Anolis caceresae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Dactyloidae
Genus: Anolis
Species:
A. caceresae
Binomial name
Anolis caceresae
(Hofmann & Townsend, 2018)

Anolis caceresae, Berta's anole, is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is found in Honduras.[1] It was named to recognize the indigenous environmental activist Berta Cáceres, who was assassinated in March 2016 over her protests against a proposed Agua Zarca dam on the Gualcarque River.[2]

References

  1. "Anolis caceresae ". The Reptile Database. http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Anolis&species=caceresae
  2. Hofmann, Erich P.; Townsend, Josiah H. (December 2018). "A Cryptic New Species of Anole (Squamata: Dactyloidae) from the Lenca Highlands of Honduras, Previously Referred to as Norops crassulus (Cope, 1864)". Annals of Carnegie Museum. 85 (2): 91–111. doi:10.2992/007.085.0201. ISSN 0097-4463.


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