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Anolis Gorgonae
The blue anole (''Anolis gorgonae'') falls into the genus Dactyloa, which are all highly arboreal, but differ in size, coloration, and perch preferences. The blue anole specifically occupies higher perches. It is also a small species of dactyloid lizard. It is near-threatened and found only on the island of Gorgona, in the Colombian Pacific. Description Both sexes of this anole are overall pure blue, which is very rare in lizards. The male's dewlap is pure white. At least some individuals have a series of darker mottled spots on the head and neck. The blue anole, is unique among all anoles because of their bright blue color, their size; smaller, and are slimmer than the other Dactyloa. The blue anole is mostly found within an inhabited area on the island, where they were seen to be in open branches of the trees. They also like to be on the trunks of trees.Phillips, Burton, Womack, Pulver, & Nicholson. (2019). Biogeography, Systematics, and Ecomorphology of Pacific Island Anole ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Barbour
Thomas Barbour (August 19, 1884 – January 8, 1946) was an American herpetologist. From 1927 until 1946, he was director of the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ) founded in 1859 by Louis Agassiz at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Life and career Barbour, the eldest of four brothers, was born in 1884 to Colonel William Barbour, and his wife, Julia Adelaide Sprague. Colonel Barbour was founder and president of The Linen Thread Company, Inc., a successful thread manufacturing enterprise having much business in the United States, Ireland, and Scotland. Although born on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, where the family was spending the summer, Barbour grew up in Monmouth, New Jersey, where one of his younger brothers, William Warren Barbour, entered the political arena, eventually serving as U.S. Senator from New Jersey from 1931 to 1937 and again from 1938 to 1943. At age fifteen, Thomas Barbour was taken to visit Harvard University, which, entranced by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Basilisk
The western basilisk, or red-headed basilisk (''Basiliscus galeritus''), is a large species of lizard in the family Corytophanidae. The species is endemic to northwestern South America. Etymology The specific name, ''galeritus'', which is Latin, means "wearing a hood", referring to the head crest. Habitat and geographic range ''B. galeritus'' inhabits forests at altitudes of in western Colombia and western Ecuador in South America.Bustamante-Enríquez LM, Arteaga AF (2012).Western Basilisk (''Basiliscus galeritus'') The Amphibians and Reptiles of Mindo. Version 2012.a Earlier reports of its occurrence in Central America are mistaken and actually refer to young of the closely related common basilisk. Köhler G (2000). ''Reptilien und Amphibien Mittelamerikas, Band 1: Krokodile, Schildkröten, Echsen'' entral American Reptiles and Amphibians, Volume 1: Crocodiles, Turtles, Lizards Offenbach, Germany: Herpeton. 158 pp. . p. 72. (in German). Conservation status The western b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endemic Fauna Of Colombia
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere. For example, the Cape sugarbird is found exclusively in southwestern South Africa and is therefore said to be ''endemic'' to that particular part of the world. An endemic species can be also be referred to as an ''endemism'' or in scientific literature as an ''endemite''. For example '' Cytisus aeolicus'' is an endemite of the Italian flora. '' Adzharia renschi'' was once believed to be an endemite of the Caucasus, but it was later discovered to be a non-indigenous species from South America belonging to a different genus. The extreme opposite of an endemic species is one with a cosmopolitan distribution, having a global or widespread range. A rare alternative term for a species that is endemic is "precinctive", which applies to s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reptiles Of Colombia ...
