Carpenter's anole
| Carpenter's anole | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Dactyloidae |
| Genus: | Norops |
| Species: | N. carpenteri |
| Binomial name | |
| Norops carpenteri (A.A. Echelle, A.F. Echelle &Fitch, 1971) | |
| Synonyms[2][3] | |
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Carpenter's anole or Carpenter anole[1] (Norops carpenteri )[4] is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae.
Etymology
The specific name, carpenteri, is in honor of American herpetologist Charles Congden Carpenter.[5]
Description
N. carpenteri is a small, green lizard with an orange dewlap and smooth ventrals.
Habitat
Carpenter's anole prefers relatively open habitat in the lowland interface between land and watercourses, and is adapted for climbing on lichen-covered rocks, tree trunks, and shrubs.
Geographic range
N. carpenteri is found in Costa Rica in Amistad Caribe, Huetar Norte, Cordillera Volcanica Central, Guanacaste, Tortuguero; outside Costa Rica it is found from northwestern Colombia to Costa Rica.[6]
The type locality is Río Reventazón, Turrialba, Cartago Province, Costa Rica.
Diet
N. carpenteri feeds on arthropods, primarily insects.[7]
References
- 1 2 Mayer GC (2013). "Anolis carpenteri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
- ↑ Echelle AA, Echelle AF, Fitch HS (1971). "A new anole from Costa Rica". Herpetologica 27 (3): 354-362. (Anolis carpenteri, new species).
- ↑ "Anolis carpenteri ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ See discussion of the validity of the genus Norops at the Wikipedia page Norops.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Anolis carpenteri, p. 48).
- ↑ Savage JM, Villa J (1986). "An Introduction to the Herpetofauna of Costa Rica". Soc. Stud. Amphib. Rept. Contrib. Herpetol. No. 3. viii + 207 pp.
- ↑ Chaco, Federico Munoz (2007). "Norops carpenteri Echelle et al., 1971 (Lagartija, anolis; Inglés: Anole lizard)". http://darnis.inbio.ac.cr/ubis/FMPro?-DB=UBIPUB.fp3&-lay=WebAll&-error=norec.html&-Format=detail.html&-Op=eq&id=3571&-Find.
Further reading
Guyer C, Savage JM (1986). "Cladistic relationships among anoles (Sauria: Iguanidae)". Systematic Zoology 35: 509-531. (Norops carpenteri, new combination).