Anolis stratulus

Anolis stratulus
Male with extended dewlap
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Dactyloidae
Genus: Anolis
Species:
A. stratulus
Binomial name
Anolis stratulus
Cope, 1861
Synonyms[2][3][4]

Anolis stratulus is a moderately-sized species of anole (US: /əˈnoʊ.li/ ⓘ) (family Dactyloidae) found in Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands. It is a gray-colored lizard spotted with brown markings. It is arboreal, usually found positioned on tree bark on branches in the canopies of forest trees, where in some areas of Puerto Rico it can be incredibly abundant, with tens of thousands of the lizards being present per hectare.

It is locally known as the lagartijo manchando in Puerto Rico.[2][5][6][7] Names which have been coined for it in English are spotted anole,[2] Puerto Rican spotted anole (in Puerto Rico),[8] banded anole (in Puerto Rico),[2][5] saddled anole,[9] salmon lizard,[6] barred anole,[6] St. Thomas anole[2] or the somewhat of a misnomer chameleon, because it can change color. It is known as the "spotted anole" because of the black markings on its back;[8] the Spanish word manchado means as much. There are no salmon in Puerto Rico; the name "salmon lizard" may have been invented for tourists in 2007 by Alan Mowbray, 'interpretive media writer' for the website of El Yunque National Forest,[6] referring to the trout-like colour pattern of its flanks or the perhaps his interpretation of the color of the skin. The names "saddled anole" and "barred anole" are likely taken from the 1862 description by Edward Drinker Cope, although it is not really true, Cope believed that the lizards were characteristically saddled with brown transverse bars on their back. The name "banded anole" may also refer to that.[3] "St. Thomas anole" is also from Cope; although he was immediately corrected in a 1862 Danish publication, in his original English-language publication he stated the anole was only found on the island of St. Thomas.[3][4]

  1. ^ Joglar, R., Rodriguez, C. & Platenberg, R. (2020). "Anolis stratulus ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T75087078A75171881. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/75087078/75171881. Downloaded on 29 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e Uetz, Peter; Hallermann, Jakob. "Anolis stratulus". The Reptile Database. Zoological Museum Hamburg. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  3. ^ a b c Cope, Edward Drinker (February 1862). "Notes and Descriptions of Anoles". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 13 (2): 209. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  4. ^ a b Reinhardt, Johannes Theodor; Lütken, Christian Frederik (14 February 1862). "Bidrag til det vestindiske Öriges og navnligen til de dansk-vestindiske öers Herpetologie". Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den naturhistoriske Forening i Kjöbenhavn (in Danish). 10 (18): 153–156, 255–257. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  5. ^ a b Miranda Castro, Leopoldo; Puente Rolón, Alberto R.; Vega Castillo, Sondra (May 2000). "First List of the Vertebrates of Los Tres Picachos State Forest, Puerto Rico, with Data on Relative Abundance and Altitudinal Distribution". Caribbean Journal of Science. 36 (1): 117–126. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  6. ^ a b c d Mowbray, Alan (2007). "Barred Anole". El Yunque National Forest - Nature & Science. United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  7. ^ Rios López, Neftalí (24 May 2002). "A. stratulus". The Herpetofauna of Sabana Seca, Puerto Rico. Naval Security Group Activity Sabana Seca. Archived from the original on November 24, 2004. Retrieved March 30, 2006.
  8. ^ a b Sánchez Muñoz, Alejandro J. "Reptiles II: Anoles - Looking Down on Us". Father Sanchez's Web Site of West Indian Natural History. Kingsnake. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  9. ^ Perry, Gad; Lazell, James (1997). "Anolis stratulus (Saddled Anole) Nectivory" (PDF). Herpetological Review. 28 (3): 150–151. Retrieved 11 February 2020.