Anolis kemptoni, or Kempton's anole, is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is native to Central America.

Anolis kemptoni
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Dactyloidae
Genus: Anolis
Species:
A. kemptoni
Binomial name
Anolis kemptoni
Dunn, 1940
Synonyms[2]

Etymology

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The specific name, kemptoni, is in honor of American physician Kempton Potter Aiken Taylor, who was the younger brother of poet Conrad Aiken.[3]

Geographic range

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A. kemptoni is native to Costa Rica and Panama.[2]

Habitat

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The preferred natural habitat of A. kemptoni is forest, at altitudes of 1,100–2,000 m (3,600–6,600 ft).[1]

Behavior

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A. kemptoni is semiarboreal.[1]

Reproduction

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A. kemptoni is oviparous.[2]

Taxonomy

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A. kemptoni is a member of the Anolis auratus species group.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Ibáñez R, Jaramillo C, Köhler G (2020). "Anolis kemptoni ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T203100A2760407. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/203100/2760407. Downloaded on 29 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d Anolis kemptoni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 17 May 2017.
  3. ^ 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 kemptoni, p. 139).

Further reading

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  • Dunn ER (1940). "New and Noteworthy Herpetological Material from Panama". Proceedings of the Acadademy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 92: 105–122. (Anolis kemptoni, new species).
  • Köhler G (2000). Reptilien und Amphibien Mittelamerikas, Band 1: Krokodile, Schildkröten, Echsen. Offenbach: Herpeton Verlag. 158 pp. (Norops kemptoni, new combination, p. 62). (in German).
  • Savage, Jay M.; Guyer, Craig (1998). "A new species of anole lizard, genus Norops (Squamata: Polychrotidae), from the Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica". Revista de Biología Tropical 46 (3): 805–809. (Norops pandoensis, new species).