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Anolis sagrei (Brown anole)

Osteichthyes - Polychrotidae

Taxonomy
Anolis sagrei was named by Dumeril and Bibron (1837). It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. bimaculatus, A. distichus, A. smaragdinus
Entered
by G. Lloyd on 2018-09-10

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Anolis sagrei Dumeril and Bibron
1994Anolis sagrei Morgan p. 473

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
—IguanomorphaSukhanov 1961
—Pleurodonta(Cope 1864)
familyPolychrotidae(Macey et al. 1997)
genusAnolisDaudin 1802
speciessagreiDumeril and Bibron 1837

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Anolis sagrei Dumeril and Bibron 1837 [Brown anole]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: suspension feederp
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas (Great Abaco Island) Anolis sagrei (144663)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands Anolis sagrei (209851)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Bahamas (New Providence Island) Anolis sagrei (144649)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Bahamas (San Salvador) Anolis sagrei (190743 190744)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Cayman Islands Anolis sagrei (209852)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cayman Islands (Cayman Brac) Anolis sagrei (210539 210540 210541)