Anolis fuscoauratus

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Anolis fuscoauratus
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Slender Anole, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Dactyloidae
Genus: Anolis
Species:
A. fuscoauratus
Binomial name
Anolis fuscoauratus
Synonyms[2]
  • Anolis fusco-auratus
    d'Orbigny in A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837
  • Dactyloa (Tropidopilus) fusco-auratus
    — Fitzinger, 1843
  • Anolis viridiaeneus
    W. Peters, 1863
  • Anolis bocourtii
    Cope, 1875
  • Anolis brumetii
    , 1887
  • Anolis scapularis
    Boulenger, 1908
  • Anolis kugleri
    Roux, 1929
  • Anolis fuscoauratus
    — & , 1968
  • Norops fuscoauratus
    — Savage & , 1989
  • Anolis fuscoauratus
    — & De la Riva, 1999

Anolis fuscoauratus, commonly known as the slender anole, slender Amazon anole, or brown-eared anole,[3] is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is native to northern South America and Panama.[1][2]

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It was described as a new species in 1837. In 2009 the geographic range of this widespread species was found to extend farther south to Rio de Janeiro State in Brazil.[4]

Names[]

The specific name, fuscoauratus, is derived from the Latin roots fuscus (combining form, fusco-) meaning "dark" and auratus meaning "golden". The name describes the lizard's morphological characteristic of having a dark gold skin colour.

It is called tai tsjõ in the Kwaza language of Rondônia, Brazil.[5]

Habitat[]

The preferred natural habitat of A. fuscoauratus is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 1,800 m (5,900 ft).[1]

Behaviour[]

A. fuscoauratus is arboreal.[1]

Diet[]

A. fuscoauratus preys upon spiders, insects, and insect larvae.[1]

Reproduction[]

A. fuscoauratus is oviparous.[2]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e , , Köhler G, , , , , , , (2020). "Anolis fuscoauratus ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T203091A2760203. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/203091/2760203. Downloaded on 29 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d Anolis fuscoauratus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 11 September 2021.
  3. ^ Slender Anole, Wild Herps.
  4. ^ "New Lizard found in Brazil reserve". World Land Trust. Archived from the original on 2013-07-04.
  5. ^ Manso, Laura Vicuña Pereira (2013). Dicionário da língua Kwazá (M.A. dissertation) (in Portuguese). Guajará-Mirim: Federal University of Rondônia.

Further reading[]

  • Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. Iguanidæ .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. ("Anolis fusco-auratus", pp. 48-49).
  • d'Orbigny A (1837). In: Duméril AMC, Bibron G (1837). Erpétologie générale ou Histoire naturelle complète des Reptiles, Tome quatrième [Volume 4]. Paris: Roret. ii + 571 pp. + errata et emendenda. ("Anolis fusco-auratus. D'Orbigny.", new species, pp. 110–111). (in French).
  • , , , (2018). "Filling gaps in the geographic distribution of Anolis fuscoauratus d'Orbigny, 1837 (Squamata, Dactyloidae) in the southeastern Brazilian Atlantic Forest". Check List 14 (1): 15–19.
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