Anolis darlingtoni

Anolis darlingtoni
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[2]
  • 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.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, darlingtoni, is in honor of American entomologist Philip Jackson Darlington Jr.[3]

Geographic range

A. darlingtoni is found in the Massif de la Hotte mountain range, Département du Sud, Haiti.[1][2]

Habitat

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

Reproduction

A. darlingtoni is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b c d 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).



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