Anolis alumina

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

Overview

Near Threatened

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Ecology: This is a xerophilic species, which can be found in the undergrowth of dense grass and rocky areas of pine savanna , under rocks in hammock woodland, or along the margins of cleared fields in dead Acacia. [1].

List of Habitats :

• 1 Forest
• 1.5 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
• 2 Savanna
• 2.1 Savanna - Dry
• 4 Grassland
• 4.5 Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Anolis alumina — Nicholson Et Al. 2005 • Anolis alumina — Schwartz & Henderson 1991: 213

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Holotype: MCZ 143824 For illustrations see Hertz, 1976.

According to Hertz (1976), various specimens of this species had previously been assigned to Anolis semilineatus. However, whether A. semilineatus (Cope 1864 (part) should be listed as a synonym for this species is still unclear.[1].

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

• Sexual size differences in reptiles / by Henry S. Fitch. 1981 Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1981. url p. 14, appendix ii, page 67.

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.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• 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
• de Queiroz, K. and Mayer, G.C. 2011. Anolis alumina. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.

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: 2536267
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-474
• IUCN ID: 191295
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 633998

Footnotes

1. de Queiroz, K. & Mayer, G.C. 2011. Anolis alumina. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]

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