Anolis kreutzi

Anolis kreutzi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Anolidae
Genus: Anolis
Species:
A. kreutzi
Binomial name
Anolis kreutzi
Synonyms[2]
  • Norops kreutzi McCranie, G. Köhler & Wilson, 2000

Anolis kreutzi is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is endemic to Honduras.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, kreutzi, is in honor of scientific illustrator Jörg Kreutz.[3]

Geographic range

A. kreutzi is found in northwestern Honduras in Atlántida Department and Yoro Department.[1][2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. kreutzi is forest, at altitudes of 1,030–1,690 m (3,380–5,540 ft).[1]

Behavior

A. kreutzi is arboreal and diurnal.[1]

Reproduction

A. kreutzi is oviparous.[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Townsend JH; Luque I; Wilson LD; Nicholson K; Köhler G (2020). "Anolis kreutzi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020 e.T203101A2760449. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T203101A2760449.en. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Species Anolis kreutzi at The Reptile Database
  3. ↑ Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xiii + 296. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Anolis kreutzi, p. 146)

Further reading

  • McCranie JR (2018). "The Lizards, Crocodiles, and Turtles of Honduras. Systematics, Distribution, and Conservation". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 15 (1): 1–129. doi:10.3099/0027-4100-15.1.1.
  • McCranie JR; Köhler G; Wilson LD (2000). "Two new species of anoles from northwestern Honduras related to Norops laeviventris (Wiegmann 1834) (Reptilia, Squamata, Polychrotidae)". Senckenbergiana Biologica. 80 (1/2): 213–223. (Norops kreutzi, new species)
  • Schlüter U (2001). "Neuerungen in der Systematik der mittelamerikanischen Saumfinger der Gattung Norops seit 1996". Iguana Rundschreiben (in German). 14 (2): 19–28.
  • Townsend JH; Wilson LD (2009). "New Species of Cloud Forest Anolis (Squamata: Polychrotidae) in the crassulus Group from Parque Nacional Montaña de Yoro, Honduras". Copeia. 2009 (1): 62–70. doi:10.1643/CH-07-234. (Anolis kreutzi, new combination)