Anolis pinchoti, also known commonly as the Crab Cay anole, is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is endemic to Colombia.[2]
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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. pinchoti
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| Anolis pinchoti Cochran, 1931
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Etymology
editThe specific name, pinchoti, is in honor of American forester Gifford Pinchot.[3]
Geographic range
editA. pinchoti is found on three Caribbean islands belonging to Colombia: Crab Cay, Providencia Island, and Santa Catalina Island.[1][2]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitats of A. pinchoti are forest and shrubland, but it has also been found in banana plantations.[1]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Caicedo, J.R.; Castañeda, M.R. (2021). "Anolis pinchoti ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T178492A18973088. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/178492/18973088. Downloaded on 29 March 2021.
- ^ a b c d Species Anolis pinchoti at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.com.
- ^ 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 pinchoti, p. 207).
Further reading
edit- Calderón-Espinosa ML, Barragán Forero A (2011). "Morphological Diversification in Solitary Endemic Anoles: Anolis concolor and Anolis pinchoti from San Andrés and Providence Islands, Colombia". South American Journal of Herpetology 6 (3): 205–210.
- Cochran DM (1931). "A new lizard (Anolis pinchoti) from Old Providence Island". Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 21: 354–355. (Anolis pinchoti, new species).
- Nicholson KE (2002). "Phylogenetic analysis and a test of the current infrageneric classification of Norops (beta Anolis)". Herpetological Monographs 16: 93–120. (Norops pinchoti, new combination).
- 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 pinchoti, p. 314).
- 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 pinchoti, p. 97).
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