Anolis chloris
| Anolis chloris | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Anolidae |
| Genus: | Anolis |
| Species: | A. chloris |
| Binomial name | |
| Anolis chloris Boulenger, 1898 | |
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Anolis chloris, also known commonly as Boulenger's green anole, is a species of lizard in the family Anolidae. The species is native to southern Central America and northwestern South America.
Geographic distribution
[edit]Anolis chloris is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama.[2]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of Anolis chloris is forest at elevations from near sea level to 1,700 m (5,600 ft).
Reproduction
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The specific name of a synonym, palmeri, is in honor of English naturalist Mervyn George Palmer (1882–1954), who collected the holotype.[3]: 199
References
[edit]- ↑ Batista, A.; Bolívar, W.; Velasco, J.; Castañeda, M.R. (2020). "Anolis chloris ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020 e.T203084A2760028. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T203084A2760028.en. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- 1 2 3 Uetz, P.; et al. (eds.). "Anolis chloris". The Reptile Database.
- ↑ Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xiii + 296. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5.
Further reading
[edit]- Boulenger, G.A. (1898). "An Account of the Reptiles and Batrachians collected by Mr. W. F. H. Rosenberg in western Ecuador". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1898 (1): 107–126. + Plates X–XVIII. (Anolis chloris, new species, p. 110 + Plate X, figures 3 & 3a).
- Boulenger, G.A. (1908). "Descriptions of new South-American Reptiles". Annals and Magazine of Natural Hiatory, Eighth Series. 1: 111–115. (Anolis palmeri, new species, p. 112).
- Jaramillo, C.; Wilson, L.D.; Ibáñez, R.; Jaramillo, F. (2010). "The herpetofauna of Panama: distribution and conservation status". pp. 604–671. In: Wilson, L.D.; Townsend, J.H.; Johnson, J.D. (editors). (2010). Conservation of Mesoamerican Amphibians and Reptiles. Eagle Mountain, Utah: Eagle Mountain Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0972015448. xvii + 812 pp.
- Köhler, G. (2008). Reptiles of Central America, 2nd Edition. Offenbach, Germany: Herpeton, Verlag Elke Köhler. ISBN 3-936180-28-8. 400 pp.