West Cuban anole

West Cuban anole
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Polychrotidae
Genus:	Anolis
Species:	A. bartschi
Binomial name
Anolis bartschi (Cochran, 1928)
Synonyms
Deiroptyx bartschi Cochran, 1928 Anolis bartschi — Etheridge, 1960[1]

The West Cuban anole (Anolis bartschi) is a species of Anolis lizard, native to Western Cuba.^[1]

Etymology

The specific name, bartschi, is in honor of zoologist Paul Bartsch, who collected the holotype.^[2][3]

References

1. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
2. Cochran 1928.
3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Anolis bartschi, p. 18).

Further reading

• Cochran DM. 1928. A Second Species of Deiroptyx from Cuba. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 41: 169-170. (Deiroptyx bartschi, n. sp.).
• Schwartz A, Thomas R. 1975. A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Anolis bartschi, p. 70).

See also

• List of Anolis lizards