Western bearded anole
Western bearded anole | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Iguania |
Family: | Dactyloidae |
Genus: | Anolis |
Species: | A. barbatus |
Binomial name | |
Anolis barbatus Garrido, 1982 | |
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The western bearded anole (Anolis barbatus) is a species of anole lizard from Western Cuba.[1] Adults have an average snout-to-vent length of about 15 cm (6 in) with little sexual dimorphism.[2]
It is one of six species of "false chameleons" that sometimes are recognized as their own genus Chamaeleolis or as the Cuban clade in Xiphosurus.[3] These are all native to Cuba, fairly large for anoles, have robust heads, are dull gray-brown in color, slow-moving and have blunt teeth used for crushing snails, their main diet.[4][5] Unusually among anoles, these all lack the ability to autotomize their tails.[3] Together with the similar (in appearance and microhabitat), but not closely related A. landestoyi of Hispaniola, they form a group known as the twig–giant ecomoph.[6]
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References
- ↑ Hedges, B. (30 May 2017). "Cuba". CaribHerp. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 Kristen A. Nicholson; Brian I. Crother; Craig Guyer; Jay M. Savage (10 September 2012). "It is time for a new classification of anoles (Squamata: Dactyloidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3477: 1–108.
- ↑ Holáňová, Rehák, and Frynta (2012). Anolis sierramaestrae sp. nov. (Squamata: Polychrotidae) of the “chamaeleolis” species group from Eastern Cuba. Acta Soc. Zool. Bohem. 76: 45–52.
- ↑ Herrel, and Holáňová (2008). Cranial morphology and bite force in Chamaeleolis lizards – Adaptations to molluscivory? Zoology 111: 467–475.
- ↑ Mahler; Lambert; Geneva; Ng; Hedges; Losos; Glor (2016). "Discovery of a Giant Chameleon-Like Lizard (Anolis) on Hispaniola and Its Significance to Understanding Replicated Adaptive Radiations". Am. Nat. 188 (3): 357–364. doi:10.1086/687566.
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