Anolis fairchildi, also known commonly as the Cay Sal anole and Fairchild's anole, is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is native to the Bahamas.[2]
| Anolis fairchildi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Dactyloidae |
| Genus: | Anolis |
| Species: | A. fairchildi |
| Binomial name | |
| Anolis fairchildi | |
| Synonyms[2][3] | |
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Etymology
The specific name, fairchildi, is in honor of American botanist David Grandison Fairchild.[4]
Geographic range
A. fairchildi is endemic to Cay Sal Bank in the Bahamas.[1]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of A. fairchildi is dry shrubland.[1]
Reproduction
Taxonomy
A. fairchildi is a member of the A. carolinensis species group.[2]
References
Further reading
- Barbour T, Shreve B (1935). "Concerning some Bahamian Reptiles, with Notes on the Fauna". Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 40: 347–365. (Anolis fairchildi, new species, P. 357).
- Nicholson KE, Crother BI, Guyer C, Savage JM (2018). "Translating a clade based classification into one that is valid under the international code of zoological nomenclature: the case of the lizards of the family Dactyloidae (Order Squamata)". Zootaxa 4461 (4): 573–586. (Anolis fairchildi).
- Schwartz A, Henderson RW (1991). Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History. Gainesville: University of Florida Press. 720 pp. ISBN 978-0813010496. (Anolis fairchildi, p. 263).