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Anolis darlingtoni

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Species of lizard

Anolis darlingtoni
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (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. darlingtoni
Binomial name
Anolis darlingtoni
(Cochran, 1935)
Synonyms
  • Xiphocercus darlingtoni
    Cochran, 1935
  • Anolis darlingtoni
    — Schwartz & Henderson, 1991
  • Deiroptyx darlingtoni
    — Nicholson et al., 2012

Anolis darlingtoni, also known commonly as Darlington's anole and the La Hotte twig anole, is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is endemic to Haiti.

Etymology

The specific name, darlingtoni, is in honor of American entomologist Philip Jackson Darlington Jr.

Geographic range

A. darlingtoni is found in the Massif de la Hotte mountain range, Département du Sud, Haiti.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. darlingtoni is forest, at elevations of 1,360–1,500 m (4,460–4,920 ft).

Reproduction

A. darlingtoni is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Hedges B, Mahler DL (2020). "Anolis darlingtoni ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T74994974A75171541. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/74994974/75171541. Downloaded on 29 March 2021.
  2. ^ Species Anolis darlingtoni at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  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 darlingtoni, p. 65).

Further reading

  • Cochran DM (1935). "New reptiles and amphibians collected in Haiti by P.J. Darlington". Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 40: 367–375. (Xiphocercus darlingtoni, new species, p. 373).
  • Schwartz A, Henderson RW (1991). Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History. Gainesville: University of Florida Press. 720 pp. ISBN 978-0813010496. (Anolis darlingtoni, p. 250).
  • Schwartz A, Thomas R (1975). A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Anolis darlingtoni, p. 77).


Taxon identifiers
Anolis darlingtoni


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