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Large-headed Anole
Anolis cybotes Cope, 1862

SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
 Native to Hispaniola. It was first intentionally introduced prior to 1965 in Sunset Park, Miami-Dade County, Florida, but these individuals did not establish (King and Krakauer, 1966, Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 29: 144–154). It was subsequently introduced at a residence in Miami, Miami-Dade County in 1967 (Ober, 1973, HISS News Journal 1: 99); in Port Mayaca, Martin County in 1986 (Camposano and Krysko, 2019, Anolis cybotes cybotes. Pages 372–373 in Krysko et al. (Editors). Amphibians and Reptiles of Florida. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida), and Parkland, Broward County in the 1980s (Butterfield et al., 1994, Herpetological Review 25: 77–78). Wilson and Porras (1983, University of Kansas Museum of Natural History, Special Publication No. 9, Lawrence) found this species at the Miami residence site (Ober, 1973, op. cit.), but no individuals were found during visits in 2001 and 2008 (Camposano and Krysko, 2019, op. cit.). Genetic data of individuals from Parkland, Broward County and Port Mayaca, Martin County suggest two Use of the subgeneric name follows Poe et al. (2017, Systematic Biology 66: 663–697). The English name Hispaniolan Stout Anole is used by Hedges et al. (2019, Caribbean Herpetology (67): 1–53).

Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
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Province/State Distribution:
USA: Florida

First instance(s) of published English names:
Hispaniolan Stout Anole (Anolis cybotes: Hedges, S. Blair, Robert Powell, Robert W. Henderson, Sarah Hanson, and John C. Murphy. 2019. Definition of the Caribbean Islands biogeographic region, with checklist and recommendations for standardized common names of amphibians and reptiles. Caribbean Herpetology (67):1–53);

Taxon Links:

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

Selected References:
1862 Cope, Edward D. Contributions to Neotropical saurology. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 14:176-188
1973 Ober, L. D. Introduction of the Haitian Anole, Anolis cybotes, in the Miami Area. HISS News-Journal 1:99
1993 Fobes, Timothy M., Parmerlee, John S., Jr., and Powell, Robert Anolis cybotes Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (564):1-5
1994 Butterfield, Brian P., Walter E. Meshaka, Jr., and Roger L. Kilhefner. Two anoles new to Broward County, Florida. Herpetological Review 25(2):77-78
2007 Kolbe, Jason L., Richard E. Glor, Lourdes Rodríguez Schettino, Ada ChamizoLara, Allan Larson and Jonathan B. Losos. Multiple sources, admixture, and genetic variation in introduced Anolis lizard populations. Conservation Biology 21(6):1612-1625
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.
2019 Hedges, S. Blair, Robert Powell, Robert W. Henderson, Sarah Hanson, and John C. Murphy. Definition of the Caribbean Islands biogeographic region, with checklist and recommendations for standardized common names of amphibians and reptiles. Caribbean Herpetology (67):1–53

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