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Carpenter's anole
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. carpenteri
Binomial name
Anolis carpenteri
A.A. Echelle, A.F. Echelle & Fitch, 1971
Synonyms
  • Anolis carpenteri
    A.A. Echelle, A.F. Echelle & Fitch, 1971
  • Norops carpenteri
    — Guyer & J.M. Savage, 1986

Anolis carpenteri, also known commonly as Carpenter's anole or the carpenter anole is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is endemic to Central America.

Etymology

The specific name, carpenteri, is in honor of American herpetologist Charles Congden Carpenter.

Description

A. carpenteri is a small, green lizard with an orange dewlap and smooth ventral scales.

Habitat

Carpenter's anole prefers relatively open habitat in the lowland interface between land and watercourses, and is adapted for climbing on lichen-covered rocks, tree trunks, and shrubs.

Geographic range

A. carpenteri is found in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama. In Costa Rica it is found in Amistad Caribe, Huetar Norte, Cordillera Volcanica Central, Guanacaste, Tortuguero.

The type locality is Río Reventazón, Turrialba, Cartago Province, Costa Rica.

Diet

A. carpenteri feeds on arthropods, primarily insects.

Reproduction

A. carpenteri is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Sunyer, J.; Vargas, J.; García Rodríguez, A.; Batista, A.; Acosta Chaves, V.; Mayer, G.C. (2020). "Anolis carpenteri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T178725A1543357. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T178725A1543357.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. Echelle AA, Echelle AF, Fitch HS (1971). "A new anole from Costa Rica". Herpetologica 27 (3): 354-362. (Anolis carpenteri, new species).
  3. ^ Species Anolis carpenteri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  4. 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 carpenteri, p. 48).
  5. Savage JM, Villa J (1986). "An Introduction to the Herpetofauna of Costa Rica". Soc. Stud. Amphib. Rept. Contrib. Herpetol. No. 3. viii + 207 pp.
  6. Chaco, Federico Munoz (2007). "Norops carpenteri Echelle et al., 1971 (Lagartija, anolis; Inglés: Anole lizard)". http://darnis.inbio.ac.cr/ubis/FMPro?-DB=UBIPUB.fp3&-lay=WebAll&-error=norec.html&-Format=detail.html&-Op=eq&id=3571&-Find Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine. (in Spanish).

Further reading

  • Guyer C, Savage JM (1986). "Cladistic relationships among anoles (Sauria: Iguanidae)". Systematic Zoology 35: 509-531. (Norops carpenteri, new combination).
  • Köhler G (2000). Reptilien und Amphibien Mittelamerikas, Band 1: Krokodile, Schildkröten, Echsen . Offenbach, Germany: Herpeton. 158 pp. ISBN 3-9806214-0-5. (in German).
  • Savage JM (2002). The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica: A Herpetofauna between Two Continents, between Two Seas. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press. 954 pp. ISBN 0-226-73537-0.


Taxon identifiers
Anolis carpenteri


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