Anolis Cybotes
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''Anolis cybotes'', the large-headed anole, Tiburon stout anole, or Hispaniolan stout anole, is a species of anole endemic to the Tiburon Peninsula of
Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...
. Reports from other places likely refer to other species that were formerly included in ''Anolis cybotes''. This species gets its name from the male's strangely large head. It is often brownish in color with lighter stripes on the flanks. Males grow to and females to in
snout–vent length Snout–vent length (SVL) is a morphometric measurement taken in herpetology from the tip of the snout to the most posterior opening of the cloacal slit (vent)."direct line distance from tip of snout to posterior margin of vent" It is the most c ...
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See also

* List of ''Anolis'' lizards


References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q1192302 Anoles Lizards of the Caribbean Reptiles of Haiti Endemic fauna of Haiti Reptiles described in 1862 Taxa named by Edward Drinker Cope