''Anolis bicaorum'', also known
commonly as the Bay Islands anole, is a
species of
lizard
Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic since it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia alt ...
in the
family Dactyloidae. The species is
endemic to
Honduras
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Oce ...
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Etymology
The
specific name Specific name may refer to:
* in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database
In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''bicaorum'' (genitive, plural), is in honor of the members of
BICA (Bay Islands Conservation Association) of Honduras.
[ Beolens B, Watkins M, ]Grayson M
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Places Canada
* Grayson, Saskatchewan
* Rural Municipality of Grayson No. 184, Saskatchewan
United States
* Grayson, California
* Grayson, Georgia
** Grayson High School
* Grayson, Kentucky
* Grayson, Louisiana
* Gray ...
(2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Anolis bicaorum'', p. 25)
Taxonomy
''A. bicaorum'' is in the ''
A. auratus'' species group, and is closest to ''
A. lemurinus''.
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Description
Medium-sized for its genus, ''A. bicaorum'' may attain a snout-to-vent length of . It is long-limbed and has a large dewlap. Its body is brownish, and its dewlap is blackish with a red margin and oblique rows of white scales.[
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Reproduction
''A. bicaorum'' is oviparous
Oviparous animals are animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive method of most fish, amphibians, most reptiles, and all pterosaurs, dinosaurs (including birds), and ...
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References
Further reading
* Brown TW, Maryon DF, Van den Burg MP, Lonsdale G (2017). "Distribution and natural history notes on ''Norops bicaorum'' (Squamata: Dactyloidae) endemic to Isla de Utila, Honduras". ''Mesoamerican Herpetology'' 4 (2): 493–497.
* Köhler G (1996). "Additions to the known herpetofauna of the Isla de Utila (Islas de la Bahia, Honduras) with description of a new species of the genus ''Norops'' (Reptilia: Iguanidae)". ''Senckenbergiana biologica'' 76 (1/2): 19–28. (''Norops bicaorum'', new species).
* Schulte U (2008). "''Der Saumfinger ''Norops bicaorum'' (Köhler, 1996) auf Utila, Honduras'' ". ''Iguana Rundschreiben'' 20 (2): 11–15. (in German).
* Van Beest P, Hartman M (2003). "''De eerste kweek van'' Norops bicaorum". ''Lacerta'' 61 (1): 3–9. (in Dutch).
Anoles
Reptiles of Honduras
Endemic fauna of Honduras
Reptiles described in 1996
Taxa named by Gunther Köhler
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