Anolis poncensis

Ponce anole
In Ponce, Puerto Rico
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Anolidae
Genus: Anolis
Species:
A. poncensis
Binomial name
Anolis poncensis
Synonyms
  • Ctenonotus poncensis Nicholson, et al., 2012[3]

Anolis poncensis (commonly known as Ponce small-fanned anole, Ponce anole and dryland grass anole;[4]) is a species of lizard of the family of Dactyloidae.[5] The species is endemic to Puerto Rico.[6] It was first identified in Ponce, in the hills three miles east[a] of the city.[5] The Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources considers it a "vulnerable species".[7]

Description

The body of this anole is longer and more slender than other grass Anoles. It has distinguishing brownish dorsum, greenish sides, blue eyes, a small white dewlap, a short pale lateral line, and a number of black spots behind the eyes.[8] Males grow up to 44 mm (1.7 in) and females up to 40 mm (1.6 in).[9]

Anolis poncensis diagram from Stejneger, L. "The herpetology of Porto Rico". Rept. United States Natl. Mus. 1902: pp. 666. (1904).

Distribution

This species is endemic to Puerto Rico.[7] Its distribution is rather small, being limited to the arid and semi-arid western half of the southern coast of the island.[8] It was identified and catalogued in 1902 by Leonhard Stejneger, a curator with the Division of Reptiles and Batrachians of the United States National Museum.[2]

Etymology

Its species name, consisting of "ponce" plus the Latin suffix -nsis, was given in reference to the place of its discovery, the city of Ponce.[10] Its discovery and documentation were originally published in Stejneger, 1904: "The herpetology of Porto Rico".[2]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ There are no hills east of Ponce; all hills near Ponce are either north or west of Ponce. As the map on page 619 of this following source (https://faculty.unlv.edu/jrodriguez/39.pdf [Living together but remaining apart: comparative phylogeography of Anolis poncensis and A. cooki, two lizards endemic to the aridlands of Puerto Rico]) shows, as well as the location descriptions ("El Tuque", etc.,) given there (example: p. 621), the habitat for this species is clearly in the hills --and drylands-- west (not east) of Ponce, and, as such, Stejneger 1904's documentation appears to be a typo, most likely due to human directional interpretation error.

References

  1. ↑ Mahler, D.L.; Rodriguez, C. (2020). "Anolis poncensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020 e.T75084791A75171781. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T75084791A75171781.en. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Stejneger, Leonhard (1904). "The herpetology of Porto Rico". Rept. United States Natl. Mus. 1902. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.11835.
  3. ↑ "Anolis poncensis (Stejneger, 1904)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  4. ↑ "Anolis poncensis". The Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  5. 1 2 Anolis poncensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 13 June 2016.
  6. ↑ "PUERTO RICO: Checklist of Endemic Reptile Species". Living National Treasures. 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  7. 1 2 "Construccion de Infraestructuras Minimas Recreativas y Educativas en la Reserva Natural Punta Cucharas: Evaluacion Ambiental: Punta Cucharas" (PDF). Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales de Puerto Rico. October 2012. p. 24. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  8. 1 2 Raymond Huey (2016). "Vulnerability of Tropical Ectotherms to Climate Warming". Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  9. ↑ Schwartz & Henderson (1991). Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History. Florida University Press.
  10. ↑ Michele Johnson (2013). "Lizards may be smarter than you think". Trinity University. Archived from the original on 5 July 2022.

Further reading

  • Brandley, M.C.; De Queiroz, K. (2004). "Phylogeny, ecomorphological evolution, and historical biogeography of the Anolis cristatellus series". Herpetological Monographs. 18: 90–126. doi:10.1655/0733-1347(2004)018[0090:PEEAHB]2.0.CO;2.
  • Grant, C. (1932). "Herpetological notes from the Puerto Rico area". Jour. Dept. Agric. Puerto Rico. 16 (1): 161–165.
  • Nicholson, Kirten E.; Brian I. Crother; Craig Guyer; Jay M. Savage (2012). "It is time for a new classification of anoles (Squamata: Dactyloidae)". Zootaxa. 3477: 1–108. Bibcode:2012Zoot.34777.1.1N. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3477.1.1.
  • Poe, S. (2004). "Phylogeny of anoles". Herpetological Monographs. 18: 37–89. doi:10.1655/0733-1347(2004)018[0037:POA]2.0.CO;2.
  • Poe, S. (2013). "1986 Redux: New genera of anoles (Squamata: Dactyloidae) are unwarranted". Zootaxa. 3626 (2): 295–299. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3626.2.7. PMID 26176139.
  • Rivero, J.A. (1978). Los anfibios y reptiles de Puerto Rico [The Amphibians and Reptiles of Puerto Rico] (in Spanish).
  • Schmidt, K.P. (1928). "Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands: Amphibians and land reptiles of Porto Rico, with a list of those reported from the Virgin Islands". New York Academy of Sciences. 10 (1).
  • Schwartz, A. and Henderson, R.W. (1985). A guide to the identification of the amphibians and reptiles of the West Indies exclusive of Hispaniola. Milwaukee Public Museum.
  • Schwartz, A. and Henderson, R.W. (1991). Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. Gainesville: University of Florida Press.
  • Werning, H. (2012). "Zwischen Anolis und Cycluren: Unterwegs auf Puerto Rico". Reptilia (Münster) (in German). 17 (95): 100–109.
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