Anolis serranoi

Anolis serranoi is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is endemic to Central America.

Anolis serranoi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Dactyloidae
Genus: Anolis
Species:
A. serranoi
Binomial name
Anolis serranoi
(G. Köhler, 1999)
Synonyms[1]
  • Anolis biporcatus
    — Oeser, 1933
    (partim)
  • Anolis lemurinus bourgeaei
    — Mertens, 1952
    (partim)
  • Norops lemurinus
    — Villa, 1988
    (partim)
  • Norops serranoi
    G. Köhler, 1999
  • Anolis serranoi
    — Liner, 2007

Etymology

The specific name, serranoi, is in honor of Dr. Francisco Serrano, a biologist and conservationist in El Salvador.[2]

Geographic range

A. serranoi inhabits areas at up to 1,000 m (3,300 ft) altitude along the Pacific shores of Central America from Chiapas, Mexico, through Guatemala, to El Salvador.

Description

A. serranoi has long hind limbs, a divided prenasal scale, and a red dewlap in adult males.

Reproduction

A. serranoi is oviparous.[1]

References
  1. "Anolis serranoi ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. 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 serranoi, p. 241).

Further reading
  • Johnson JD, Mata-Silva V, García-Padilla E, Wilson LD (2015). "The Herpetofauna of Chiapas, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation". Mesoamerican Herpetology 2 (3): 272–329.
  • Köhler G (1999). "Eine neue Saumfingerart der Gattung Norops von der Pazifikseite des nördlichen Mittelamerika ". Salamandra 35 (1): 37–52. (Norops serranoi, new species). (in German, with abstracts in English and Spanish).



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