List of Anolis lizards

The large lizard genus Anolis contains around 436 accepted anole (US: /əˈn.li/ ) species,[1] which have been considered in a number of subgroups, or clades such as carolinensis and isolepis.[2]

Nota bene: In the following list, a taxon authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a different genus.

 
Equatorial anole (A. aequatorialis)
 
Cuban blue anole (A. allisoni)
 
Barahona grass anole (A. alumina)
 
A. barbatus
 
A. bartschi
 
Giant green anole (A. biporcatus)
  • Anolis bahorucoensis Noble & Hassler, 1933 – Baoruco long-snouted anole, Bahoruco long-snouted anole
    • Anolis bahorucoensis bahorucoensis Noble & Hassler, 1933
    • Anolis bahorucoensis southerlandi Schwartz, 1978
  • Anolis baleatus (Cope, 1864) – Dominican giant anole, Puerto Plata anole
    • Anolis baleatus altager Schwartz, 1975
    • Anolis baleatus baleatus (Cope, 1864)
    • Anolis baleatus caeruleolatus Schwartz, 1974
    • Anolis baleatus fraudator Schwartz, 1974
    • Anolis baleatus lineatacervix Schwartz, 1978
    • Anolis baleatus litorisilva Schwartz, 1974
    • Anolis baleatus multistruppus Schwartz, 1974
    • Anolis baleatus samanae Schwartz, 1974
    • Anolis baleatus scelestus Schwartz, 1974
    • Anolis baleatus sublimis Schwartz, 1974
 
Carolina green anole (A. carolinensis) regenerating tail
 
Bighead anole (A. capito)
  • Anolis damulus Cope, 1864 – Cope's smooth anole
  • Anolis danieli E. Williams, 1988 – Daniel's anole
  • Anolis darlingtoni (Cochran, 1935) – La Hotte twig anole, Darlington's anole
  • Anolis datzorum (Köhler, Ponce, Sunyer, & Batista, 2007)
  • Anolis delafuentei Garrido, 1982 –Escambray crested anole, Guamuhaya anole
  • Anolis deltae E. Williams, 1974 – delta anole
  • Anolis demissus Schwartz, 1969 – Île Grande Cayemite green anole
  • Anolis desechensis (Heatwole, 1976) – Desecheo anole, Heatwole's anole
  • Anolis desiradei Lazell, 1964 – La Desirade anole
  • Anolis dissimilis E. Williams, 1965 – odd anole
  • Anolis distichus (Cope, 1861) – bark anole
    • Anolis distichus biminiensis Oliver, 1948
    • Anolis distichus dapsilis Schwartz, 1968
    • Anolis distichus distichoides Rosén, 1911
    • Anolis distichus distichus Cope, 1861 – common bark anole
    • Anolis distichus floridanus H.M. Smith and McCauley, 1948 – Florida bark anole
    • Anolis distichus juliae Cochran, 1934
    • Anolis distichus ocior Schwartz, 1968
    • Anolis distichus patruelis Schwartz, 1968
    • Anolis distichus sejunctus Shwartz, 1968
    • Anolis distichus suppar Schwartz, 1968
    • Anolis distichus tostus Schwartz, 1968
  • Anolis divius Kohler & Hedges, 2016 – Baoruco blue anole
  • Anolis dolichocephalus E. Williams, 1963 – La Hotte long-snouted anole, Place Negre anole
    • Anolis dolichocephalus dolichocephalus E. Williams, 1963,
    • Anolis dolichocephalus portusalus Schwartz, 1978
    • Anolis dolichocephalus sarmenticola Schwartz, 1978
       
      Dracula anole (A. dracula)
  • Anolis dollfusianus (Bocourt, 1873) – coffee anole
  • Anolis dominicensis Reinhardt and Lütken, 1863 – Dominican Republic bark anole
  • Anolis doris Barbour, 1925 – Gonave stout anole
  • Anolis dracula (Yánez-Muñoz et al., 2018) – Dracula anole
  • Anolis duellmani Fitch & Henderson, 1973 – Duellman's pigmy anole
  • Anolis dunni Smith, 1936 – Dunn's anole
 
Knight anole (A. equestris)
  • Anolis equestris (Merrem, 1820) – Cuban giant anole, knight anole
    • Anolis equestris brujensis Garrido, 2001
    • Anolis equestris buidei Schwartz and Garrido, 1972
    • Anolis equestris cincoleguas Garrido, 1981
    • Anolis equestris cyaneus Garrido and Estrada, 2001
    • Anolis equestris equestris Merrem, 1820
    • Anolis equestris juraguensis Schwartz and Garrido, 1972
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      Emerald anole (A. evermanni)
      Anolis equestris persparsus Schwartz and Garrido, 1972,
    • Anolis equestris potior Schwartz and Thomas, 1975
    • Anolis equestris sabinalensis Garrido and Moreno, 2001
    • Anolis equestris thomasi Schwartz, 1959
    • Anolis equestris verreonensis Schwartz and Garrido, 1972
  • Anolis ernestwilliamsi (Lazell, 1983) – Carrot Rock anole, Carrot Rock's anole, Ernest's anole
  • Anolis etheridgei E. Williams, 1962 – montane bush anole, Etheridge's anole
  • Anolis eugenegrahami (Schwartz, 1978) – Eugene's anole, black stream anole
  • Anolis eulaemus (Boulenger, 1908) – good anole
  • Anulis euskalerriari (Barros, E. Williams, and Viloria, 1996)
  • Anolis evermanni (Stejneger, 1904) – emerald anole, Evermann's anole,[4] or small green anole
  • Anolis extremus (Garman, 1887) – Barbados anole
  • Fitch's anole (A. fitchi)
    Male
    Female
    Anolis fairchildi Barbour & Shreve, 1935 – Cay Sal anole, Fairchild's anole
  • Anolis fasciatus (Boulenger, 1885) – banded anole
  • Anolis favillarum Schwartz, 1968
  • Anolis ferreus (Cope, 1864) – Morne Constant anole
  • Anolis festae (Peracca, 1904) – Veronica's anole
     
