THE CENTER FOR NORTH AMERICAN HERPETOLOGY

Reptilia    Squamata (part)    Anolidae  

Bark Anole
Anolis distichus Cope, 1861

Current SSAR Comments:
Beckles (2020, Ph.D. dissertation. University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida) found that some A. distichus mtDNA haplotypes from Florida are highly similar to Hispaniolan haplotypes, while others, although most similar to Bahamian haplotypes, are divergent from them. These findings suggest an older, possibly natural, colonization of Florida from the Bahamas, which bears on the potential natural occurrence of the species in Florida and the status of the proposed Florida subspecies (see de Queiroz et al., 2017, SSAR Herpetological Circular 43: 39), as well as a more recent introduction from Hispaniola.

Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
(Created by Travis W. Taggart; Version: 2023.04.08.10.18.23)
Download GeoJSON polygon range file: - 0.06 MB

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:
1861 Cope, Edward D. Notes and descriptions of anoles. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 13():208-215
2020 Beckles, Winter A. C. Adaptive divergence across variable signaling environments mediates dignal diversity in the Hispaniola Bark Anole, Anolis distichus. Dissertation. University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida. 116pp.

THE CENTER FOR NORTH AMERICAN HERPETOLOGY — Accessed: Thursday 30 January 2025 02:27 CT