Anolis biporcatus

• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 134 meters (441 feet).[1]

Biome: Coastal.

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Anolis biporcatus - Bocourt 1873 • Anolis biporcatus biporcatus — Williams 1966 • Anolis biporcatus — Bauer Et Al. 1995: 59 • Anolis biporcatus — Boulenger 1885: 88 • Anolis biporcatus — Liner 2007 • Anolis biporcatus — Smith & Taylor 1950: 65 • Anolis brevipes Boettger 1893 • Anolis copei Bocourt 1873: 77 • Anolis copei — Stuart 1935: 42 • Anolis copii — Boulenger 1885: 65 • Anolis obtusirostris Peters 1874: 741 • Anolis obtusirostris — Boulenger 1885: 95 • Anolis solifer Ruthven 1916 • Dactyloa biporcata Wiegmann 1834: 47 • Norops biporcatus - Guyer & Savage 1986 • Norops biporcatus — KÖhler 2000: 62 • Norops biporcatus — Liner 1994

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Uetz P..

Similar Species

Members of the genus Anolis

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 275 species and subspecies in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

A. acutus (St. Croix Anole) · A. aeneus (Bronze Anole) · A. aequatorialis (Equatorial Anole) · A. agassizi (Agassiz's Anole) · A. ahli (Ahl's Anole) · A. albimaculatus (White-Spotted Anole) · A. aliniger (Northern Green Twig Anole) · A. allisoni (Allison's Anole) · A. allogus (Bueycito Anole) · A. altae (High Anole) · A. altavelensis (Noble's Anole) · A. alumina (Barahona Grass Anole) · A. alutaceus (Blue-Eyed Grass-Bush Anole) · A. andianus (Andes Anole) · A. anfiloquioi (Anfiodlul Anole) · A. anisolepis (Chiapas Ornate Anole) · A. annectens (Annex Anole) · A. antioquiae (Antiodlula Anole) · A. antonii (Anton's Anole) · A. apollinaris (Boulenger's Anole) · A. aquaticus (Water Anole) · A. argenteolus (Guantanamo Anole) · A. argillaceus (Bay Anole) · A. armouri (Armour's Anole) · A. attenuatus (Slender Anole) · A. auratus (Grass Anole) · A. baccatus (Bocourt's Anole) · A. baleatus (Dominican Giant Anole) · A. baleatus baleatus (Puerto Plata Anole) · A. baracoae (Baracoa Ahole) · A. barahonae (Barahona Anole) · A. barbouri (Hispaniolan Hopping Anole) · A. barkeri (Barker's Anole) · A. bartschi (Western Cliff Anole) · A. bimaculatus (Panther Anole) · A. binotatus (Two-Marked Anole) · A. biporcatus (Neotropical Green Anole) · A. birama (Branch Anole) · A. bitectus (Roof Anole) · A. blanquillanus (Hummelnck's Anole) · A. boettgeri (Boettger's Anole) · A. bombiceps (Blue-Lipped Forest Anole) · A. bonairensis (Ruthven's Anole) · A. breedlovei (Breedlove's Anole) · A. bremeri (Herradura Anole) · A. brevirostris (Desert Gracile Anole) · A. brevirostris brevirostris (Shortnose Anole) · A. brunneus (Crooked Lsland Anole) · A. calimae (Ayala's Anole) · A. capito (Bighead Anole) · A. caquetae (Caqueta Anole) · A. carolinensis (Carolina Anole) · A. carolinensis carolinensis (Green Anole) · A. carpenteri (Carpenter Anole) · A. casildae (Casilda's Anole) · A. caudalis (Cochran's Gianthead Anole) · A. centralis (Central Anole) · A. chloris (Boulenger's Green Anole) · A. chlorocyanus (Hispaniolan Green Anole) · A. chlorocyanus chlorocyanus (Northern Hispaniolan Green Anole) · A. chocorum (Chocolate Anole) · A. christophei (Big-Fanned Trunk Anole) · A. clivicola (Hill Anole) · A. cobanensis (Stuart's Anole) · A. coelestinus (Hiapaniolan Green Anole) · A. concolor (Isla San Andres Anole) · A. conspersus (Grand Cayman Blue-Fanned Anole) · A. cooki (Cook's Anole) · A. crassulus (Ornate Anole) · A. cristatellus (Crested Anole) · A. cristatellus cristatellus (Puerto Rican Crested Anole) · A. cristifer (Cristifer Anole) · A. cumingii (Balsas Anole) · A. cupeyalensis (Cupeyal Anole) · A. cupreus (Copper Anole) · A. cuprinus (Chiapas Anole) · A. cuvieri (Puerto Rican Giant Anole) · A. cyanopleurus (Yateras Anole) · A. cybotes (Large-Headed Anole) · A. cymbops (Cope's Veracruz Anole) · A. darlingtoni (Darlington's Anole) · A. delafuentei (Guamuhaya Anole) · A. deltae (Delta Anole) · A. desechensis (Heatwole's Anole) · A. dissimilis (Odd Anole) · A. distichus (Bark Anole) · A. distichus distichus (Bark Anole) · A. distichus dominicensis (Bark Anole) · A. dolichocephalus (Place Negre Anole) · A. dollfusianus (Coffee Anole) · A. duellmani (Duellman's Pigmy Anole) · A. dunni (Dunn's Anole) · A. equestris (Knight Anole) · A. equestris equestris (Knight Anole) · A. ernestwilliamsi (Carrot Rock's Anole) · A. etheridgei (Montane Bush Anole) · A. eugenegrahami (Eugene's Anole) · A. eulaemus (Good Anole) · A. evermanni (Emerald Anole) · A. extremus (Barbados Anole)

