Anolis pinchoti

Anolis pinchoti
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Dactyloidae
Genus:	Anolis
Species:	A. pinchoti
Binomial name
	Anolis pinchoti; Cochran, 1931
Synonyms
	Anolis pinchoti; Cochran, 1931; Norops pinchoti; — Nicholson, 2002; Anolis pinchoti; — Calderón-Espinosa & ; Barragán Forero, 2011;

Last updated February 17, 2025

Anolis pinchoti, also known commonly as the Crab Cay anole, is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is endemic to Colombia.^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, pinchoti, is in honor of American forester Gifford Pinchot.^[3]

Geographic range

A. pinchoti is found on three Caribbean islands belonging to Colombia: Crab Cay, Providencia Island, and Santa Catalina Island.^[1]^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of A. pinchoti are forest and shrubland, but it has also been found in banana plantations.^[1]

Reproduction

A. pinchoti is oviparous.^[2]

References

1 2 3 Caicedo, J.R.; Castañeda, M.R. (2021). "Anolis pinchoti ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T178492A18973088. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/178492/18973088. Downloaded on 29 March 2021.
1 2 3 4 Species Anolis pinchoti at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.com.
↑ 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 pinchoti, p. 207).

Calderón-Espinosa ML, Barragán Forero A (2011). "Morphological Diversification in Solitary Endemic Anoles: Anolis concolor and Anolis pinchoti from San Andrés and Providence Islands, Colombia". South American Journal of Herpetology6 (3): 205–210.
Cochran DM (1931). "A new lizard (Anolis pinchoti) from Old Providence Island". Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences21: 354–355. (Anolis pinchoti, new species).
Nicholson KE (2002). "Phylogenetic analysis and a test of the current infrageneric classification of Norops (beta Anolis)". Herpetological Monographs16: 93–120. (Norops pinchoti, new combination).
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 pinchoti, p. 314).
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 pinchoti, p. 97).

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[iucn-1] 1 2 3 Caicedo, J.R.; Castañeda, M.R. (2021). "Anolis pinchoti ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T178492A18973088. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/178492/18973088. Downloaded on 29 March 2021.

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

[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 pinchoti, p. 207).

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