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Anolis caceresae

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Species of lizard

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. 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.

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. S2CID 91271114.
Taxon identifiers
Anolis caceresae


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