Anolis kemptoni explained

Anolis kemptoni, or Kempton's anole, is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is native to Central America.

Etymology

The specific name, kemptoni, is in honor of American physician Kempton Potter Aiken Taylor, who was the younger brother of poet Conrad Aiken.^[1]

Geographic range

A. kemptoni is native to Costa Rica and Panama.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. kemptoni is forest, at altitudes of .

Behavior

A. kemptoni is semiarboreal.

Reproduction

A. kemptoni is oviparous.

Taxonomy

A. kemptoni is a member of the Anolis auratus species group.

Further reading

• Dunn ER (1940). "New and Noteworthy Herpetological Material from Panama". Proceedings of the Acadademy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 92: 105–122. (Anolis kemptoni, new species).
• Köhler G (2000). Reptilien und Amphibien Mittelamerikas, Band 1: Krokodile, Schildkröten, Echsen. Offenbach: Herpeton Verlag. 158 pp. (Norops kemptoni, new combination, p. 62). (in German).
• Savage, Jay M.

Guyer, Craig (1998). "A new species of anole lizard, genus Norops (Squamata: Polychrotidae), from the Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica". Revista de Biología Tropical 46 (3): 805–809. (Norops pandoensis, new species).

Notes and References

1. [species:Bo Beolens|Beolens, Bo]