West Cuban anole

West Cuban anole
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Polychrotidae
Genus: Anolis
Species: A. bartschi
Binomial name
Anolis bartschi
(Cochran, 1928)
Synonyms
  • Deiroptyx bartschi Cochran, 1928
  • Anolis bartschi Etheridge, 1960[1]

The West Cuban anole (Anolis bartschi) is a species of Anolis lizard, native to Western Cuba.[1]

Etymology

The specific name, bartschi, is in honor of zoologist Paul Bartsch, who collected the holotype.[2][3]

References

  1. 1 2 The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. Cochran 1928.
  3. 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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