Anolis planiceps

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Anolis planiceps
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Dactyloidae
Genus: Anolis
Species:
A. planiceps
Binomial name
Anolis planiceps
Troschel, 1848
Synonyms [2]

Anolis planiceps, commonly known as the golden-scaled anole, orange-fanned leaf-litter anole, or goldenscale anole, is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is found in Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil, and Trinidad. [2]

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Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. planiceps is forest, at altitudes of 40–1,800 m (130–5,910 ft). [1]

Description

A. planiceps may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 7.5 cm (3.0 in). [2]

Reproduction

A. planiceps is oviparous. [2]

Etymology

The synonym, A. eewi, was named in honor of American herpetologist Ernest Edward Williams, a wordplay on his initials, E.E.W. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Oubotar [sic], P.; Schargel, W.; Rivas, G. (2020). "Anolis planiceps ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T66080108A66080113. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T66080108A66080113.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Anolis planiceps ". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2018-01-02.
  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 eewi, p. 81).

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