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Cuban Blue Anole
Anolis allisoni Barbour, 1928

Current SSAR Comments:
Newly listed species. Native to Belize, Cuba, Honduras, and southeastern Mexico. It was introduced via the pet trade prior to 2013 in Tampa, Hillsborough Co., Florida (Krysko et al., 2015, Reptiles & Amphibians: Conservation and Natural History 22: 128–131) and is established in Naples, Collier County (Donini and Allman, 2017, Herpetological Review 48: 587–588; Krysko et al., 2019, Anolis allisoni. Pages 364–366 in Krysko et al. (Editors) Amphibians and Reptiles of Florida. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida). Use of the subgeneric name follows Poe et al. (2017, Systematic Biology 66: 663–697).

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First instance(s) of published English names:
No historic English names have been assigned to this taxon yet.

Taxon Links:

  
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
  
The Reptile Database
  
NatureServe
  
iNaturalist
  
GenBank
  
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database

Pertinent LIterature:
1928 Barbour, Thomas. Reptiles from the Bay Islands. Proc. New England Zool. Club 10: . Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club 10():55-61
2015 Krysko, Kenneth L., C. A. MacKenzie-Krysko, L. L. Connor, Y. U. Alfonso, and L. P. Nuñez. The Cuban Blue Anole, Anolis allisoni Barbour 1928 (Squamata: Dactyloidae), a new nonnative lizard introduced to Florida. Reptiles & Amphibians: Conservation and Natural History 22():128–131
2017 Donini, Jordan and Phil Allman Geographic distribution: Anolis allisoni. Herpetological Review 48(3):587-588
2017 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
2019 Krysko, Kenneth L., Kevin M. Enge, and Paul E. Moler (Editor) Amphibians and Reptiles of Florida. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. 728pp.
2022 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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