Anolis argenteolus

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Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,526 meters (0 to 5,007 feet).[1]

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Anolis argenteolus — Nicholson Et Al. 2005 • Anolis argenteolus — RodrÍguez Schettino 1999: 266 • Anolis argenteolus — Schwartz & Henderson 1991: 218 • Anolis< /i> (Gastrotropis) Argenteolus Cope 1861 : 213

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Holotype: Formerly in USNM, now lost. For illustrations see Stejneger, 1917; Barbour and Ramsden, 1919; Peters, 1970. Listed as synonym of A. lucius by BOULENGER 1885.

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 contribution to the zoögeography of the West Indies, with especial reference to amphibians and reptiles / by Thomas Barbour. 44 1914 Cambridge, U.S.A.: Printed for the Museum, 1914. url p. 285, p. 351.
• Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural. Madrid: La Sociedad, url p. 356.
• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 82 1937 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 129, p. 479, p. 502, p. 514, p. 87.
• 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. 166.
• Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia url p. 255, p. 255.
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url , p. 270.
• 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. 166.
• Smithsonian miscellaneous collections. 92 1935 Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1862-1968. url p. 14.
• System of ophthalmology. St. Louis, Mosby, 1958- url p. 367.
• The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology being a continuation of the Annals combined with Loudon and Charlesworth's Magazine of Natural History. London, Taylor and Francis, Ltd. url p. 272.
• The herpetology of Cuba / by Thomas Barbour and Charles T. Ramsden. 47 1919 Cambridge: Printed for the Museum, 1919. url p. 136, p. 140, p. 141.
• The herpetology of Cuba. By Thomas Barbour and Charles T. Ramsden. Cambridge, Printed for the Museum, 1919. url , p. 141, p. 87.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 5, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• TIGR Reptile Database . Release date: October 2, 2007
• Uetz, Peter. The Reptile Database

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 27, 2008:

• Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Herpetology Collection - Reptile Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2536277
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-485
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 634005

Footnotes

1. Mean = 171.930 meters (564.075 feet), Standard Deviation = 410.070 based on 27 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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