Anolis lamari
Appearance
Anolis lamari | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Iguania |
Family: | Dactyloidae |
Genus: | Anolis |
Species: | A. lamari
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Binomial name | |
Anolis lamari E. Williams, 1992
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Synonyms[2] | |
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Anolis lamari is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is endemic to Colombia.[2]
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, lamari, is in honor of American Herpetologist William Wylly Lamar.[3]
Description
[edit]The dewlap of A. lamari is uniformly yellow-orange. The head has a parietal knob, which is preceded by a line of enlarged scales. However, the head scales lack minute tubercles. The flanks lack reticulations.[2]
Geographic range
[edit]A. lamari is found on the eastern slopes of the Cordillera Oriental, in Meta Department, Colombia.[1][2]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of A. lamari is forest, at altitudes around 1,600 m (5,200 ft).[1]
Reproduction
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Caicedo JR, Calderón M, Ines Hladki A, Ramírez Pinilla M, Renjifo J, Rivas G, Urbina N (2021). "Anolis lamari ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T44577441A44577446.en. Accessed on 13 November 2024.
- ^ a b c d e Species Anolis lamari at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Anolis lamari, p. 149).
Further reading
[edit]- Barnett, Joseph; Rueda-Solano, Luis Alberto; Pérez-González, José Luis; Poe, Steven (2022). "Rediscovery of Anolis lamari Williams, 1992: morphological variation and nocturnal ecology (Squamata: Dactyloidae)". Herpetology Notes 15: 329–334.
- Williams EE (1992). "New or problematic Anolis from Colombia. VII. Anolis lamari, a new anole from the Cordillera Oriental of Colombia, with a discussion of tigrinus and punctatus species group boundaries". Breviora (495): 1–24.