Anolis pogus, the St. Martin anole, Anguilla Bank bush anole or bearded anole, is a species of anole lizard from the Caribbean island of Saint Martin, located in the Lesser Antilles. Its range used to include Anguilla, but it is now extirpated there. It may also have occurred on Saint Barthélemy.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Dactyloidae |
| Genus: | Anolis |
| Species: | A. pogus
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| Anolis pogus Lazell, 1972
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Males reach a maximum of 58 mm (2.3 in) in snout-to-vent length. Males have a uniform light brown to orange-brown dorsal surface, with an off-white to yellowish ventral surface. It has a turquoise area around its eye, which may extend to its upper head, and occasionally with an otherwise rust-brown head. Females are duller in color, but are marked with a mid-dorsal stripe, and sometimes also a white flank stripe.
A. pogus coexists throughout much of its range with A. gingivinus, though they appear to fill different niches, for example by A. pogus preferring lower and less exposed perches.
Previously described as a subspecies of A. wattsi, it was elevated to species level in 1990.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Powell, R.; Dewynter, M.; Daltry, J.C.; Mahler, D.L. (2020). "Anolis pogus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T177907A18967630. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T177907A18967630.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Anolis pogus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 11 November 2021.
- Malhotra, Anita; Thorpe, Roger S. (1999). Reptiles & Amphibians of the Eastern Caribbean. Macmillan Education Ltd. pp. 57–59. ISBN 0-333-69141-5..
External links
edit- Anolis pogus at the Encyclopedia of Life