Anolis fuscoauratus, commonly known as the slender anole, slender Amazon anole, or brown-eared anole,[3] is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is native to northern South America and Panama.[1][2]
| Anolis fuscoauratus | |
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| Slender Anole, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Dactyloidae |
| Genus: | Anolis |
| Species: | A. fuscoauratus
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| Binomial name | |
| Anolis fuscoauratus | |
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It was described as a new species in 1837. In 2009 the geographic range of this widespread species was found to extend farther south to Rio de Janeiro State in Brazil.[4]
Names edit
The specific name, fuscoauratus, is derived from the Latin roots fuscus (combining form, fusco-) meaning "dark" and auratus meaning "golden". The name describes the lizard's morphological characteristic of having a dark gold skin colour.
It is called tai tsjõ in the Kwaza language of Rondônia, Brazil.[5]
Habitat edit
The preferred natural habitat of A. fuscoauratus is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 1,800 m (5,900 ft).[1]
Behaviour edit
Diet edit
A. fuscoauratus preys upon spiders, insects, and insect larvae.[1]
Reproduction edit
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c d e Ibáñez R, Jaramillo C, Köhler G, Gutiérrez-Cárdenas P, Rivas G, Cisneros-Heredia DF, Perez P, Aparicio J, Avila-Pires TCS, Gonzales L (2020). "Anolis fuscoauratus ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T203091A2760203. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/203091/2760203. Downloaded on 29 March 2021.
- ^ a b c d Anolis fuscoauratus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 11 September 2021.
- ^ Slender Anole, Wild Herps.
- ^ "New Lizard found in Brazil reserve". World Land Trust. Archived from the original on 2013-07-04.
- ^ Manso, Laura Vicuña Pereira (2013). Dicionário da língua Kwazá (M.A. dissertation) (in Portuguese). Guajará-Mirim: Federal University of Rondônia.
Further reading edit
- Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. Iguanidæ .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. ("Anolis fusco-auratus", pp. 48-49).
- d'Orbigny A (1837). In: Duméril AMC, Bibron G (1837). Erpétologie générale ou Histoire naturelle complète des Reptiles, Tome quatrième [Volume 4]. Paris: Roret. ii + 571 pp. + errata et emendenda. ("Anolis fusco-auratus. D'Orbigny.", new species, pp. 110–111). (in French).
- Silva-Soares T, Scherrer PV, de Castro TM, Salles ROL (2018). "Filling gaps in the geographic distribution of Anolis fuscoauratus d'Orbigny, 1837 (Squamata, Dactyloidae) in the southeastern Brazilian Atlantic Forest". Check List 14 (1): 15–19.