Barbados anole
| Barbados anole | |
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| A male Barbados anole, Andromeda Botanical Gardens, Barbados | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Iguanidae |
| Subfamily: | Polychrotidae |
| Genus: | Anolis |
| Species: | A. extremus |
| Binomial name | |
| Anolis extremus Garman, 1887 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Anolis extremus Garman, 1887 | |
The Barbados anole (Anolis extremus) is a species of anole lizard that is native to Barbados, an island-nation in the Caribbean. Originally endemic to Barbados, it has since been introduced to Saint Lucia and Bermuda.[1] It was previously treated as a subspecies of Martinique's anole (A. roquet).
Males have pale lavender to blue-gray heads, with blue eyelids. Their dorsal surfaces are deep green with dark markings and occasionally white spots, and their bellies are yellow. Females are smaller and duller in color and may have a mid-dorsal stripe.[2]
It remains widespread and abundant on Barbados, where it is the only anole species.[3] It adapts well to populated environments.
It has been reported in Florida since the 1990s, though this is likely due to repeated introductions and escapes as a sustained, breeding population has not been confirmed.[4]
See also
Notes
- ↑ Malhotra & Thorpe 1999, pp. 97, 119.
- ↑ Description of both sexes at Malhotra & Thorpe 1999, p. 97.
- ↑ Malhotra & Thorpe 1999, p. 97; Government of Barbados 2002, p. 55.
- ↑ "Nonnatives - Barbados Anole". Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Retrieved January 28, 2016..
References
- Government of Barbados (2002), A National Biodiversity Strategy & Action Plan for Barbados, retrieved March 5, 2010.
- Malhotra, Anita; Thorpe, Roger S. (1999), Reptiles & Amphibians of the Eastern Caribbean, Macmillan Education Ltd., ISBN 0-333-69141-5.
- Powell, Robert; Henderson, Robert W. (2005), "Conservation Status of Lesser Antillean Reptiles", Iguana 12 (2): 63–77
External links
Media related to Anolis extremus at Wikimedia Commons- Anolis extremus at the Encyclopedia of Life
- Anolis extremus at the Reptile Database