''Anolis planiceps'',
commonly known as the golden-scaled anole, orange-fanned leaf-litter anole, or goldenscale anole, is a
species
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of
lizard
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in the
family
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Dactyloidae
Dactyloidae are a family of lizards commonly known as anoles () and native to warmer parts of the Americas, ranging from southeastern United States to Paraguay. Instead of treating it as a family, some authorities prefer to treat it as a subfami ...
. The species is found in
Venezuela
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,
Guyana
Guyana ( or ), officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of South America. Guyana is an indigenous word which means "Land of Many Waters". The capital city is Georgetown. Guyana is bordered by the ...
,
Brazil
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, and
Trinidad
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.
Habitat
The preferred natural
habitat
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of ''A. planiceps'' is
forest
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, at altitudes of .
Description
''A. planiceps'' may attain a
snout-to-vent length (SVL) of .
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Reproduction
''A. planiceps'' 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 ...
.[
]
Etymology
The synonym, ''A. eewi'', was named in honor of American herpetologist Ernest Edward Williams
Ernest Edward Williams (January 7, 1914 – September 1, 1998) was an American herpetologist. He coined the term ''ecomorph'' based on his research on anoles.
Taxa named in honor of Ernest E. Williams
The following species are named in honor of ...
, a wordplay on his initials, E.E.W.[ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Anolis eewi'', p. 81).]
References
Further reading
* D'Angiolella AB, Gamble T, Avila-Pires TCS, Colli GR, Noonan BP, Vitt LJ (2011). "''Anolis chrysolepis'' Duméril & Bibron
Gabriel Bibron (20 October 1805 – 27 March 1848) was a French zoologist and herpetologist. He was born in Paris. The son of an employee of the Museum national d'histoire naturelle, he had a good foundation in natural history and was hir ...
, 1837 (Squamata: Polychrotidae) revisited: Molecular phylogeny and taxonomy of the ''Anolis chrysolepis'' species group". ''Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology'' 160 (2): 35–63.
* Roze J (1958). "''Los reptiles del Chimantá Tepui (Estado Bolívar, Venezuela) colectados por la expedición botánica del'' Chicago Natural History Museum". ''Acta Biológica Venezuelica'' 2 (25): 299–314. (''Anolis eewi'', new species, p. 311). (in Spanish).
* Troschel FH (1848). "''Amphibien'' ". pp. 645–661. ''In:'' Schomburgk MR (1848). ''Reisen in Britisch-Guiana in den Jahren 1840–44. Im Auftrage Sr. Majestät des Königs von Preussen ausgefürt, Thiel 3. Versuchs einer Fauna und Flora von Britisch-Guiana. Systematisch Bearbeitet.'' Leipzig: J.J. Weber. 1,260 pp. (''Anolis planiceps'', new species, pp. 649–650). (in German).
* Vanzolini P, Williams EE (1970). "South American anoles: the geographic differentiation and evolution of the ''Anolis chrysolepis'' species group (Sauria, Iguanidae)". ''Arquivos de Zoologia, São Paulo'' 19 (1–2): 1–298. (''Anolis chrysolepis planiceps'', new combination, p. 85).
Anoles
Lizards of South America
Reptiles of Venezuela
Reptiles of Guyana
Reptiles of Brazil
Reptiles described in 1958
Taxa named by Franz Hermann Troschel
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