Anolis bicaorum
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Iguania |
Family: | Dactyloidae |
Genus: | Anolis |
Species: | A. bicaorum
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Binomial name | |
Anolis bicaorum (G. Köhler, 1996)
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Anolis bicaorum, also known commonly as the Bay Islands anole, is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is endemic to Honduras.[2]
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, bicaorum (genitive, plural), is in honor of the members of BICA (Bay Islands Conservation Association) of Honduras.[3]
Taxonomy
[edit]A. bicaorum is in the A. auratus species group, and is closest to A. lemurinus.[2]
Description
[edit]Medium-sized for its genus, A. bicaorum may attain a snout-to-vent length of 7.5 cm (3.0 in). It is long-limbed and has a large dewlap. Its body is brownish, and its dewlap is blackish with a red margin and oblique rows of white scales.[2]
Reproduction
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Anolis bicaorum | IUCN Red List". iucnredlist.org.
- ^ a b c d e Species Anolis bicaorum 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 bicaorum, p. 25)
Further reading
[edit]- Brown TW, Maryon DF, Van den Burg MP, Lonsdale G (2017). "Distribution and natural history notes on Norops bicaorum (Squamata: Dactyloidae) endemic to Isla de Utila, Honduras". Mesoamerican Herpetology 4 (2): 493–497.
- Köhler G (1996). "Additions to the known herpetofauna of the Isla de Utila (Islas de la Bahia, Honduras) with description of a new species of the genus Norops (Reptilia: Iguanidae)". Senckenbergiana biologica 76 (1/2): 19–28. (Norops bicaorum, new species).
- Schulte U (2008). "Der Saumfinger Norops bicaorum (Köhler, 1996) auf Utila, Honduras ". Iguana Rundschreiben 20 (2): 11–15. (in German).
- Van Beest P, Hartman M (2003). "De eerste kweek van Norops bicaorum". Lacerta 61 (1): 3–9. (in Dutch).