Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Bighead Anole
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
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)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
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)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
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)
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
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)
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
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)
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
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)
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
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)
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
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)
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
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)
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Reptilia
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)
- Reptiles
- Subclass:
Diapsida
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)
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
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)
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
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)
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- Order:
Squamata
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)
- Suborder:
Lacertilia
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)
- Infraorder:
Iguania
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)
- Family:
Polychrotidae
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)
- Family:
Polychrotidae
(
- Infraorder:
Iguania
(
- Suborder:
Lacertilia
(
- Order:
Squamata
(
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
(
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
(
- Subclass:
Diapsida
(
- Class:
Reptilia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Anolis capito - Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 • Anolis capito — Bauer Et Al. 1995: 58 • Anolis capito — Boulenger 1885: 94 • Anolis capito — Cooper 2005 • Anolis capito — Liner 2007 • Anolis capito — Ortleb & Heatwole 1965 • Anolis capito — Smith & Taylor 1950: 65 • Anolis carneus Cope 1864: 169 • Anolis longipes Cope 1893 • Anolis< /i> (Draconura) Capito Peters 1863: 142 • Norops capito - Guyer & Savage 1986 • Norops capito — KÖhler 2000: 62 • Norops capito — Nicholson 2002
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
- Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, -1965. url p. 137.
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 227, p. 30.
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 77 1934 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 126, p. 147, p. 243.
- Catalogue of the lizards in the British museum (Natural history) / London: Printed by order of the Trustees, 1885-87. url .
- Occasional papers of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas. 1975 Lawrence, Kan.: The University, 1971-1994. url plate 2, page 31, p. 41, p. 42.
- 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. 124, p. 157.
- Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia url , , p. 400, p. 640.
- Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society held at Philadelphia for promoting useful knowledge. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society url p. 276.
- Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 422.
- 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. 124, p. 157.
- Sexual size differences in reptiles / by Henry S. Fitch. 1981 Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1981. url p. 14, p. 54.
- The University of Kansas science bulletin. 38 1956 [Lawrence]: University of Kansas, 1902-1996. url p. 10, p. 118, p. 126, p. 127, p. 129, p. 131, p. 132, p. 367, p. 4, p. 63, p. 9.
- The amphibians and reptiles of British Honduras, by Karl P. Schmidt. 22 1941 [Chicago]1941. url p. 491.
- University of Kansas publications, Museum of Natural History. 15 1963 Lawrence, University of Kansas. url p. 233.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 5, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2536302
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4009890
