Anolis crassulus, the ornate anole, is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is found in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Mexico.[2] This species is characterized by its moderately to strongly enlarged medial dorsal scales, no more than two scales separating the supraorbital semicircles, four to seven rows of loreals, suboculars and supralabials in contact under the central portion of the orbit, enlarged postanals in males, and heterogeneous flank squamation.[3]

Anolis crassulus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Dactyloidae
Genus: Anolis
Species:
A. crassulus
Binomial name
Anolis crassulus
Cope, 1864

References edit

  1. ^ Campbell, J. & Muñoz-Alonso, A. (2020). "Anolis crassulus ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T197453A2485243. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/197453/2485243. Downloaded on 29 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Anolis crassulus". The Reptile Database. http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Anolis&species=crassulus
  3. ^ Townsend, Josiah H.; Willson, L.D. (2009). "New Species of Cloud Forest Anolis (Squamata: Polychrotidae) in the crassulus Group from Parque Nacional Montana de Yoro, Honduras". Copeia. 1 (1): 62–72. doi:10.1643/CH-07-234. S2CID 86185272 – via Clarivate - Web Science.