''Anolis smaragdinus'', also known as the Bahamian green anole, is a
species
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of
anole lizard in the family
Dactyloidae
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.
Taxonomy
''A. smaragdinus'' is part of the
''A. carolinensis'' series of anoles.
Geographic range
''A. smaragdinus'' is
endemic
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to the
Bahamas
The Bahamas (), officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the West Indies in the North Atlantic. It takes up 97% of the Lucayan Archipelago's land area and is home to 88% of the ar ...
.
Subspecies
Two
subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the
nominotypical subspecies
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:
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Anolis smaragdinus lerneri''
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Anolis smaragdinus smaragdinus''
Etymology
The subspecific name, ''lerneri'', is in honor of American businessman
Michael Lerner, a patron of the
American Museum of Natural History.
[Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Anolis smaragdinus lerneri'', pp. 155).]
References
Further reading
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Barbour T,
Shreve B (1935). "Concerning some Bahamian reptiles, with notes on the fauna". ''Proc. Boston. Nat. Hist. Soc.'' 40: 347–365. (''Anolis smaragdinus'', new species, p. 355).
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Schwartz A,
Thomas R
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(1975). ''A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles''.
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
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Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (''Anolis smaragdinus'', pp. 104–105).
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Lizards of the Caribbean
Endemic fauna of the Bahamas
Reptiles of the Bahamas
Reptiles described in 1935
Taxa named by Thomas Barbour
Taxa named by Benjamin Shreve
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