Anolis fraseri

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| image = Anolis_fraseri.png

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = Castañeda MR, Castro F, Mayer GC (2020). "Anolis fraseri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T178282A18969846. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/178282/18969846. Downloaded on 29 March 2021.

| genus = Anolis

| species = fraseri

| authority = Günther, 1859

| synonyms = *Anolis fraseri
{{small|Günther, 1859}}

Anolis de Villei
{{small|Boulenger, 1880}}
Anolis fraseri
{{small|— Boulenger, 1885}}
Dactyloa fraseri
{{small|— Nicholson et al., 2012}}

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Anolis fraseri, also known commonly as Fraser's anole, is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is native to northwestern South America.

Etymology

The specific name, fraseri, is in honor of British zoologist Louis Fraser.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 fraseri, p. 94).

Geographic range

A. fraseri is found in Colombia and Ecuador.{{EMBL species|genus=Anolis|species=fraseri}} www.reptile-database.org.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. fraseri is forest, at altitudes of {{cvt|400|–|1,700|m|ft}}.

Description

Large for its genus, A. fraseri may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of {{cvt|11|cm|in}}, plus a tail length of {{cvt|27|cm|in}}. The legs are long, especially the hind legs.Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. Iguanidæ .... London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I–XXIV. (Anolis fraseri, p. 65 + Plate IV).

Anolis fraseri

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