Anolis juangundlachi
Anolis juangundlachi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Iguania |
Family: | Dactyloidae |
Genus: | Anolis |
Species: | A. juangundlachi
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Binomial name | |
Anolis juangundlachi Garrido, 1975
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Anolis juangundlachi, also known commonly as the Finca Ceres anole and the yellow-lipped grass anole, is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is endemic to Cuba.[2]
Etymology
The specific name, juangundlachi, is in honor of German-Cuban zoologist Juan Gundlach.[3]
Geographic range
A. juangundlachi is found in Matanzas Province, Cuba.[1][2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of A. juangundlachi is grassland.[1]
Description
Small for its
dorsally, and yellow ventrally. The iris of the eye is blue. The dewlap is pale yellow in males and absent in females.[2]
Reproduction
A. juangundlachi is oviparous.[2]
Taxonomy
A. gundlachi is a member of the Anolis alutaceus species group.[2]
References
- ^ . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "Anolis juangundlachi ". The Reptile Database. http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Anolis&species=juangundlachi
- ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Anolis juangundlachi, p. 137).
Further reading
- Garrido OH (1975). "Distribución y variación del complejo Anolis cyanopleurus (Lacertilia: Iguanidae) en Cuba". Poeyana 143: 1–58. (Anolis juangundlachi, new species, p. 34). (in Spanish).
- ISBN 978-0813010496. (Anolis juangundlachi, p. 282).
- Schwartz A, Thomas R (1975). A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Anolis juangundlachi, p. 86).