Anolis dunni

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = Canseco-Márquez L, Campbell JA, Ponce-Campos P, Muñoz-Alonso A, García Aguayo A (2007). "Anolis dunni ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T64194A12746557. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/64194/12746557. Downloaded on 29 March 2021.

| genus = Anolis

| species = dunni

| authority = H.M. Smith, 1936

| synonyms = Norops dunni {{small|(H.M. Smith, 1936)}}

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Anolis dunni, also known commonly as Dunn's anole and abaniquillo de Dunn in Mexican Spanish, is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is native to southern Mexico.{{EMBL species|genus=Anolis|species=dunni}} www.reptile-database.org.

Etymology

The specific name, dunni, is in honor of American herpetologist Emmett Reid Dunn.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 dunni, p. 77).

Geographic range

A. dunni is found in the Mexican states of Guerrero and Michoacán.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. dunni is dry forest in the Pacific coastal foothills, at altitudes below {{cvt|1,200|m|ft}}.

Description

The species A. dunni is moderate-sized for its genus. Females may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of {{cvt|5|cm|in}}. Males are larger, up to {{cvt|5.85|cm|in}}. The dewlap of males is bright reddish orange, with small whitish dash-shaped markings.

Anolis dunni

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Description

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