Anolis planiceps explained

Anolis planiceps, commonly known as the golden-scaled anole, orange-fanned leaf-litter anole, or goldenscale anole, is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is found in Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil, and Trinidad.^[1]

Habitat

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

Description

A. planiceps may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of .^[1]

Reproduction

A. planiceps is oviparous.^[1]

Etymology

The synonym, A. eewi, was named in honor of American herpetologist Ernest Edward Williams, a wordplay on his initials, E.E.W.^[2]

Further reading

• D'Angiolella AB, Gamble T, Avila-Pires TCS, Colli GR, Noonan BP, Vitt LJ (2011). "Anolis chrysolepis Duméril & Bibron, 1837 (Squamata: Polychrotidae) revisited: Molecular phylogeny and taxonomy of the Anolis chrysolepis species group". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 160 (2): 35–63.
• Roze J (1958). "Los reptiles del Chimantá Tepui (Estado Bolívar, Venezuela) colectados por la expedición botánica del Chicago Natural History Museum". Acta Biológica Venezuelica 2 (25): 299–314. (Anolis eewi, new species, p. 311). (in Spanish).
• Troschel FH (1848). "Amphibien ". pp. 645–661. In: Schomburgk MR (1848). Reisen in Britisch-Guiana in den Jahren 1840–44. Im Auftrage Sr. Majestät des Königs von Preussen ausgefürt, Thiel 3. Versuchs einer Fauna und Flora von Britisch-Guiana. Systematisch Bearbeitet. Leipzig: J.J. Weber. 1,260 pp. (Anolis planiceps, new species, pp. 649–650). (in German).
• Vanzolini P, Williams EE (1970). "South American anoles: the geographic differentiation and evolution of the Anolis chrysolepis species group (Sauria, Iguanidae)". Arquivos de Zoologia, São Paulo 19 (1–2): 1–298. (Anolis chrysolepis planiceps, new combination, p. 85).

Notes and References

1. News: Anolis planiceps . The Reptile Database. 2018-01-02.
2. [species:Bo Beolens|Beolens, Bo]