Anolis trinitatis
Reinhardt and Lütken, 1862
ah-NOE-lis — tree-nee-TAW-tis
SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
Native to St. Vincent, many coastal cays, and Chateaubelair Island, Lesser Antilles. It was introduced via the pet trade in 2004 and is established in Miami Beach, Miami-Dade County, Florida (Krysko et al., 2011, Zootaxa 3028: 1–64; Krysko, 2019, Anolis trinitatis. Pages 382–383 in Krysko et al. (Editors) Amphibians and Reptiles of Florida. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida). Not listed in Meshaka et al. (2022, Exotic Amphibians and Reptiles of the United States. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, Florida). Use of the subgeneric name follows Poe et al. (2017, Systematic Biology 66: 663–697).
Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
(Created by Travis W. Taggart; Version: 2025.03.24.10.12.01)
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Province/State Distribution:
USA: Florida
First instance(s) of published English names:
Saint Vincent Bush Anole (Anolis trinitatis: 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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1862
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Reinhardt, Johannes and Christian F. Lutken. Bidrag til det vestindiske Öriges og navnligen tii de dansk-vestindiske Oers Herpetologie. [Contribution to the Herpetology of the West Indian Islands and in particular to the Danish-West Indian Islands.] Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriskie Forening i Kjöbenhavn [Scientific Notices from the Natural History Association in Copenhagen] 23(10-18):153-291
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2011
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Krysko, Kenneth L., Joseph P. Burgess, Michael R. Rochford, Christopher R. Gillette, Daniel Cueva, Kevin M. Enge, Louis A. Somma, Jennifer L. Stabile, Dustin C. Smith, Joseph A. Wasilewski, Guy N. Kieckhefer III, Michael C. Granatosky & Stuart V. Nielsen. Verified non-indigenous amphibians and reptiles in Florida from 1863 through 2010: Outlining the invasion process and identifying invasion pathways and stages. Zootaxa 3028(1):1-64
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2017
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Poe, Steven, A., Adrián Nieto-montes de Oca, Omar Torres-carvajal, Kevin De Queiroz, Julián A. Velasco, Brad Truett, Levi N. Gray, Mason J. Ryan, Gunther Köhler, Fernando Ayala-varela, and Ian Latella A phylogenetic, biogeographic, and taxonomic study of all extant species of Anolis
(Squamata; Iguanidae). Systematic Biology 66(5):663–697
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2019
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Krysko, Kenneth L., Kevin M. Enge, and Paul E. Moler (Editor) Amphibians and Reptiles of Florida. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. 728pp.
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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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2022
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Meshaka, Walter E. Jr., R. Bruce Bury, Suzanne L. Collins, and Malcolm L. McCallum. Exotic Amphibians and Reptiles of the United States. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. 245pp.
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