Anolis koopmani

Anolis koopmani
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Dactyloidae
Genus:	Anolis
Species:	A. koopmani
Binomial name
Anolis koopmani Rand, 1961
Synonyms [2]
Chamaelinorops koopmani (Rand, 1961) Deiroptyx koopmani (Rand, 1961)

Anolis koopmani, also known commonly as the Haitian brown red-bellied anole and Koopman's anole, is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is endemic to Haiti. ^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, koopmani, is in honor of American mammalogist Karl F. Koopman. ^[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of A. koopmani are forest and shrubland, at altitudes of 240–750 m (790–2,460 ft). ^[1]

Reproduction

A. koopmani is oviparous. ^[2]

References

1. Mahler, D.L.; Powell, R.; Hedges, S.B.; Mayer, G.C. (2020). "Anolis koopmani ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T178592A18971402. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T178592A18971402.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. "Anolis koopmani ". The Reptile Database. http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Anolis&species=koopmani
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 koopmani, p. 145).

Further reading

• Rand AS (1961). "Notes on Hispaniolan herpetology. 4. Anolis koopmani, new species, from the southwestern peninsula of Haiti". Breviora (137): 1–4.
• 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 koopmani, p. 284).
• 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 koopmani, p. 88).