Anolis bartschi

West Cuban anole
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Anolidae
Genus: Anolis
Species:
A. bartschi
Binomial name
Anolis bartschi
(Cochran, 1928)
Synonyms
  • Deiroptyx bartschi
    Cochran, 1928
  • Anolis bartschi
    — Etheridge, 1960

Anolis bartschi, also known commonly as the Pinar Del Rio cliff anole, the western cliff anole, and the west Cuban anole, is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is endemic to Cuba.

Description

Anolis bartschi is a medium-sized anole. Adult males have a typical snout-to-vent length of 7.5 cm (3.0 in) and females 6.4 cm (2.5 in). It is one of only two anoles that completely lack a dewlap (both sexes), the other being the Cuban stream anole (A. vermiculatus).

Geographic range

A. bartschi is native to western Cuba (Pinar del Río Province).

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. bartschi is forest in limestone karst areas.

Reproduction

A. bartschi is oviparous. It is among the relatively few anole species in which females may lay their eggs together, forming a communal nest in cavities in a steep cliff.

Etymology

The specific name, bartschi, is in honor of zoologist Paul Bartsch, who collected the holotype.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Fong, A. (2020). "Anolis bartschi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020 e.T75089652A75171906. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T75089652A75171906.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Species Anolis bartschi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ↑ Scharf I, Meiri S (2013). "Sexual dimorphism of heads and abdomens: Different approaches to 'being large' in female and male lizards". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 110 (3): 665–673. doi:10.1111/bij.12147.
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  5. ↑ Ingram T, Harrison A, Mahler DL, Castañeda MR, Glor RE, Herrel A, Stuart YE, Losos JB (2016). "Comparative tests of the role of dewlap size in Anolis lizard speciation". Proc Biol Sci. 283 (1845) 20162199. doi:10.1098/rspb.2016.2199. PMC 5204168. PMID 28003450.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ↑ Scarpetta S, Gray L, Montes de Oca AN, Castañeda MR, Herrel A, Losos JB, Luna-Reyes R, Jiménez Lang N, Poe S (2015). "Morphology and ecology of the Mexican cave anole Anolis alvarezdeltoroi ". Mesoamerican Herpetology. 2: 260–268.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ↑ Lambert S (29 March 2014). "Spotlight on Cuban Anoles, Part I: Anolis bartschi ". Anole Annals. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  8. ↑ Domínguez M, Sanz A, Chávez J, Almaguer N (2010). "Cyclical Reproduction in Females of the Cuban Lizard Anolis lucius (Polychrotidae)". Herpetologica. 66 (4): 443–450. doi:10.1655/09-058.1. S2CID 86339367.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. ↑ Cochran 1928.
  10. ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Anolis bartschi, p. 18).

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