| West Cuban anole | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Dactyloidae |
| Genus: | Anolis |
| Species: | A. bartschi |
| Binomial name | |
| Anolis bartschi (Cochran, 1928) | |
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Anolis bartschi, also known commonly as the Pinar Del Rio cliff anole, western cliff anole, and the west Cuban anole, is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is endemic to Cuba.
Description
A medium-sized anole, adult males of A. bartschi have a typical snout-to-vent length of 7.5 cm (3.0 in) and females 6.4 cm (2.5 in).[3] It is one of only two anoles that completely lack a dewlap (both sexes), the other being the Cuban stream anole (A. vermiculatus).[4][5]
Geographic range
A. bartschi is native to western Cuba (Pinar del Río Province).[2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of A. bartschi is forest[1] in limestone karst areas.[6][7]
Reproduction
A. bartschi is oviparous.[1][2] It is among the relatively few anole species in which females may lay their eggs together, forming a communal nest in cavities in a steep cliff.[8]
Etymology
The specific name, bartschi, is in honor of zoologist Paul Bartsch, who collected the holotype.[9][10]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 Fong, A. (2020). "Anolis bartschi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T75089652A75171906. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T75089652A75171906.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- 1 2 3 Species Anolis bartschi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Losos J (2 April 2013). Anole Beach Party In Venezuela. Anole Annals. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
- ↑ Ingram T, Harrison A, Mahler DL, Castañeda MR, Glor RE, Herrel A, Stuart YE, Losos JB (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. PMC 5204168. PMID 28003450.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ Scarpetta S, Gray L, Montes de Oca AN, Castañeda MR, Herrel A, Losos JB, Luna-Reyes R, Jiménez Lang N, Poe S (2015). "Morphology and ecology of the Mexican cave anole Anolis alvarezdeltoroi ". Mesoamerican Herpetology. 2: 260–268.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ Lambert S (29 March 2014). "Spotlight on Cuban Anoles, Part I: Anolis bartschi ". Anole Annals. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
- ↑ 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. doi:10.1655/09-058.1. S2CID 86339367.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ Cochran 1928.
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (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". Proceedings of the Biological Society of 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).