Anolis scriptus GARMAN, 1887
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Higher Taxa | Dactyloidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
Subspecies | Anolis scriptus scriptus GARMAN 1887 Anolis scriptus leucophaeus GARMAN 1888 Anolis scriptus mariguanae COCHRAN 1931 Anolis scriptus sularum BARBOUR & SHREVE 1935 |
Common Names | E: Southern Bahamas Anole, Silver Key Anole |
Synonym | Anolis scriptus GARMAN 1887: 28 Anolis albipalpebralis BARBOUR 1916 (fide KLUGE 1984) Anolis scriptus — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 338 Anolis scriptus — BRANDLEY & DE QUEIROZ 2004 Ctenonotus scriptus — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Ctenonotus scriptus — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 Anolis scriptus leucophaeus GARMAN 1888 Anolis leucophaeus GARMAN 1888: 109 Anolis moorei COPE 1895: 433 Anolis cinnamomeus COPE 1895: 433 Anolis leucophaeus — ROSEN 1911: 29 Anolis moorei — ROSEN 1911: 29 Anolis scriptus leucophaeus — RAND 1962: 3 Ctenonotus scriptus leucophaeus — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988: 119 Ctenonotus scriptus leucophaeus — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Ctenonotus scriptus leucophaeus — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 Anolis scriptus mariguanae COCHRAN 1931 Anolis leucophaeus mariguanae COCHRAN 1931 Anolis leucophaeus mariguanae — BARBOUR & LOVERIDGE 1946 Anolis scriptus mariguanae — RAND 1962: 3 Ctenonotus scriptus mariguanae — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988: 119 Ctenonotus scriptus mariguanae — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Ctenonotus scriptus mariguanae — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 Anolis scriptus sularum BARBOUR and SHREVE 1935 Anolis leucophaeus sularum BARBOUR and SHREVE 1935: 354 Anolis leucophaeus sularum — BARBOUR & LOVERIDGE 1946 Anolis scriptus sularum — RAND 1962: 3 Ctenonotus scriptus sularum — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988: 120 Ctenonotus scriptus sularum — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Ctenonotus scriptus sularum — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 |
Distribution | Bahamas, Great Inagua, Turks I, Caicos I scriptus: Turks and Caicos Is. Type locality: Silver and Lena Keys, Florida; emended and restricted by Rand, 1962, to Silver Key, Turks and Caicos Islands. leucophaeus: Bahama Is.: Great Inagua I. including Sheep Cay, Little Inagua I. mariguanae: Bahama Is.: Mayaguana I. and Booby Cay. sularum: Bahama Is.: Samana Cay (including Booby Cay), West Plana Cay. |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Syntypes: MCZ 972-73. Lectotype: MCZ 65950, selected by Rand, 1962. Holotype: MCZ 6226 [leucophaeus] Holotype: USNM 81346 [mariguanae] Holotype: MCZ 38013 [sularum] Holotype: MCZ 11954 [albipalpebralis] |
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Comment | For illustrations see Cope, 1895 (as Anolis moorei and A. cinnamomeus); Klingel, 1940; Schwartz and Henderson, 1985. Ecomorph class: trunk-ground. A. scriptus has been shown to show selection for body size, relative limb length and toepad size induced by a hurricane (Donihue et al. 2018). Species group: Ctenonotus cristatellus species group (fide NICHOLSON et al. 2012). |
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