Anolis caceresae | |
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Scientific 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
- "Anolis caceresae ". The Reptile Database. http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Anolis&species=caceresae
- 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.
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Anolis caceresae |
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