Anolis kreutzi
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Dactyloidae |
| Genus: | Anolis |
| Species: | A. kreutzi
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Anolis kreutzi is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is endemic to Honduras.[2]
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, kreutzi, is in honor of scientific illustrator Jörg Kreutz.[3]
Geographic range
[edit]A. kreutzi is found in northwestern Honduras in Atlántida Department and Yoro Department.[1][2]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of A. kreutzi is forest, at altitudes of 1,030–1,690 m (3,380–5,540 ft).[1]
Behavior
[edit]A. kreutzi is arboreal and diurnal.[1]
Reproduction
[edit]A. kreutzi is oviparous.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Townsend JH, Luque I, Wilson LD, Nicholson K, Köhler G (2020). "Anolis kreutzi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T203101A2760449. Downloaded on 29 March 2021. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/203101/2760449.
- ^ a b c d Species Anolis kreutzi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Anolis kreutzi, p. 146).
Further reading
[edit]- McCranie JR (2018). "The Lizards, Crocodiles, and Turtles of Honduras. Systematics, Distribution, and Conservation". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 15 (1): 1–129.
- McCranie JR, Köhler G, Wilson LD (2000). "Two new species of anoles from northwestern Honduras related to Norops laeviventris (Wiegmann 1834) (Reptilia, Squamata, Polychrotidae)". Senckenbergiana Biologica 80 (1/2): 213–223. (Norops kreutzi, new species).
- Schlüter U (2001). "Neuerungen in der Systematik der mittelamerikanischen Saumfinger der Gattung Norops seit 1996 ". Iguana Rundschreiben 14 (2): 19–28. (in German).
- Townsend JH, Wilson LD (2009). "New Species of Cloud Forest Anolis (Squamata: Polychrotidae) in the crassulus Group from Parque Nacional Montaña de Yoro, Honduras". Copeia 2009 (1): 62–70. (Anolis kreutzi, new combination).
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