Saban anole
| Saban anole | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Dactyloidae |
| Genus: | Anolis |
| Species: | A. sabanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Anolis sabanus Garman, 1887 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Anolis sabanis — Baumeister, 2000 | |
The Saban anole (Anolis sabanus) is a species of anole lizard that is endemic to the island of Saba, a Dutch municipality in the Caribbean Lesser Antilles. It is common all over the island.
Males can reach a length of 69 mm snout-to-vent. Males have a pale ash-gray to tan ground color on their ventral surface, with irregular dark patches that also extend over the head. Its ventral surface is pale green-yellow to gray. Its dewlap is pale yellow with a green or orange tint. Females are smaller and duller, with less distinct splotches. Females additionally have a mid-dorsal stripe.
It belongs to the Guadeloupean-Dominican clade of anoles, which includes A. marmoratus on the Guadeloupe Archipelago, A. lividus on Montserrat, A. nubilus on Redonda, and A. oculatus on Dominica.
See also
References
- Malhotra, Anita; Thorpe, Roger S. (1999), Reptiles & Amphibians of the Eastern Caribbean, Macmillan Education Ltd., p. 61, ISBN 0-333-69141-5 .
- Stenson, Andrew G.; Thorpe, Roger S.; Malhotra, Anita (2004), "Evolutionary differentiation of bimaculatus group anoles based on analyses of mtDNA and microsatellite data", Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 32: 1–10, doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2003.12.008, PMID 15186792
External links
- Anolis sabanus at the Encyclopedia of Life
- Anolis sabanus at the Reptile Database