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(Redirected from Leach's anole) Species of reptile

Anolis leachii
Conservation status

Least Concern  (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. leachii
Binomial name
Anolis leachii
A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837
Synonyms
  • Anolis leachii
    A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837
  • Anolis bimaculatus leachii
    — Underwood in E. Williams et al., 1959
  • Anolis bimaculatus leachi
    — Lazell, 1972
  • Anolis leachi
    — Burnell & Hedges, 1990

Anolis leachii, the Antigua Bank tree anole, Barbuda Bank tree anole, or panther anole, is a species of anole, a lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is endemic to the Caribbean.

Geographic range

A. leachii is native to Antigua and Barbuda, an island-nation in the Caribbean Lesser Antilles, where it can be found on both main islands. It has also been introduced to Bermuda and Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.

Description

A. leachii is a relatively large anole species.

Sympatry

A. leachii coexists with the smaller anoles A. wattsi on Antigua, and A. forresti on Barbuda.

Habitat

The natural habitat of A. leachii is shrubland, but it is also found in disturbed areas such as pastures and urban areas.

Reproduction

A. leachii is oviparous.

Etymology

The specific name, leachii, is in honor of English zoologist William Elford Leach.

Leach's anole on tree.

References

  1. ^ Daltry JC, Powell R, Dewynter M, Mahler DL (2020). "Anolis leachii ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T203885A2772011. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/203885/2772011. Downloaded on 29 March 2021.
  2. ^ Species Anolis leachii at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ^ Malhotra, Anita; Thorpe, Roger S. (1999). Reptiles & Amphibians of the Eastern Caribbean. London: Macmillan Education Ltd. 144 pp. ISBN 978-0-333-69141-0. (Anolis leachii, pp. 68, 71).
  4. 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 leachii, p. 153).

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. Iguanidæ .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I–XXIV. (Anolis leachii, pp. 29–30).
  • Duméril AMC, Bibron G (1837). Erpétologie générale ou Histoire naturelle complète des Reptiles. Tome quatrième . Paris: Roret. ii + 571 pp. (Anolis leachii, new species, pp. 152–156).
  • Platenberg R (2019). "Barbuda Bank Tree Anole (Anolis leachii) on St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands". IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 26 (1): 79.
  • 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 bimaculatus leachi, pp. 70–71).


Taxon identifiers
Anolis leachii


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