Anolis distichus

Anolis distichus
	Gray-brown and green individuals
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Dactyloidae
Genus:	Anolis
Species:	A. distichus
Binomial name
	Anolis distichus; (Cope, 1861)[1]
Subspecies
	See text

Anolis distichus, the bark anole or Hispaniolan gracile anole, is a species of anole lizard (US: /əˈnoʊ.li/ (listen)) native to Hispaniola and the Bahamas, and introduced to Florida, where it was first recorded in 1946.[1][2][3] It spends most its time on tree trunks. There are several subspecies and it is highly variable in color. Its body ranges from gray-brown to green, and the dewlap is cream-white, over yellow and orange to red. In Florida, most are gray-brown with a cream-white (pale yellow) dewlap, but more greenish individuals with a yellow-edged red dewlap also occur. It is a fairly small anole, reaching up to 12.7 cm (5.0 in) in length.[3][4]

Subspecies

Gray-brown with cream-white (pale yellow) dewlap

Green with yellow-edged red dewlap

Subspecies listed alphabetically. Some of these may warrant recognition as separate species.[1]

A. d. distichus Cope, 1861
A. d. biminiensis Oliver, 1948
A. d. dapsilis Schwartz, 1968
A. d. distichoides Rosén 1911
A. d. floridanus Smith & Mccauley 1948
A. d. juliae Cochran 1934
A. d. ocior Schwartz, 1968
A. d. patruelis Schwartz, 1968
A. d. sejunctus Schwartz, 1968
A. d. suppar Schwartz, 1968
A. d. tostus Schwartz, 1968

References

Anolis distichus, The Reptile Database
Anolis distichus, Wildherps
"Nonnatives - Bark Anole". Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
Schwartz, A. (1968). Geographic Variation in Anolis distichus Cope (Lacertilia, Iguanidae) in the Bahama Islands and Hispaniola. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 137: 255-309.

External links

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[rdb-1] Anolis distichus, The Reptile Database

[2] Anolis distichus, Wildherps

[FFWCC-3] "Nonnatives - Bark Anole". Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Retrieved 19 March 2018.

[Schwartz1968-4] Schwartz, A. (1968). Geographic Variation in Anolis distichus Cope (Lacertilia, Iguanidae) in the Bahama Islands and Hispaniola. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 137: 255-309.