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The Anolis carolinensis series is a proposed clade or subgroup of closely related mid-sized trunk crown anoles (US: / ə ˈ n oʊ. l i z / ⓘ) within the genus Anolis. It was created by Nicholson et al. in 2012 and defined as containing 13 species, a few examples are listed below. [1]
Phylogenetic evidence indicates that the Carolina anole belongs to the Anolis carolinensis anole series, a wider clade of Caribbean Anolis which are all also known as "green anoles". This group is composed of mid-sized trunk-crown anoles with large, conspicuously elongated heads and extreme levels of sexual dimorphism .
Anolis carolinensis Voigt, 1832 – green anole, North American green anole, Carolina anole Anolis carpenteri A.A. Echelle , A.F. Echelle & Fitch , 1971 – Carpenter's anole Anolis casildae Arosemena , Ibáñez & De Sousa , 1991 – Casilda's anole
Anolis is a genus of anoles (US: / ə ˈ n oʊ. l i z / ⓘ), iguanian lizards in the family Dactyloidae, native to the Americas.With more than 425 species, [1] it represents the world's most species-rich amniote tetrapod genus, although many of these have been proposed to be moved to other genera, in which case only about 45 Anolis species remain.
New anole species are regularly described, like Anolis kunayalae from Panama in 2007 [181] The name for this group of lizards originates from the Carib anoli. It was modified and used in French Creole, and then transferred to English via the genus name Anolis, coined by French zoologist François Marie Daudin in 1802. [182] [183]
[3] [4] He wrote his dissertation, titled 'Phylogeographic history and temperature-mediated evolution of the green anole, Anolis carolinensis' on the evolution of the green anole lizard. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] After his PhD he became a National Science Foundation Research Fellow at the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana , working with Julian Catchen ...
The brown anole belongs to the family and genus, Datyloidae and Anolis, respectively. [26] The most closely related species to Anolis sagrei is Anolis nelsoni, also called Nelson's anole. [26] [27] The brown anole has a shorter snout length than the green anole. [16] The green anole, or Anolis carolinensis, is green or light brown patterned. [16]
Anoles have repeatedly evolved into similar forms on different islands, dubbed 'ecomorphs'. Convergence is in microhabitat specialty, behavior, and morphology. [ 3 ] Langerhans, Knouft & Losos call the set of Anolis lizard ecomorphs of the Greater Antilles "a classic example of convergent evolution ."