Anolis kemptoni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Dactyloidae
Genus: Anolis
Species:
A. kemptoni
Binomial name
Anolis kemptoni
Dunn, 1940
Synonyms[2]

Anolis kemptoni, or Kempton's anole, is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is native to Central America.

Etymology

The specific name, kemptoni, is in honor of American physician Kempton Potter Aiken Taylor, who was the younger brother of poet Conrad Aiken.[3]

Geographic range

A. kemptoni is native to Costa Rica and Panama.[2]

Reproduction

A. kemptoni is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. Ibáñez, R., Jaramillo, C. & Köhler, G. (2020). "Anolis kemptoni ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T203100A2760407. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/203100/2760407. Downloaded on 29 March 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Anolis kemptoni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 17 May 2017.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Anolis kemptoni, p. 139).

Further reading

  • Dunn ER (1940). "New and Noteworthy Herpetological Material from Panama". Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 92: 105–122. (Anolis kemptoni, new species).
  • Köhler G (2000). Reptilien und Amphibien Mittelamerikas, Band 1: Krokodile, Schildkröten, Echsen. Offenbach: Herpeton Verlag. 158 pp. (Norops kemptoni, new combination, p. 62). (in German).
  • Savage, Jay M.; Guyer, Craig (1998). "A new species of anole lizard, genus Norops (Squamata: Polychrotidae), from the Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica". Revista de Biología Tropical 46 (3): 805–809. (Norops pandoensis, new species).


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