Anolis kemptoni
Anolis kemptoni, or Kempton's anole, is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is native to Central America.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Dactyloidae |
| Genus: | Anolis |
| Species: | A. kemptoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Anolis kemptoni Dunn, 1940 | |
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Etymology
The specific name, kemptoni, is in honor of American physician Kempton Potter Aiken Taylor, who was the younger brother of poet Conrad Aiken.[2]
Geographic range
A. kemptoni is native to Costa Rica and Panama.[1]
References
- Anolis kemptoni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 17 May 2017.
- 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 kemptoni, p. 139).
Further reading
- Dunn ER (1940). "New and Noteworthy Herpetological Material from Panama". Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 92: 105–122. (Anolis kemptoni, new species).
- Köhler G (2000). Reptilien und Amphibien Mittelamerikas, Band 1: Krokodile, Schildkröten, Echsen. Offenbach: Herpeton Verlag. 158 pp. (Norops kemptoni, new combination, p. 62). (in German).
- Savage, Jay M.; Guyer, Craig (1998). "A new species of anole lizard, genus Norops (Squamata: Polychrotidae), from the Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica". Revista de Biología Tropical 46 (3): 805–809. (Norops pandoensis, new species).
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