    Bridled anole (A. frenatus)
  • Anolis fitchi (Williams & Duellman, 1984) – Fitch's anole
  • Anolis forresti Barbour, 1923
  • Anolis fortunensis (Arosemena & Ibanez, 1993)
  • Anolis fowleri (Schwartz, 1973) – green-banded anole, Fowler's anole
  • Anolis fraseri (Günther, 1859)Fraser's anole[4]
  • Anolis frenatus (Cope, 1899) – bridled anole
  • Anolis fugitivus Garrido, 1975 – green-headed grass anole, Moa anole
  • Anolis fungosus Myers, 1971 – Myers's anole
  • Anolis fuscoauratus (D'Orbigny, 1837) – brown-eared anole, slender anole
 
Jamaican giant anole (A. garmani)
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    Jacare anole (A. jacare)
    Anolis jacare (Boulenger, 1903) – Jacare anole
  • Anolis johnmeyeri (Wilson & McCranie, 1982) – Meyer's anole
  • Anolis juangundlachi Garrido, 1975 – yellow-lipped grass anole, Finca Ceres anole
  • Anolis jubar (Schwartz, 1968) – Cuban coast anole, Cubitas anole
    • Anolis jubar albertschwartzi Garrido, 1973
    • Anolis jubar balaenarum Schwartz, 1968
    • Anolis jubar cocoensis Estrada & Garrido, 1990
    • Anolis jubar cuneus Schwartz, 1968
    • Anolis jubar gibarensis Garrido, 1973
    • Anolis jubar jubar Schwartz, 1968
    • Anolis jubar maisiensis Garrido, 1973
    • Anolis jubar oriens Schwartz, 1968
    • Anolis jubar santamariae Garrido, 1973
    • Anolis jubar yagujayensis Garrido, 1973
 
A. kunalayae
  • Anolis luteogularis (Noble & Hassler, 1935) – western giant anole, white-throated anole
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      Western giant anole (A. luteogularis) juvenile biting hand
      Anolis luteogularis calceus Schwartz & Garrido, 1972
    • Anolis luteogularis coctilis Schwartz & Garrido, 1972
    • Anolis luteogularis delacruzi Schwartz & Garrido, 1972
    • Anolis luteogularis hassleri Barbour & Shreve, 1935
    • Anolis luteogularis jaumei Schwartz & Garrido, 1972
    • Anolis luteogularis luteogularis Noble & Hassler, 1935
    • Anolis luteogularis nivevultus Schwartz & Garrido, 1972
    • Anolis luteogularis sanfelipensis Garrido, 1975
    • Anolis luteogularis sectilis Schwartz & Garrido, 1972
  • Anolis luteosignifer (Garman, 1888) – Cayman Brac anole
  • Anolis lynchi (Miyata, 1985) – Lynch's anole
  • Anolis lyra (Poe, Velasco, Miyata, & Williams, 2009)
 
Leopard anole (A. marmoratus) male
 
Clouded anole (A. nebulosus)
 
Saban anole (Anolis sabanus)
 
Anolis sagrei, brown anole
 
Salvin's anole (A. salvini)
 
Tanda's anole (A. tandai)
 
Cuban stream anole (A. vermiculatus)
 
Speckled anole (A. ventrimaculatus)

References

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  1. ^ Anolis. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. ^ Nicholson, Kristen A.; Crother, Brian I.; Guyer, Craig; Savage, Jay M. (11 September 2012). "It is time for a new classification of anoles (Squamata:Dactyloidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3447: 1–108. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3477.1.1. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  3. ^ Lotzkat S, Bienentreu JF, Hertz A, Köhler G [in French] (2011). "A new species of Anolis Squamata: Iguania: Dactyloidae formerly referred to as A. pachypus from the Cordillera de Talamanca of western Panama and adjacent Costa Rica". Zootaxa. 3125: 1–21.
  4. ^ a b c 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 evermanni, p. 86; A. fraseri, p. 94; A. ortonii, p. 196, A. schmidti, p. 236).
  5. ^ Mahler, D. Luke; Lambert, Shea M.; Geneva, Anthony J.; Ng, Julienne; Hedges, S. Blair; Losos, Jonathan B.; Glor, Richard E. (2016). "Discovery of a Giant Chameleon-Like Lizard (Anolis) on Hispaniola and Its Significance to Understanding Replicated Adaptive Radiations". The American Naturalist. 188 (3): 357–64. doi:10.1086/687566. hdl:10150/621299. PMID 27501092. S2CID 206004123.
  6. ^ Freddy A. Grisales-Martínez; Julián A. Velasco; Wilmar Bolívar; Ernest E. Williams; Juan M. Daza (2017). "The taxonomic and phylogenetic status of some poorly known Anolis species from the Andes of Colombia with the description of a nomen nudum taxon". Zootaxa. 4303 (2): 213–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4303.2.2.

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