Anolis darlingtoni

Anolis darlingtoni
Conservation status
	; Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Dactyloidae
Genus:	Anolis
Species:	A. darlingtoni
Binomial name
	Anolis darlingtoni; (Cochran, 1935)
Synonyms
	Xiphocercus darlingtoni; Cochran, 1935; Anolis darlingtoni; — Schwartz & Henderson, 1991; Deiroptyx darlingtoni; — Nicholson et al., 2012;

Last updated September 29, 2025

Anolis darlingtoni, also known commonly as Darlington's anole and the La Hotte twig anole, is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is endemic to Haiti.^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, darlingtoni, is in honor of American entomologist Philip Jackson Darlington Jr. ^[3]

Geographic range

A. darlingtoni is found in the Massif de la Hotte mountain range, Département du Sud, Haiti.^[1]^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. darlingtoni is forest, at elevations of 1,360–1,500 m (4,460–4,920 ft).^[1]

Reproduction

A. darlingtoni is oviparous.^[2]

References

1 2 3 Hedges, S.B.; Mahler, D.L. (2020). "Anolis darlingtoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020 e.T74994974A75171541. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T74994974A75171541.en . Retrieved 29 March 2021.
1 2 3 4 Species Anolis darlingtoni at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Anolis darlingtoni, p. 65).

Cochran DM (1935). "New reptiles and amphibians collected in Haiti by P.J. Darlington". Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History40: 367–375. (Xiphocercus darlingtoni, new species, p. 373).
Schwartz A, Henderson RW (1991). Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History. Gainesville: University of Florida Press. 720 pp. ISBN 978-0813010496. (Anolis darlingtoni, p. 250).
Schwartz A, Thomas R (1975). A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Anolis darlingtoni, p. 77).

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[iucn-1] 1 2 3 Hedges, S.B.; Mahler, D.L. (2020). "Anolis darlingtoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020 e.T74994974A75171541. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T74994974A75171541.en . Retrieved 29 March 2021.

[RDB-2] 1 2 3 4 Species Anolis darlingtoni at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

[3] Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Anolis darlingtoni, p. 65).

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