Anolis planiceps

Anolis planiceps
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
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 Troschel, 1848 Anolis eewi Roze, 1958 Anolis chrysolepis planiceps — Vanzolini & E.E. Williams, 1970 Anolis planiceps — D'Angiolella et al., 2011

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]

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]

References

1. 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. "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).

Further reading

• D'Angiolella AB, Gamble T, Avila-Pires TCS, Colli GR, Noonan BP, Vitt LJ (2011). "Anolis chrysolepis Duméril & Bibron, 1837 (Squamata: Polychrotidae) revisited: Molecular phylogeny and taxonomy of the Anolis chrysolepis species group". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology160 (2): 35–63.
• Roze J (1958). "Los reptiles del Chimantá Tepui (Estado Bolívar, Venezuela) colectados por la expedición botánica del Chicago Natural History Museum". Acta Biológica Venezuelica2 (25): 299–314. (Anolis eewi, new species, p. 311). (in Spanish).
• Troschel FH (1848). "Amphibien ". pp. 645–661. In: Schomburgk MR (1848). Reisen in Britisch-Guiana in den Jahren 1840–44. Im Auftrage Sr. Majestät des Königs von Preussen ausgefürt, Thiel 3. Versuchs einer Fauna und Flora von Britisch-Guiana. Systematisch Bearbeitet. Leipzig: J.J. Weber. 1,260 pp. (Anolis planiceps, new species, pp. 649–650). (in German).
• Vanzolini P, Williams EE (1970). "South American anoles: the geographic differentiation and evolution of the Anolis chrysolepis species group (Sauria, Iguanidae)". Arquivos de Zoologia, São Paulo19 (1–2): 1–298. (Anolis chrysolepis planiceps, new combination, p. 85).