| Higher Taxa | Dactyloidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Saint Kitts Bank Bush Anole, Schwartz' Anole |
| Synonym | Anolis wattsi schwartzi LAZELL 1972
Anolis schwartzi — BURNELL & HEDGES 1990
Anolis wattsi schwartzi — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991
Anolis schwartzi — POWELL & HENDERSON 2001
Anolis wattsi schwartzi — VAN BEEST & HABERHAM 2003
Anolis schwartzi — NICHOLSON et al. 2005
Anolis schwartzi — JOYCE et al. 2010
Ctenonotus schwartzi — NICHOLSON et al. 2012
Ctenonotus schwartzi — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 |
| Distribution | St. Eustatius, St. Christopher, Nevis.
Type locality: Nevis Peak: South slope above Rawlings, 2500 ft., Nevis.
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| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: MCZ 127088 |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Lazell 1972: 32
Scalation: Lazell 1972: 32
Coloration: Lazell 1972: 33
Sexual dimorphism: Lazell 1972: 33 |
| Comment | The wattsi group of anoles contains wattsi, forresti, pogus, and schwartzi.
Species group: Ctenonotus bimaculatus species group (fide NICHOLSON et al. 2012). |
| Etymology | Named after Albert Schwartz (1923-1992), a biologist and entomologist. He was Professor Emeritus of Biology, Miami-Dade Community College, and was associated with the Florida Museum of Natural History, the National Museum of Natural History, and Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Santo Domingo. |
| References |
- Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
- Hensley, R.L., A.Z. Savit, and R. Powell 2006. Anolis schwartzi Lazell 1972. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (816): 1-5 - get paper here
- Joyce, Trevor; Eifler, Douglas A.; Powell, Robert 2010. Variable habitat use influences the mating system of a Lesser Antillean anole. Amphibia-Reptilia 31: 395-401 - 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
- Nicholson, K. E., R. E. Glor, J. J. Kolbe, A. Larson, S. B. Hedges, and J. B. Losos 2005. Mainland colonization by island lizards. Journal of Biogeography 32: 929–938 - get paper here
- NICHOLSON, KIRSTEN E.; BRIAN I. CROTHER, CRAIG GUYER & JAY M. SAVAGE 2012. It is time for a new classification of anoles (Squamata: Dactyloidae). Zootaxa 3477: 1–108 - get paper here
- NICHOLSON, KIRSTEN E.; BRIAN I. CROTHER, CRAIG GUYER & JAY M. SAVAGE 2018. Translating a clade based classification into one that is valid under the international code of zoological nomenclature: the case of the lizards of the family Dactyloidae (Order Squamata). Zootaxa 4461 (4): 573–586 - get paper here
- Poe, S. 2013. 1986 Redux: New genera of anoles (Squamata: Dactyloidae) are unwarranted. Zootaxa 3626 (2): 295–299 - get paper here
- Powell, Robert and Henderson, R.W. 2001. On the Taxonomic Status of Some Lesser Antillean Lizards. Carib. J. Sci. 37 (3-4): 288-290
- Roughgarden, J. 1995. Anolis Lizards of the Caribbean: Ecology, Evolution, and Plate Tectonics. OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 200 pp.
- Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp.
- Van Beest, P. and Haberham, Z.L. 2003. Een gebruikaanwijzing voor één van de meest interssante groepen terrarumdieren: Anolissen Deel I. Lacerta 61 (2): 53-64 - get paper here
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