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Anolis cuprinus

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Species of lizard

Anolis cuprinus
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Dactyloidae
Genus: Anolis
Species: A. cuprinus
Binomial name
Anolis cuprinus
H.M. Smith, 1964
Synonyms
  • Anolis cuprinus
    H.M. Smith, 1964
  • Anolis breedlovei
    H.M. Smith & Paulson, 1968
  • Norops cuprinus
    — Guyer & Savage, 1986
  • Anolis cuprinus
    — Liner, 2007

Anolis cuprinus, also known commonly as the copper anole, the Chiapas anole, and el abaniquillo de Chiapas in Spanish, is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is endemic to Mexico.

Geographic range

A. cuprinus is found in southeastern Mexico, in the Mexican states of Chiapas and Oaxaca.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. cuprinus is montane cloud forest, but the species has also been found in coffee plantations.

Description

A cuprinus may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 5.3 cm (2.1 in), with a tail length of 11.2 cm (4.4 in). The dewlap is bright red, and reaches mid-thorax. The interparietal scale is distinctly smaller than the ear opening.

Reproduction

A. cuprinus is oviparous.

Etymology

The synonym, A. breedlovei, was named in honor of American botanist Dennis Eugene Breedlove.

References

  1. ^ Canseco-Márquez L, Muñoz-Alonso A (2007). "Anolis cuprinus ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T64191A12746097. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/64191/12746097. Downloaded on 29 March 2021.
  2. ^ Species Anolis cuprinus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Anolis breedlovei, p. 38).

Further reading

  • Casas-Andreu G, Méndez-de la Cruz FR, Aguilar-Miguel X (2004). "Anfibios y Reptiles ". pp. 375–390. In: García-Mendoza AJ, Ordóñez-Díaz MJ, Briones-Sales M (editors) (2004). Biodiversidad de Oaxaca. México, Distrito Federal: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Biología World Wildlife Fund; Oaxaca, Oaxaca: Fondo Oaxaqueño para la Conservación de la Naturaleza. 605 pp. ISBN 9789703220458. (in Spanish).
  • Smith HM (1964). "A New Anolis from Oaxaca, Mexico". Herpetologica 20 (1): 31–33. (Anolis cuprinus, new species).
  • Smith HM, Paulson DR (1968). "A New Lizard of the scheidi group of Anolis from Mexico". Southwestern Naturalist 13 (3): 365–368. (Anolis breedlovei, new species).


Taxon identifiers
Anolis cuprinus


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