Colombia is the sixth richest country in the world for reptiles, and third richest in the Western Hemisphere. Turtles The turtles (order: Chelonii or Testudines) number thirty-three species from nine families. Fifteen species are listed as vulnerable, endangered, or critically endangered. Three turtle species are listed as endemic. Crocodilia Squamata See also *Fauna of Colombia References External links * * * * {{South America topic, Reptiles of * Reptiles Colombia Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lygodactylus Williamsi
''Lygodactylus williamsi'' is a critically endangered species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to a small area of Tanzania. Common names include turquoise dwarf gecko, William's dwarf gecko, and, in the pet trade, electric blue gecko. Illegal wild-caught specimens are widely sold in the pet trade, often misdescribed as captive-bred. Although ''L. williamsi'' breeds in captivity, the young require a lot of care, making large-scale breeding difficult. A captive breeding project and studbook was initiated by EAZA zoos in 2013. The species ''L. williamsi'' was placed under EU Appendix B protection in December 2014, under EU Appendix A protection in January 2017, and under CITES Appendix I protection in January 2017. The gecko may not be kept or sold in the EU without documentation and permits, renewable every three years, and geckos must now be registered. Similar restrictions apply in some other jurisdictions. Population The survival of ''L. williamsi'' i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Anolis Lizards
The large lizard genus ''Anolis ''contains around 436 accepted anole () species, which have been considered in a number of subgroups, or clades such as '' carolinensis'' and ''isolepis''. ''Nota bene'': In the following list, a taxon authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a different genus. A *'' Anolis acutus'' Hallowell, 1856 – St. Croix anole, sharp anole *'' Anolis aeneus'' Gray, 1840 – Grenada bush anole, bronze anole *'' Anolis aequatorialis'' F. Werner, 1898 – equatorial anole *'' Anolis agassizi'' Stejneger, 1900 – Agassiz's anole *''Anolis agueroi'' ( Díaz, Navarro & Garrido, 1998) – Cabo Cruz bearded anole, Aguero's anole *''Anolis ahli'' Barbour, 1925 – Escambray blue-eyed anole, Ahl's anole *''Anolis alayoni'' Estrada & Hedges, 1995 – Guantanamo twig anole, Alayon's anole *''Anolis alfaroi'' Garrido & Hedges, 1992 – Small-fanned bush anole, Alfaro's anole *''Anolis aliniger'' Mertens, 1939 – axi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capuchin Monkey
The capuchin monkeys () are New World monkeys of the subfamily Cebinae. They are readily identified as the " organ grinder" monkey, and have been used in many movies and television shows. The range of capuchin monkeys includes some tropical forests in Central America and South America as far south as northern Argentina. In Central America, where they are called white-faced monkeys ("carablanca"), they usually occupy the wet lowland forests on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica and Panama and deciduous dry forest on the Pacific coast. Etymology The word "capuchin" derives from a group of friars named the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, an offshoot from the Franciscans, who wear brown robes with large hoods. When Portuguese explorers reached the Americas in the 15th century, they found small monkeys whose coloring resembled these friars, especially when in their robes with hoods down, and named them capuchins. When the scientists described a specimen (thought to be a golden-bel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rainforest
Rainforests are characterized by a closed and continuous tree canopy, moisture-dependent vegetation, the presence of epiphytes and lianas and the absence of wildfire. Rainforest can be classified as tropical rainforest or temperate rainforest, but other types have been described. Estimates vary from 40% to 75% of all biotic species being indigenous to the rainforests. There may be many millions of species of plants, insects and microorganisms still undiscovered in tropical rainforests. Tropical rainforests have been called the "jewels of the Earth" and the " world's largest pharmacy", because over one quarter of natural medicines have been discovered there. Rainforests as well as endemic rainforest species are rapidly disappearing due to deforestation, the resulting habitat loss and pollution of the atmosphere. Definition Rainforest are characterized by a closed and continuous tree canopy, high humidity, the presence of moisture-dependent vegetation, a moist layer of lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. Other ways of defining species include their karyotype, DNA sequence, morphology, behaviour or ecological niche. In addition, paleontologists use the concept of the chronospecies since fossil reproduction cannot be examined. The most recent rigorous estimate for the total number of species of eukaryotes is between 8 and 8.7 million. However, only about 14% of these had been described by 2011. All species (except viruses) are given a two-part name, a "binomial". The first part of a binomial is the genus to which the species belongs. The second part is called the specific name or the specific epithet (in botanical nomenclature, also sometimes i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dewlap
A dewlap is a longitudinal flap of skin or similar flesh that hangs beneath the lower jaw or neck of many vertebrates. More loosely, it can be various similar structures in the neck area, such as those caused by a double chin or the submandibular vocal sac of a frog. More generally, it can be any hanging mass of skin, such as a fold of loose skin on an elderly person's neck, or the wattle of a bird. Dewlaps can be considered as a ''caruncle'', defined as "a small, fleshy excrescence that is a normal part of an animal's anatomy". Etymology The word is first attested in the mid 1300s as ''dewelappe'' ("fold of skin that hangs from the throat of oxen and kine"), from ''lappe'' ("loose piece", from Old English ), but the first element ''*dew(e)-'' is of nebulous origin and meaning; it probably was altered by folk etymology with "dew". Old English had ''fræt-læppa'' in the aforementioned sense (and Middle English ''fresh-lappe''). There also seems to be a cognate to Danish dial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anolis Gorgonae
The blue anole (''Anolis gorgonae'') falls into the genus Dactyloa, which are all highly arboreal, but differ in size, coloration, and perch preferences. The blue anole specifically occupies higher perches. It is also a small species of dactyloid lizard. It is near-threatened and found only on the island of Gorgona, in the Colombian Pacific. Description Both sexes of this anole are overall pure blue, which is very rare in lizards. The male's dewlap is pure white. At least some individuals have a series of darker mottled spots on the head and neck. The blue anole, is unique among all anoles because of their bright blue color, their size; smaller, and are slimmer than the other Dactyloa. The blue anole is mostly found within an inhabited area on the island, where they were seen to be in open branches of the trees. They also like to be on the trunks of trees.Phillips, Burton, Womack, Pulver, & Nicholson. (2019). Biogeography, Systematics, and Ecomorphology of Pacific Island Anole ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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