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Species of lizard

Anolis planiceps
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. planiceps
Binomial name
Anolis planiceps
Troschel, 1848
Synonyms

Anolis planiceps, commonly known as the golden-scaled anole, orange-fanned leaf-litter anole, or goldenscale anole, is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is found in Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil, and Trinidad.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. planiceps is forest, at altitudes of 40–1,800 m (130–5,910 ft).

Description

A. planiceps may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 7.5 cm (3.0 in).

Reproduction

A. planiceps is oviparous.

Etymology

The synonym, A. eewi, was named in honor of American herpetologist Ernest Edward Williams, a wordplay on his initials, E.E.W.

References

  1. ^ Oubotar , P.; Schargel, W.; Rivas, G. (2020). "Anolis planiceps ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T66080108A66080113. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T66080108A66080113.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Anolis planiceps ". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2018-01-02.
  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 eewi, p. 81).

Further reading

  • D'Angiolella AB, Gamble T, Avila-Pires TCS, Colli GR, Noonan BP, Vitt LJ (2011). "Anolis chrysolepis Duméril & Bibron, 1837 (Squamata: Polychrotidae) revisited: Molecular phylogeny and taxonomy of the Anolis chrysolepis species group". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 160 (2): 35–63.
  • Roze J (1958). "Los reptiles del Chimantá Tepui (Estado Bolívar, Venezuela) colectados por la expedición botánica del Chicago Natural History Museum". Acta Biológica Venezuelica 2 (25): 299–314. (Anolis eewi, new species, p. 311). (in Spanish).
  • Troschel FH (1848). "Amphibien ". pp. 645–661. In: Schomburgk MR (1848). Reisen in Britisch-Guiana in den Jahren 1840–44. Im Auftrage Sr. Majestät des Königs von Preussen ausgefürt, Thiel 3. Versuchs einer Fauna und Flora von Britisch-Guiana. Systematisch Bearbeitet. Leipzig: J.J. Weber. 1,260 pp. (Anolis planiceps, new species, pp. 649–650). (in German).
  • Vanzolini P, Williams EE (1970). "South American anoles: the geographic differentiation and evolution of the Anolis chrysolepis species group (Sauria, Iguanidae)". Arquivos de Zoologia, São Paulo 19 (1–2): 1–298. (Anolis chrysolepis planiceps, new combination, p. 85).
Taxon identifiers
Anolis planiceps
Anolis eewi


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