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Anolis sabanus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Dactyloidae
Genus: Anolis
Species:
A. sabanus
Binomial name
Anolis sabanus
Garman, 1887
Synonyms

Anolis sabanis — Baumeister, 2000

The Saban anole (Anolis sabanus) is a species of anole lizard that is endemic to the island of Saba, a Dutch municipality in the Caribbean Lesser Antilles. It is common all over the island.

Males measure from 29–72 millimetres (1.1–2.8 in) (snout-to-vent), and females measure from 23–25 millimetres (0.91–0.98 in).[1] Males and females both have a pale grey to tan colored bodies and pale yellow with a green or orange tint dewlap, but the males can be differentiated by additional dark patches covering their bodies. Females additionally have a mid-dorsal stripe. The species eats mostly small insects.[2]

Saban anole on rocks

Biologists believe the origin of the species may come from Saint Croix, but that it is older than the present-day anoles found on Sint Eustatius, Saint Martin and Saint Kitts.[2]

It belongs to the Guadeloupean-Dominican clade of anoles, which includes A. marmoratus on the Guadeloupe Archipelago, A. lividus on Montserrat, A. nubilus on Redonda, and A. oculatus on Dominica.

See also

References

  1. ^ Staats, C. M. and J. J. Schall, 1996. Malarial parasites (Plasmodium) of Anolis lizards: Biogeography in the Lesser Antilles. Biotropica 28:388-393.
  2. ^ a b Saban Anole. Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  • Malhotra, Anita; Thorpe, Roger S. (1999), Reptiles & Amphibians of the Eastern Caribbean, Macmillan Education Ltd., p. 61, ISBN 0-333-69141-5.
  • Stenson, Andrew G.; Thorpe, Roger S.; Malhotra, Anita (2004), "Evolutionary differentiation of bimaculatus group anoles based on analyses of mtDNA and microsatellite data", Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 32: 1–10, doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2003.12.008, PMID 15186792


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