Leach's anole

Leach's anole
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Sauria
Infraorder: Iguania
Family: Dactyloidae
Genus: Anolis
Species: A. leachii
Binomial name
Anolis leachii
A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837
Synonyms[1]
  • Anolis leachii
    A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837
  • Anolis bimaculatus leachii
    Underwood in E. Williams et al., 1959
  • Anolis bimaculatus leachi
    — Lazell, 1972
  • Anolis leachi
    — Burnell & Hedges, 1990

Leach's anole (Anolis leachii ) is a species of anole lizard that is native to Antigua and Barbuda, an island-nation in the Caribbean Lesser Antilles, where it can be found on both main islands. It has also been introduced to Bermuda.[2]

A relatively large anole species, it coexists with the smaller anoles A. wattsi on Antigua, and A. forresti on Barbuda.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, leachii, is in honor of English zoologist William Elford Leach.[3]

Leach's anole on tree.

References

  1. "Anolis leachii ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. 1 2 Malhotra, Anita; Thorpe, Roger S. 1999. Reptiles & Amphibians of the Eastern Caribbean. London: Macmillan Education Ltd. 144 pp. ISBN 978-0-333-69141-0. (Anolis leachii, pp. 68, 71).
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Anolis leachii, p. 153).

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