Anolis bartschi explained

Anolis bartschi, also known commonly as the Pinar Del Rio cliff anole, western cliff anole, and the west Cuban anole, is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is endemic to Cuba.

Description

A medium-sized anole, adult males of A. bartschi have a typical snout-to-vent length of 7.5cm (03inches) and females 6.4cm (02.5inches).^[1] It is one of only two anoles that completely lack a dewlap (both sexes), the other being the Cuban stream anole (A. vermiculatus).^{[2] [3]}

Geographic range

A. bartschi is native to western Cuba (Pinar del Río Province).^[4]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. bartschi is forest in limestone karst areas.^{[5] [6]}

Reproduction

A. bartschi is oviparous.^[4] It is among the relatively few anole species in which females may lay their eggs together, forming a communal nest in cavities in a steep cliff.^[7]

Etymology

The specific name, bartschi, is in honor of zoologist Paul Bartsch, who collected the holotype.^{[8] [9]}

See also

• List of Anolis lizards

Further reading

• Cochran DM (1928). "A Second Species of Deiroptyx from Cuba". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 41: 169–170. (Deiroptyx bartschi, new species).
• Schwartz A, Thomas R (1975). A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Anolis bartschi, p. 70).

Notes and References

1. Scharf I, Meiri S. 2013. Sexual dimorphism of heads and abdomens: Different approaches to 'being large' in female and male lizards. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 110. 3. 665–673. 10.1111/bij.12147. free.
2. [Jonathan Losos|Losos J]
3. Ingram T, Harrison A, Mahler DL, Castañeda MR, Glor RE, Herrel A, Stuart YE, Losos JB. 2016. Comparative tests of the role of dewlap size in Anolis lizard speciation. Proc Biol Sci . 283. 1845. 20162199. 10.1098/rspb.2016.2199. 5204168. 28003450.
4. www.reptile-database.org.
5. Scarpetta S, Gray L, Montes de Oca AN, Castañeda MR, Herrel A, Losos JB, Luna-Reyes R, Jiménez Lang N, Poe S. 2015. Morphology and ecology of the Mexican cave anole Anolis alvarezdeltoroi . Mesoamerican Herpetology. 2. 260–268.
6. Web site: Lambert S. 29 March 2014. Spotlight on Cuban Anoles, Part I: Anolis bartschi . Anole Annals. 20 April 2018.
7. Domínguez M, Sanz A, Chávez J, Almaguer N. 2010. Cyclical Reproduction in Females of the Cuban Lizard Anolis lucius (Polychrotidae). Herpetologica. 66. 4. 443–450. 10.1655/09-058.1. 86339367.
8. [Doris Mable Cochran|Cochran]
9. [Richard Allen "Bo" Crombet-Beolens|Beolens B]