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Anolis serranoi, Serrano's anole, is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is endemic to Central America.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Dactyloidae |
| Genus: | Anolis |
| Species: | A. serranoi
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| Binomial name | |
| Anolis serranoi (G. Köhler, 1999)
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Etymology edit
The specific name, serranoi, is in honor of Dr. Francisco Serrano, a biologist and conservationist in El Salvador.[3]
Geographic range edit
A. serranoi inhabits areas at up to 1,000 m (3,300 ft) altitude along the Pacific shores of Central America from Chiapas, Mexico, through Guatemala, to El Salvador.[citation needed]
Description edit
A. serranoi has long hind limbs, a divided prenasal scale, and a red dewlap in adult males.[citation needed]
Reproduction edit
References edit
- ^ Campbell, J. & Muñoz-Alonso, A. (2020). "Anolis serranoi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T197441A2483887. . Downloaded on 29 March 2021.https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/197441/2483887
- ^ a b "Anolis serranoi ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ 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 serranoi, p. 241).
Further reading edit
- Johnson JD, Mata-Silva V, García-Padilla E, Wilson LD (2015). "The Herpetofauna of Chiapas, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation". Mesoamerican Herpetology 2 (3): 272–329.
- Köhler G (1999). "Eine neue Saumfingerart der Gattung Norops von der Pazifikseite des nördlichen Mittelamerika ". Salamandra 35 (1): 37–52. (Norops serranoi, new species). (in German, with abstracts in English and Spanish).
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