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Anolis spectrum PETERS, 1863

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Higher TaxaAnolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Black-shouldered Ground Anole, Matanzas Anole 
SynonymAnolis spectrum PETERS 1863: 136
Anolis spectrum — BOULENGER 1885: 69
Anolis spectrum sumiderensis — PETERS 1970: 226
Anolis spectrum — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 346
Anolis spectrum — RODRÍGUEZ SCHETTINO 1999: 312
Anolis spectrum — NICHOLSON et al. 2012
Anolis spectrum — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 
DistributionCuba

Type locality: “Cuba”. Restricted to the vicinity of Matanzas and Cárdenas by Gundlach 1875: 358. Further restricted to the “mogotes” at San Miguel de los Baños, 500 m from the swimming pool at San Miguel, before arriving in Río Paredones, Matanzas province, Cuba, by GARRIDO & SCHWARTZ 1972.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: ZMB 421 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1931 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentFor illustrations see Peters, 1970.

Species group: Anolis alutaceus species group (fide NICHOLSON et al. 2012). 
EtymologyApparently named after the range of colors in this species, although the name is not explained by Peters 1863. From Latin spectrum (“appearance, image, apparition”), from speciō (“look at, view”). 
References
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 2, Second edition. London, xiii+497 pp. - get paper here
  • Catenazzi, A., and P. J. Venegas 2012. Anfibios y reptiles/Amphibians and reptiles. in: N. Pitman, E. Ruelas Inzunza, D. Alvira, C. Vriesendorp, D. K. Moskovits, Á. del Campo, T. Wachter, D. F. Stotz, S. Noningo Sesén, E. Tuesta Cerrón, y/and R. C. Smith, eds. Perú: Cerros de Kampankis. Rapid Biological and Social Inventories Report 24. The Field Museum, Chicago, pp. 106–117, 260–271, 348–365 - get paper here
  • Garrido, O. H. and A. Schwartz. 1972. The Cuban Anolis spectrum complex (Sauria, Iguanidae). Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 85: 509-521. - get paper here
  • Gundlach, J. 1875. nan An. Soc. Española Hist. Nat. 4: 358
  • 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
  • Peters, G. 1970. Zur Taxionomie und Zoogeographie der kubanischen anolinen Eidechsen (Reptilia, Iguanide). Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin 46: 197-234. - get paper here
  • Peters, Wilhem Carl Hartwig 1863. Über einige neue Arten der Saurier-Gattung Anolis. Monatsber. königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin. 1863 (März): 135-149. - get paper here
  • Poe, S. 2004. Phylogeny of anoles. Herpetological Monographs 18: 37-89 - get paper here
  • Poe, S. 2013. 1986 Redux: New genera of anoles (Squamata: Dactyloidae) are unwarranted. Zootaxa 3626 (2): 295–299 - get paper here
  • Rodríguez Schettino, Lourdes (ed.) 1999. The iguanid lizards of Cuba. University Press of Florida, 428 pp.
  • Rodríguez Schettino, Lourdes, Carlos A. Mancina & Vilma Rivalta González 2013. REPTILES OF CUBA: CHECKLIST AND GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTIONS. Smithsonian Herp. Inf. Serv. (144): 1-96 - get paper here
  • Ruibal, R. 1964. An annotated checklist and key to the anoline lizards of Cuba. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harvard 130 (8): 475-520. - get paper here
  • Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp.
  • Schwartz, A. and Ogren, L.H. 1956. A collection of reptiles and amphibians from Cuba, with the descriptionof two new forms. Herpetologica 12 (2): 91-110 - get paper here
 
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