al. 1959
Anolis sabanus — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 332
Anolis sabanis — BAUMEISTER 2000
Anolis sabanus — STENSON et al. 2004
Ctenonotus sabanus — NICHOLSON et al. 2012
Ctenonotus sabanus — GIOVANNOTTI ET AL. 2016
Ctenonotus sabanus — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 
DistributionLesser Antilles: Saba

Type locality: Saba.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesLectotype: MCZ 6161, selected by Lazell, 1972. Syntype: USNM 39299 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1146 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentFor illustrations see Wijffels, 1971; Lazell, 1972; Schwartz and Henderson, 1985, Baumeiser 2000. Has been synonymized with A. alliaceus by Günther 1888.

Species group: Ctenonotus bimaculatus species group (fide NICHOLSON et al. 2012).

Karyotype: 2n=29, X1X2Y (males) or 2n = 0, X1X1X2X2 (females) (Giovannotti et al. 2016)

Abundance: only known from the type locality (Meiri et al. 2017). 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality, Saba Island. 
References
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  • Heselhaus, Ralf & Schmidt, Matthias 1995. Caribbean Anoles. TFH Publications, Neptune City, NJ, 65 pp.
  • Jesse, Wendy A.M.; Hannah Madden, Jasper Molleman, and Tim van Wagensveld 2016. First Recorded Introduction for the Saba Anole (Anolis sabanus) and an Overview of Introduced Amphibians and Reptiles on St. Eustatius. IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 23 (2): 143–146 - get paper here
  • KÖHLER, GUNTHER 2014. Characters of external morphology used in Anolis taxonomy—Definition of terms, advice on usage, and illustrated examples. Zootaxa 3774 (2): 201–257 - get paper here
  • Lazell,J.D. 1972. The anoles (Sauria: Iguanidae) of the lesser Antilles. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harvard 143 (1): 1-115 - get paper here
  • Lisachov, A. P., Makunin, A. I., Giovannotti, M., Pereira, J. C., Druzhkova, A. S., Caputo Barucchi, V., Trifonov, V. A. 2019. Genetic Content of the Neo-Sex Chromosomes in Ctenonotus and Norops (Squamata, Dactyloidae) and Degeneration of the Y Chromosome as Revealed by High-Throughput Sequencing of Individual Chromosomes. Cytogenetic and Genome Research - get paper here
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