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Green Bark Anole
Anolis dominicensis Reinhardt and Lütken, 1862

Current SSAR Comments:
A new species to the list, formerly listed as Anolis distichus dominicensis. Native to Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Elevated to specific status by Glor and Laport (2012, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 64: 255–260). It was introduced in Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida (King and Krakauer, 1966, Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 29: 144–154; Wilson and Porras, 1983, University of Kansas Museum of Natural History, Special Publication No. 9, Lawrence). Another form, Anolis distichus ignigularis (now A. ignigularis (Glor and Laport, 2012, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 64: 255–260), was introduced to Miami-Dade County (King and Krakauer, op. cit.; Schwartz and Henderson, 1988, Milwaukee Public Museum Contributions in Biology and Geology 74: 1–264; 1991, Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, Florida); however, according to Wilson and Porras (op. cit.), this population is no longer extant. Hybridization appears to have occurred between A. dominicensis and A. distichus floridanus (Miyamoto et al., 1986, Copeia 1986: 76–86; see comment under A. d. floridanus). 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:
1862 Reinhardt, Johannes and Christian F. Lutken. Bidrag til det vestindiske Öriges og navnligen tii de dansk-vestindiske Oers Herpetologie. [Contribution to the Herpetology of the West Indian Islands and in particular to the Danish-West Indian Islands.] Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriskie Forening i Kjöbenhavn [Scientific Notices from the Natural History Association in Copenhagen] 23(10-18):153-291
1966 King, F. Wayne and Thomas Krakauer. The exotic herpetofauna of southeast Florida. Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 29(2):144–154
1968 Schwartz, Albert Geographic variation in Anolis distichus Cope (Lacertilia, Iguanidae) in the Bahama Islands and Hispaniola. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 137(2):255-310
1983 Wilson, Larry D. and Louis Porras. The ecological impact of man on the South Florida herpetofauna. University of Kansas Special Publication (9):1-89
1986 Miyamoto, Michael M., Marc P. Hayes, and Michelle R. Tennant. Biochemical and morphological variation in Floridian populations of the Bark Anole (Anolis distichus). Copeia 1986(1):76-86
1988 Schwartz, Albert and Robert W. Henderson. West Indian amphibians and reptiles: A check-list. Milwaukee Public Museum Contributions in Biology and Geology 74():1-264
1991 Schwartz, Albert and Robert W. Henderson. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, Florida. 720pp.
2012 Glor, Richard E. and Robert G. Laport. Are subspecies of Anolis lizards that differ in dewlap color and pattern also genetically distinct? A mitochondrial analysis. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 64(2012):255-260
2017 MacGuigan, Daniel J., Anthony J. Geneva, and Richard E. Glor. A genomic assessment of species boundaries and hybridization in a group of highly polymorphic anoles (distichus species complex). Ecology and Evolution 7():3657–3671
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

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