Anolis pinchoti

Anolis pinchoti, the Crab Cay anole, is a species of lizard belonging to the family Dactyloidae, the anoles. This species is endemic to the Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina in the Caribbean Sea, these islands making up the Colombian department of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina.

Anolis pinchoti
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Dactyloidae
Genus:	Anolis
Species:	A. pinchoti
Binomial name
Anolis pinchoti Cochran, 1931
Synonyms[2]
Norops pinchoti (Cochran, 1931)

Taxonomy

Anolis pinchoti was first formally described in 1931 by the American herpetologist Doris Mable Cochran with its type locality given as Isla de Providencia. his species is a member of the Anolis auratus species complex^[2] of the anole family, the Dactyloidae.^[3]

Etymology

Anolis pinchoti has the specific name, pinchoti, is in honor of American forester Gifford Pinchot.^[4]

Description

Anolis pichoti was described from a holotype, a male, which had a snout-vent length of 44 mm (1.7 in). This specimen has drab-coloured sides and backs with reddish brown limbs, head and tail. There are a few ill-defined spots on the sides and some indistinct dark bands on the limbs and tail. There is a sepia blotch across the back of the head and the gular flap was tan coloured. A paratype was also discussed in Cochran's description, this was a female which had a dark stripe along the spine.^[5] The males are apparently slightly larger than the females.^[6]

Geographic range

Anolis pinchoti is endemic to the Colombian Caribbean islands of Crab Cay, Providencia Island, and Santa Catalina Island in the Department of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina.^[1][2]

Habitat

Anolis pinchoti is found in forest and shrubland, but it has also been found in banana plantations.^[1]

Reproduction

Anolis pinchoti is oviparous.^[2]