Anolis hendersoni

Anolis hendersoni, also known commonly as Henderson's anole and the La Selle long-snouted anole, is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is native to the island of Hispaniola. There are two recognized subspecies.

Anolis hendersoni
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Dactyloidae
Genus: Anolis
Species:
A. hendersoni
Binomial name
Anolis hendersoni
Cochran, 1923

Etymology

The specific name, hendersoni, is in honor of American malacologist John Brooks Henderson Jr.[2]

Geographic range

A. hendersoni is found in southern Haiti,[1][3] and in adjacent southwestern Dominican Republic.[1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. hendersoni is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 1,750 m (5,740 ft).[1]

Description

Small for its genus, A. hendersoni may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of almost 5 cm (almost 2 inches).[3]

Reproduction

A. hendersoni is oviparous.[3]

Subspecies

There are two subspecies that are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[3]

  • Anolis hendersoni hendersoni Cochran, 1923
  • Anolis hendersoni ravidormitans Schwartz, 1978

References
  1. Mahler DL, Hedges B (2020). "Anolis hendersoni ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T74995426A75171616. Downloaded on 29 March 2021. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/74995426/75171616.
  2. 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 hendersoni, p. 121).
  3. "Anolis hendersoni ". The Reptile Database. http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Anolis&species=hendersoni

Further reading
  • Cochran DM (1923). "A new Anolis from Haiti". Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 13 (11): 225–226. (Anolis hendersoni, new species).
  • Schwartz A (1978). "The Hispaniolan Anolis (Reptilia, Lacertilia, Iguanidae) of the hendersoni Complex". Journal of Herpetology 12 (3): 355–370. (Anolis hendersoni ravidormitans, new subspecies).
  • 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 hendersoni, p. 275).
  • Schwartz A, Thomas R (1975). A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publications No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Anolis hendersoni, p. 95).



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