Anolis roquet

Anolis roquet, also called Martinique anole, blue anole or savannah anole, is a species of anole lizard. It is endemic to the island of Martinique, located in the Caribbean Lesser Antilles.

Anolis roquet
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Dactyloidae
Genus: Anolis
Species:
A. roquet
Binomial name
Anolis roquet
(Lacépède, 1788)
Subspecies

6, see text

Synonyms
  • Lacerta roquet Lacépède, 1788
  • Anolis martinicensis Suckow, 1798
  • Anolis cepedii Merrem, 1820
  • Anolis goudotii
    A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837
  • Anolis alligator
    A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837
  • Dactyloa goudotii – Fitzinger, 1843 (fide Boulenger, 1885)
  • Ptychonotus fasciatus Fitzinger, 1843 (fide Boulenger, 1885)
  • Anolis roquet – Ruthven, 1923[1][2]

It varies in body size, shape, scalation, and coloration. Its dorsal surface ranges from green to gray-green, brown, or gray brown, with some populations also having areas of blue-green color. Its ventral and dewlap colors also vary. Its markings include dark marbling, spots, and chevrons; and light markings including flank stripes.[3]

It is unusual among anoles in having a voice; it can make a squeaking noise when it is caught.[4]

Juvenile Anolis roquet

The subspecies are:

  • Anolis roquet roquet (Lacépède, 1788)
  • Anolis roquet caracoli Lazell, 1972
  • Anolis roquet majolgris Lazell, 1972
  • Anolis roquet salinei Lazell, 1972
  • Anolis roquet summus Lazell, 1972
  • Anolis roquet zebrilus Lazell, 1972

The Barbados anole (A. extremus) was formerly included here as another subspecies.

References
  1. Schwartz, Albert, and Richard Thomas. 1975. A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 216 pp. (Anolis roquet, pp. 99-100.)
  2. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. For description of variability, see Malhotra, Anita; Thorpe, Roger S. (1999), Reptiles & Amphibians of the Eastern Caribbean, Macmillan Education Ltd., pp. 89–91, ISBN 0-333-69141-5.
  4. Malhotra & Thorpe 1999, p. 91.


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