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Anolis koopmani

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Species of lizard

Anolis koopmani
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Dactyloidae
Genus: Anolis
Species: A. koopmani
Binomial name
Anolis koopmani
Rand, 1961
Synonyms
  • Chamaelinorops koopmani
    (Rand, 1961)
  • Deiroptyx koopmani
    (Rand, 1961)

Anolis koopmani, also known commonly as the Haitian brown red-bellied anole and Koopman's anole, is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is endemic to Haiti.

Etymology

The specific name, koopmani, is in honor of American mammalogist Karl F. Koopman.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of A. koopmani are forest and shrubland, at altitudes of 240–750 m (790–2,460 ft).

Reproduction

A. koopmani is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Mahler, D.L.; Powell, R.; Hedges, S.B.; Mayer, G.C. (2020). "Anolis koopmani ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T178592A18971402. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T178592A18971402.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Anolis koopmani ". The Reptile Database. http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Anolis&species=koopmani
  3. 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 koopmani, p. 145).

Further reading

  • Rand AS (1961). "Notes on Hispaniolan herpetology. 4. Anolis koopmani, new species, from the southwestern peninsula of Haiti". Breviora (137): 1–4.
  • Schwartz A, Henderson RW (1991). Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History. Gainesville: University of Florida Press. 720 pp. ISBN 978-0813010496. (Anolis koopmani, p. 284).
  • Schwartz A, Thomas R (1975). A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Anolis koopmani, p. 88).


Taxon identifiers
Anolis koopmani


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