Anolis carpenteri

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| name = Carpenter's anole

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Sunyer, J. |author-link=species:Javier Sunyer |author2=Vargas, J. |author2-link=species:Joseph Vargas |author3=García Rodríguez, A. |author4=Batista, A. |author4-link=species:Abel Batista |author5=Acosta Chaves, V. |author6=Mayer, G.C. |date=2020 |title=Anolis carpenteri |volume=2020 |page=e.T178725A1543357 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T178725A1543357.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}

| genus = Anolis

| species = carpenteri

| authority = A.A. Echelle, A.F. Echelle & Fitch, 1971

| synonyms = *Anolis carpenteri
{{small|A.A. Echelle, A.F. Echelle & Fitch, 1971}}

Norops carpenteri
{{small|— Guyer & J.M. Savage, 1986}}

| synonyms_ref = Echelle AA, Echelle AF, Fitch HS (1971). "A new anole from Costa Rica". Herpetologica 27 (3): 354-362. (Anolis carpenteri, new species).{{EMBL species|genus=Anolis|species=carpenteri}} www.reptile-database.org.

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Anolis carpenteri, also known commonly as Carpenter's anole or the carpenter anole is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is endemic to Central America.

Etymology

The specific name, carpenteri, is in honor of American herpetologist Charles Congden Carpenter.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (Anolis carpenteri, p. 48).

Description

A. carpenteri is a small, green lizard with an orange dewlap and smooth ventral scales.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}

Habitat

Carpenter's anole prefers relatively open habitat in the lowland interface between land and watercourses, and is adapted for climbing on lichen-covered rocks, tree trunks, and shrubs.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}

Geographic range

A. carpenteri is found in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama. In Costa Rica it is found in Amistad Caribe, Huetar Norte, Cordillera Volcanica Central, Guanacaste, Tortuguero.Savage JM, Villa J (1986). "An Introduction to the Herpetofauna of Costa Rica". Soc. Stud. Amphib. Rept. Contrib. Herpetol. No. 3. viii + 207 pp.

The type locality is Río Reventazón, Turrialba, Cartago Province, Costa Rica.

Diet

A. carpenteri feeds on arthropods, primarily insects.Chaco, Federico Munoz (2007). "Norops carpenteri Echelle et al., 1971 (Lagartija, anolis; Inglés: Anole lizard)". http://darnis.inbio.ac.cr/ubis/FMPro?-DB=UBIPUB.fp3&-lay=WebAll&-error=norec.html&-Format=detail.html&-Op=eq&id=3571&-Find {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719200435/http://darnis.inbio.ac.cr/ubis/FMPro?-DB=UBIPUB.fp3&-lay=WebAll&-error=norec.html&-Format=detail.html&-Op=eq&id=3571&-Find |date=2011-07-19 }}. (in Spanish).

Reproduction

A. carpenteri is oviparous.