Anolis distichus

Anolis distichus
Gray-brown and green individuals
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Iguania
Family:Dactyloidae
Genus:Anolis
Species: A. distichus
Binomial name
Anolis distichus
(Cope, 1861)[1]
Subspecies

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Anolis distichus, the bark anole or Hispaniolan gracile anole, is a species of anole lizard (US: /əˈn.li/ ( listen)) native to Hispaniola and the Bahamas, and introduced to Florida where first recorded in 1946.[1][2][3] It spends most its time on tree trunks. There are several subspecies and it is highly variable in color. Its body ranges from gray-brown to green, and the dewlap is cream-white, over yellow and orange to red. In Florida, most are gray-brown with a cream-white (pale yellow) dewlap, but more greenish individuals with a yellow-edged red dewlap also occur. It is a fairly small anole, reaching up to 12.7 cm (5.0 in) in length.[3][4]

Subspecies

Gray-brown with cream-white (pale yellow) dewlap
Green with yellow-edged red dewlap

Subspecies listed alphabetically. Some of these may warrant recognition as separate species.[1]

  • A. d. distichus Cope, 1861
  • A. d. aurifer Schwartz, 1968
  • A. d. biminiensis Oliver, 1948
  • A. d. dapsilis Schwartz, 1968
  • A. d. distichoides Rosén 1911
  • A. d. dominicensis Reinhardt & Lütken 1863
  • A. d. favillarum Schwartz, 1968
  • A. d. floridanus Smith & Mccauley 1948
  • A. d. ignigularis Mertens 1939
  • A. d. juliae Cochran 1934
  • A. d. ocior Schwartz, 1968
  • A. d. patruelis Schwartz, 1968
  • A. d. properus Schwartz, 1968
  • A. d. ravitergum Schwartz, 1968
  • A. d. sejunctus Schwartz, 1968
  • A. d. suppar Schwartz, 1968
  • A. d. tostus Schwartz, 1968
  • A. d. vinosus Schwartz, 1968

References

  1. 1 2 3 Anolis distichus, The Reptile Database
  2. Anolis distichus, Wildherps
  3. 1 2 "Nonnatives - Bark Anole". Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  4. Schwartz, A. (1968). Geographic Variation in Anolis distichus Cope (Lacertilia, Iguanidae) in the Bahama Islands and Hispaniola. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 137: 255-309.
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