West Cuban anole

West Cuban anole
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Iguania
Family:Dactyloidae
Genus:Anolis
Species: A. bartschi
Binomial name
Anolis bartschi
(Cochran, 1928)
Synonyms
  • Deiroptyx bartschi
    Cochran, 1928
  • Anolis bartschi
    — Etheridge, 1960[1]

The West Cuban anole (Anolis bartschi), also known as the western cliff anole, is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae.

A medium-sized anole, adult males have a typical snout-to-vent length of 7.5 cm (3.0 in) and females 6.4 cm (2.5 in).[2] It is one of only two anoles that completely lacks a dewlap (both sexes), the other being the Cuban stream anole.[3][4]

Geographic range and habitat

A. bartschi is native to western Cuba (Pinar del Río Province).[1] It is found in areas with limestone karst.[5][6] It is among the relatively few anole species where females may lay their eggs together, forming a communal nest in cavities in a steep cliff.[7]

Etymology

The specific name, bartschi, is in honor of zoologist Paul Bartsch, who collected the holotype.[8][9]

References

  1. 1 2 "Anolis bartschi ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. ↑ Scharf, I.; Meiri, S. (2013). "Sexual dimorphism of heads and abdomens: Different approaches to 'being large' in female and male lizards". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 110 (3): 665–673. doi:10.1111/bij.12147.
  3. ↑ Losos, J. (2 April 2013). Anole Beach Party In Venezuela. Anole Annals. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  4. ↑ Harrison; Mahler; Castañeda; Glor; Herrel; Stuart; Losos (2016). "Comparative tests of the role of dewlap size in Anolis lizard speciation". Proc Biol Sci. 283 (1845): 20162199. doi:10.1098/rspb.2016.2199.
  5. ↑ Scarpetta; Gray; Nieto-Montes de Oca; Castañeda; Herrel; Losos; Luna-Reyes; Jiménez Lang; Poe (2015). "Morphology and ecology of the Mexican cave anole Anolis alvarezdeltoroi". Mesoamerican Herpetology. 2: 260–268.
  6. ↑ Lambert, S. (29 March 2014). "Spotlight on Cuban Anoles, Part I: Anolis bartschi". Anole Annals. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  7. ↑ Domínguez, M.; Sanz, A.; Chávez, J.; Almaguer, N. (2010). "Cyclical Reproduction in Females of the Cuban Lizard Anolis lucius (Polychrotidae)". Herpetologica. 66 (4): 443–450.
  8. ↑ Cochran 1928.
  9. ↑ 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 bartschi, p. 18).

Further reading

  • Cochran DM (1928). "A Second Species of Deiroptyx from Cuba". Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 41: 169-170. (Deiroptyx bartschi, new species).
  • Schwartz A, Thomas R (1975). A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Anolis bartschi, p. 70).

See also


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