Anolis leachii

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Anolis leachii

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Dactyloidae
Genus: Anolis
Species:
A. leachii
Binomial name
Anolis leachii
Synonyms[2]
  • Anolis leachii
    A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837
  • Anolis bimaculatus leachii
    — Underwood in E. Williams et al., 1959
  • Anolis bimaculatus leachi
    — Lazell, 1972
  • Anolis leachi
    — Burnell & Hedges, 1990

Anolis leachii, the Antigua Bank tree anole, Barbuda Bank tree anole, or panther anole, is a

anole, a lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is endemic to the Caribbean
.

Geographic range

A. leachii is native to Antigua and Barbuda, an island-nation in the Caribbean Lesser Antilles, where it can be found on both main islands. It has also been introduced to Bermuda.[3]

Description

A. leachii is a relatively large anole species.

Sympatry

A. leachii coexists with the smaller anoles

A. wattsi on Antigua, and A. forresti on Barbuda.[3]

Etymology

The specific name, leachii, is in honor of English zoologist William Elford Leach.[4]

Leach's anole on tree.

References

  1. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T203885A2772011. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/203885/2772011
    . Downloaded on 29 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Anolis leachii ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ^
    ISBN 978-0-333-69141-0
    . (Anolis leachii, pp. 68, 71).
  4. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5
    . (Anolis leachii, p. 153).

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. Iguanidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. (Anolis leachii, pp. 29–30).
  • Duméril AMC, Bibron G (1837). Erpétologie générale ou Histoire naturelle complète des Reptiles. Tome quatrième [Volume 4]. Paris: Roret. ii + 571 pp. (Anolis leachii, new species, pp. 152–156).
  • 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 bimaculatus leachi, pp. 70–71).

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