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Anolis (anole)
Taxonomy
Anolis was named by Daudin (1802). It is extant.
It was assigned to Anolidae by Cope (1875); to Iguanidae by Estes (1983), Holman (1985), Carroll (1988), Morgan (1994), Frank and Ramus (1996); and to Polychrotidae by Conrad et al. (2007).
It was assigned to Anolidae by Cope (1875); to Iguanidae by Estes (1983), Holman (1985), Carroll (1988), Morgan (1994), Frank and Ramus (1996); and to Polychrotidae by Conrad et al. (2007).
Species
A. allogus, A. alutaceus, A. angusticeps, A. auratus, A. bimaculatus, A. carolinensis, A. chlorocyanus, A. conspersus, A. cristatellus, A. cuvieri, A. cybotes, A. electrum, A. equestris, A. fuscoauratus, A. grahami, A. leachii, A. macrolepis, A. meridionalis, A. occultus, A. onca, A. petersii, A. ricordi, A. sagrei, A. vermiculatus
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1802 | Anolis Daudin |
| 1875 | Anolis Cope p. 50 |
| 1983 | Anolis Estes |
| 1985 | Anolis Holman |
| 1988 | Anolis Carroll |
| 1994 | Anolis Morgan p. 467 |
| 1996 | Anolis Frank and Ramus |
| 2007 | Anolis Conrad et al. p. 1370 |
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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.
G. Anolis Daudin 1802 [anole]
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Anolis allogus Barbour and Ramsden 1919 [Bueycito anole]
Anolis alutaceus Cope 1862 [Monte Verde anole]
Anolis angusticeps Smith et al. 1968 [Chiapas ornate anole]
Anolis auratus Daudin 1802 [Grass anole]
Anolis bimaculatus Merrem 1874 [Panther anole]
Anolis carolinensis Voight 1832 [green anole]
Anolis chlorocyanus Dumeril and Bibron 1837 [Hispaniola green anole]
Anolis conspersus Garman 1887
Anolis cristatellus Dumeril and Bibron 1837 [Crested anole]
Anolis cuvieri Merrem 1820 [Cuvier's anole]
Anolis cybotes Cope 1862 [Largehead anole]
†Anolis electrum Lazell, Jr. 1965
Anolis equestris Merrem 1820 [Knight anole]
Anolis fuscoauratus D'Orbigny 1837 [Brown-eared anole]
Anolis grahami Gray 1845 [Graham's anole]
Anolis leachii Duméril and Bibron 1837 [Leach's anole]
Anolis macrolepis Boulenger 1911 [Big-scaled anole]
Anolis meridionalis Boetteger 1885 [Meridian anole]
Anolis occultus Williams and Rivero 1965 [Limestone anole]
Anolis onca O'Shaughnessy 1875 [Bulky anole]
Anolis petersii Bocourt 1873 [Peters' anole]
Anolis ricordi Dumeril and Bibron 1837 [Haitian green anole]
Anolis sagrei Dumeril and Bibron 1837 [Brown anole]
Anolis vermiculatus Dumeril and Bibron 1837 [Vinales anole]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Holocene or 20.45000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 18.5 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 18.5 Ma
Collections (47 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arikareean | USA (Florida) | Anolis morphotype A, Anolis morphotype B (17476) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Mexico (Chiapas) | Anolis electrum (106432) | |
| Burdigalian - Langhian | Dominican Republic | Anolis sp. (68338) | |
| Early/Lower Hemingfordian | USA (Florida) | Anolis sp. (18562) | |
| Pleistocene | Puerto Rico | Anolis sp. (78300) | |
| Pleistocene (glacial) | Mexico (Puebla) | Anolis sp. (230672) | |
| Middle Pleistocene (glacial) | USA (Florida) | Anolis carolinensis (75974) | |
| Rancholabrean | USA (Florida) | Anolis carolinensis (20440 20491) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Florida) | Anolis carolinensis (20581 20636 20650) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Georgia) | Anolis carolinensis (13066) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Cayman Islands | Anolis sagrei (209851) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Anolis carolinensis (20638 154773 155346) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Alabama) | Anolis carolinensis (84181) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Bahamas (Great Abaco Island) | Anolis sagrei (144663) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Florida) | Anolis carolinensis (154722) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Dominican Republic (Pedernales) | Anolis sp. (186695 186696 186697 186698) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Bahamas (New Providence Island) | Anolis distichus, Anolis smaragdinus, Anolis sp., Anolis angusticeps, Anolis sagrei (144649) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Antigua and Barbuda (Barbuda) | Anolis leachii (155349 155350) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Bahamas (San Salvador) | Anolis distichus (190745) Anolis distichus, Anolis sagrei (190743 190744) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Cayman Islands | Anolis sagrei (209852) | |
| Holocene | Cayman Islands (Cayman Brac) | Anolis sagrei (210539 210540 210541) | |
| Holocene | Jamaica | Anolis sp. (215359) | |
| Holocene | Turks and Caicos Islands | Anolis spp. (209855) | |
| Holocene | Bahamas | Anolis sp. 1, Anolis sp. 2 (194591 194593 194594 194595 194597) | |
| Holocene | Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman) | Anolis conspersus (144132 144134 186637 210532 210533 210542) |