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Anolis carolinensis (green anole)

Reptilia - Polychrotidae

Taxonomy
Anolis carolinensis was named by Voight (1832). It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. smaragdinus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1832Anolis carolinensis Voight
1956Anolis carolinensis Auffenberg
1985Anolis carolinensis Holman

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
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
speciescarolinensisVoight 1832

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 carolinensis Voight 1832 [green anole]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available