Carpenter's anole

Carpenter's anole
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Lacertilia
Family: Iguanidae
Genus: Norops
Species: N. carpenteri
Binomial name
Norops carpenteri
(Echelle, Echelle and Fitch, 1971)
Synonyms

Anolis carpenteri Echelle, Echelle and Fitch, 1971[2]

Carpenter's anole or Carpenter anole[1] (Norops carpenteri)[3] is a small, green lizard with an orange dewlap and smooth ventrals, found in the Rio Reventazón, Turrialba, Cartago Province, Costa Rica. Carpenter's anole prefers relatively open habitat in the lowland interface between land and watercourses, and is adapted for climbing on lichen-covered rocks, tree trunks, and shrubs. It is found in Amistad Caribe, Huetar Norte, Cordillera Volcanica Central, Guanacaste, Tortuguero; outside Costa Rica it is found from northwestern Colombia to Costa Rica.[4] They feed on arthropods, primarily insects.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Mayer, G.C. (2013). "Anolis carpenteri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  2. ↑ Echelle, A.A., A.F. Echelle and H.S. Fitch. 1971. A new anole from Costa Rica. Herpetologica 27(3): 354-362.
  3. ↑ See discussion of the validity of the genus Norops at the Wikipedia page Norops.
  4. ↑ Savage, J. M., & Villa, J. (1986). An Introduction to the Herpetofauna of Costa Rica. Soc. Stud. Amphib. Rept. Contrib. Herpetol. No. 3, viii + 207 pp.
  5. ↑ Chaco, Federico Munoz: Norops carpenteri Echelle et al., 1971 (Lagartija, anolis; Inglés: Anole lizard), http://darnis.inbio.ac.cr/ubis/FMPro?-DB=UBIPUB.fp3&-lay=WebAll&-error=norec.html&-Format=detail.html&-Op=eq&id=3571&-Find, 2007.
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