Anolis mestrei
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Anolidae |
| Genus: | Anolis |
| Species: | A. mestrei |
| Binomial name | |
| Anolis mestrei | |
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Anolis mestrei, commonly known as the Pinar del Rio anole and the red-fanned rock anole, is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is endemic to Cuba.[2]
Etymology
The specific name, mestrei, is in honor of Aristides Mestre y Hevia (1865–1952), who was a Cuban physician and naturalist.[3]: 177
Geographic distribution
Anolis metrei is found in the Cuban provinces of La Habana and Pinar del Río.[1][2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of Anolis mestrei is forest.[1]
Behavior
Anolis mestrei is terrestrial and saxicolous (rock-dwelling).[1]
Reproduction
Taxonomy
Anolis mestrei belongs to the Anolis sagrei species group.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Fong, A. (2020). "Anolis mestrei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020 e.T74995959A75171726. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T74995959A75171726.en. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Species Anolis mestrei at The Reptile Database
- ↑ 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.
Further reading
- Ahl, E. (1925). "Neue Iguaniden aus dem Zoologischen Museum Berlin ". Zoologischer Anzeiger. 62: 85–88. (Anolis cubanus, new species, p. 87). (in German).
- Barbour, T.; Ramsden, C.T. (1916). "A New Anolis from Cuba". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 29: 19–20. (Anolis mestrei, new species).
- Schwartz, A.; Henderson, R.W. (1991). Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History. Gainesville: University of Florida Press. ISBN 978-0813010496. 720 pp. (Anolis mestrei, p. 301).
- Schwartz, A.; Thomas, R. (1975). A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. (Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1). 216 pp. (Anolis mestrei, p. 93).