Anolis beckeri

Anolis beckeri
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Dactyloidae
Genus:	Anolis
Species:	A. beckeri
Binomial name
Anolis beckeri Boulenger, 1881
Synonyms [2]
Anolis beckeri Boulenger, 1881 Anolis pentaprion becker — Etheridge, 1959 Anolis beckeri — G. Köhler, 2010 Norops beckeri — Nicholson, Crother, Guyer & Savage, 2012

Anolis beckeri, also known commonly as Becker's anole and Becker's lichen anole, is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is native to Central America and southern North America.

Etymology

The specific name, beckeri, is in honor of Belgian arachnologist Léon Becker. ^[3]

Geographic range

A. beckeri is found in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, southeastern Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz), and northern Nicaragua. ^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. beckeri is forest, at altitudes of 2–900 m (6.6–2,952.8 ft). ^[1]

Description

Medium-sized for its genus, A. beckeri may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 6 cm (2.4 in). The tail is relatively short, 1–1.5 times SVL. ^[2]

Behavior

A. beckeri is arboreal. ^[1]

Reproduction

A. beckeri is oviparous. ^[2] Eggs are laid high in trees, in epiphytic bromeliads, and the adult female displays some parental care. ^[4]

References

1. Köhler G, Sunyer J (2020). "Anolis beckeri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T203079A2759993. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/203079/2759993. Downloaded on 29 March 2021.
2. "Anolis beckeri ". The Reptile Database. http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Anolis&species=beckeri
3. 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 beckeri, p. 21).
4. Owens et al. (2016).

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1881). "Description of a new Species of Anolis from Yucatan". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London1881: 921–922. (Anolis beckeri, new species).
• Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. Iguanidæ .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I–XXIV. (Anolis beckeri, pp. 46–47).
• Köhler G (2010). "A revision of the Central American species related to Anolis pentaprion with the resurrection of A. becker and the description of a new species (Squamata: Polycrotidae)". Zootaxa2354: 1–18.
• Owens JB, Carter KC, Chablé CS, Griffin R (2016). "Reproductive and parental care notes for Norops beckeri (Boulanger [sic], 1891) in northern Guatemala". Mesoamerican Herpetology3 (4): 1007–1010.