''Anolis terraealtae'', the Les Saines anole or Les Saintes anole, (''Anoli des Saintes'' in French) is a species of
anole
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 ...
lizard
endemic
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 elsew ...
to the
ﾃ四es des Saintes, islands in
Guadeloupe
Guadeloupe (; ; gcf, label=Antillean Creole, Gwadloup, ) is an archipelago and overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands窶韮asse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Dﾃｩsirade, and the ...
in the
Caribbean
The Caribbean (, ) ( es, El Caribe; french: la Caraﾃｯbe; ht, Karayib; nl, De Caraﾃｯben) is a region of the Americas that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Se ...
.
It was formerly described as a
subspecies
In biological classification, subspecies is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed. Not all species ...
of ''
A. marmoratus''.
References
External links
Anolis terraealtaeat the Reptile Database
Anoles
Endemic fauna of Guadeloupe
Lizards of the Caribbean
Reptiles of ﾃ四es des Saintes
Reptiles described in 1915
Taxa named by Thomas Barbour
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