Anolis distichus
Cope, 1861
ah-NOE-lis — dis-TEH-kus
SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
Beckles (2020, Ph.D. dissertation. University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida) found that some A. distichus mtDNA haplotypes from Florida are highly similar to Hispaniolan haplotypes, while others, although most similar to Bahamian haplotypes, are divergent from them. These findings suggest an older, possibly natural, colonization of Florida from the Bahamas, which bears on the potential natural occurrence of the species in Florida and the status of the proposed Florida subspecies (see de Queiroz et al., 2017, SSAR Herpetological Circular 43: 39), as well as a more recent introduction from Hispaniola.
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Province/State Distribution:
First instance(s) of published English names:
Yellow-throated Anolis (Anolis distichus: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.); North Caribbean Bark Anole (Anolis distichus: Hedges, S. Blair, Robert Powell, Robert W. Henderson, Sarah Hanson, and John C. Murphy. 2019. Definition of the Caribbean Islands biogeographic region, with checklist
and recommendations for standardized common names of amphibians and
reptiles. Caribbean Herpetology (67):1–53);
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
The Reptile Database
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Selected References:
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1861
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Cope, Edward D. Notes and descriptions of anoles. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 13:208-215
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2019
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Hedges, S. Blair, Robert Powell, Robert W. Henderson, Sarah Hanson, and John C. Murphy. Definition of the Caribbean Islands biogeographic region, with checklist
and recommendations for standardized common names of amphibians and
reptiles. Caribbean Herpetology (67):1–53
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2020
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Beckles, Winter A. C. Adaptive divergence across variable signaling
environments mediates dignal diversity in the
Hispaniola Bark Anole, Anolis distichus. Dissertation. University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida. 116pp.
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