Anolis garmani
Stejneger, 1899
AH-NOH-lis — GAR-man-eye
SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
Native to Jamaica. It was introduced via the pet trade prior to 1975 and is established in Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida (Wilson and Porras, 1983, University of Kansas Special Publication : 1–89; Krysko, 2019, Anolis garmani. Pages 377–379 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).
(Krysko, Kenneth and Travis W. Taggart. 2025. Established Exotic Species. Pages 64-87 in Kirsten E. Nicholson (Editor), Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding, 9th Edition. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Lawrence, Kansas. 87 pp.)
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Province/State Distribution:
United States: Florida
Taxonomic Etymology:
Named for a herpetologist.
Anolis — Possibly derived from a Caribbean (Taíno or Carib) word for lizards, standardized into Linnaean Latin.
garmani — Patronym honoring Samuel Garman (1843–1927), American zoologist and ichthyologist.
First instance(s) of published English names:
Edwards Anolis (Anolis edwardsii: Gray, John E. 1830. A synopsis of the species of the class reptilia. Pages 1-110 in The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with its Organization by the Baron Cuvier, member of teh Institute of France, with Additional Descriptions of all the Species Hitherto Named, and of many not before noticed. Ninth Volume. Whittaker, Treacher, and Company, London, England. pp.);
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
The Reptile Database
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Selected References:
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1899
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Stejneger, Leonhard H. A new name for the great crested Anolis of Jamaica. American Naturalist 33(391):601-602
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1983
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Wilson, Larry D. and Louis Porras. The ecological impact of man on the South Florida herpetofauna. University of Kansas Special Publication (9):1-89
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1991
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Russell, Anthony P. and Bauer, Aaron M. Anolis garmani Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (513):1-3
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2017
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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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2019
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Krysko, Kenneth L., Kevin M. Enge, and Paul E. Moler (Editor) Amphibians and Reptiles of Florida. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. 728pp.
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