Anolis marcanoi

Anolis marcanoi
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Dactyloidae
Genus:	Anolis
Species:	A. marcanoi
Binomial name
Anolis marcanoi E. Williams, 1975
Synonyms [2]
Audantia marcanoi (E. Williams, 1975)

Anolis marcanoi, also known commonly as Marcano's anole and the red-fanned stout anole, is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is endemic to the Dominican Republic. ^[2]

Etymology

The specific epithet, marcanoi, is in honor of Dominican botanist, entomologist, herpetologist, speleologist, and researcher Eugenio de Jesús Marcano Fondeur. ^{[3] : 167}

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of Anolis marcanoi are forest and shrubland, at altitudes of 200–1,800 m (660–5,910 ft). ^[1]

Reproduction

Anolis marcanoi is oviparous. ^[2]

References

1. Inchaustegui, S.; Landestoy, M. (2020). "Anolis marcanoi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T74995870A75171716. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T74995870A75171716.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. Species Anolis marcanoi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
3. Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xiii + 296. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5.

Further reading

• Nicholson, K.E.; Crother, B.I.; Guyer, C.; Savage, J.M. (2012). "It is time for a new classification of anoles (Squamata: Dactyloidae)". Zootaxa. 3477: 1–108. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3477.1.1. (Audantia marcanoi, new combination, p. 86).
• Schwartz, A.; Henderson, R.W. (1991). Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History. Gainesville: University of Florida Press. ISBN   978-0813010496. 720 pp. (Anolis marcanoi, p. 296).
• 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 marcanoi, p. 91).
• Williams, E.E. (1975). "Anolis marcanoi new species: Sibling to Anolis cybotes: Description and Field Evidence". Breviora (430): 1–9.