Overview
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Culebra Island Giant Anole
Description
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Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Reptilia
()
- Reptiles
- Subclass:
Diapsida
()
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
()
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
()
-
- Order:
Squamata
()
- Suborder:
Lacertilia
()
- Infraorder:
Iguania
()
- Family:
Polychrotidae
()
- Genus:
Xiphosurus
()
- Specific name:
roosevelti
- (Grant, 1931)
- Scientific name: - Xiphosurus roosevelti (Grant, 1931)
- Specific name:
roosevelti
- (Grant, 1931)
- Genus:
Xiphosurus
(
- Family:
Polychrotidae
(
- Infraorder:
Iguania
(
- Suborder:
Lacertilia
(
- Order:
Squamata
(
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
(
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
(
- Subclass:
Diapsida
(
- Class:
Reptilia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Anolis roosevelti Grant, 1931
- Anolis rosevelti Grant, 1931
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name .
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Xiphosurus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 5 species and subspecies in this genus:
X. equestris · X. ferreus · X. homolechis · X. oculatus · X. roosevelti (Culebra Island Giant Anole)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes 2003. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
- David Nicolson - ITIS Data Development Coordinator: Listed as Endangered under U.S. Endangered Species act, and as Critically Endangered on IUCN Red List (as Anolis roosevelti in both cases)
- Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1986. 1986 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/Taxonomicon/]. Access date: Nov 23, 2005
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed November 7, 2006.
- Conyers, J. and Wingate, D. 1996. Anolis roosevelti. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 14 January 2007.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3928087
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-2136 ITS-564553
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 564553
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1954