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Further Reading

• A new lizard from Mexico with a note on the genus Norops, by Karl P. Schmidt. 24 1939 Chicago, 1939. url p. 9.
• Advances in herpetology and evolutionary biology: essays in honor of Ernest E. Williams / Cambridge, Mass.: Museum of Comparative Zoology, 1983. url p. 295.
• An ecogeographic analysis of the herpetofauna of the Yucatán Peninsula / by Julian C. Lee. 1980 Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1980. url p. 10.
• Breviora. 1966 Cambridge, Mass.: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, [1952- url , , , p. 1, p. 1, p. 11, p. 12, p. 12, p. 3, figure 1, page 3, p. 36, figure 14 (p. 43-45), page 45, figure 2, page 5, p. 5, figure 3, page 6, figure 4, page 7, p. 8, figure 4, page 9, p. 9.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 218, p. 29, p. 31, p. 65, p. 67.
• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 70 1930 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 112, p. 124, p. 138.
• Catalogue of the lizards in the British museum (Natural history) / London: Printed by order of the Trustees, 1885-87. url , .
• Catalogue of the neotropical Squamata. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1970. url p. 282, p. 289, p. 48.
• Occasional papers of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas. 1975 Lawrence, Kan.: The University, 1971-1994. url p. 4, p. 58, p. 6.
• On the batrachia and reptilia of Costa Rica: With notes on the herpetology and ichthyology of Nicaragua and Peru / by E. D. Cope. Philadelphia: s.n., 1875. url p. 120.
• Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia url , p. 197, p. 197, p. 215, p. 68.
• Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society held at Philadelphia for promoting useful knowledge. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society url p. 343, p. 343.
• Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 240.
• Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url , p. 260, p. 272, p. 276, p. 613.
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 13, p. 43, p. 48.
• Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. London: Academic Press, [etc.], 1833-1965. url p. 241.
• Productive farming; or, A familiar digest of the recent discoveries of Liebig, Johnston, Davy, and other celebrated writers on vegetable chemistry; showing how the results of tillage might be greatly augmented. By Joseph A. Smith. New York, D. Appleton & Co., 1843. url p. 120.
• Report of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and financial report of the Executive Committee of the Board of Regents for the year ending June 30. .. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1933-1965. url p. 139.
• Sexual size differences in reptiles / by Henry S. Fitch. 1981 Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1981. url p. 14, appendix i, page 53.
• The Bulletin of zoological nomenclature. London, International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature. url , , , , p. 1, p. 122, p. 123, p. 125, p. 230.
• The Great Basin naturalist. 17 1957 Provo, Utah: M.L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University, 1939-1999. url p. 54.
• The University of Kansas science bulletin. 38 1956 [Lawrence]: University of Kansas, 1902-1996. url p. 10, p. 100, p. 105, p. 133, p. 134, p. 177, p. 326, p. 367, p. 4, p. 58, p. 59.
• The amphibians and reptiles of British Honduras, by Karl P. Schmidt. 22 1941 [Chicago]1941. url p. 491.
• Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis. 28 1933 [St. Louis: Academy of Science of St. Louis], 1860-1958. url p. 13.
• University of Kansas publications, Museum of Natural History. 15 1963 Lawrence, University of Kansas. url p. 212, p. 213, p. 216, p. 233.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 5, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 27, 2008:

• Carnegie Museums: Amphibians and Reptiles
• Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
• Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Herpetology Collection - Reptile Database
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2536291
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1972884

Footnotes

1. Standard Deviation = 659.950 based on 10 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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