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Anolis hobartsmithi

{{Short description|Species of lizard}}

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| image = Anolis hobartsmithi.png

| status = EN

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Muñoz-Alonso, A. |author-link=species:Antonio Muñoz-Alonso |date=2007 |title=Anolis hobartsmithi |volume=2007 |page=e.T64197A12747051 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64197A12747051.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}

| genus = Anolis

| species = hobartsmithi

| authority = Nieto-Montes de Oca, 2001

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Anolis hobartsmithi, also known commonly as Hobart Smith's anole, the north Chiapas anole, and el abanquillo de Hobart Smith in Mexican Spanish, is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is native to Mexico.{{EMBL species|genus=Anolis|species=hobartsmithi}} www.reptile-database.org.

Etymology

The specific name, hobartsmithi, is in honor of American herpetologist Hobart Muir Smith.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 hobartsmithi, p. 124).

Geographic range

A. hobartsmithi is endemic to the Mexican state of Chiapas.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. hobartsmithi is forest, but it has also been found in agricultural areas. The holotype was collected at an altitude of about {{cvt|2,000|m|ft}}.

Reproduction

A. hobartsmithi is oviparous.

References

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Further reading

  • Heimes P (2022). Lizards of Mexico. Part I. Iguanian lizards. Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol. 2. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. 448 pp. {{ISBN|978-3-89973-101-9}}.
  • Nieto-Montes de Oca A (2001). "The systematics of Anolis hobartsmithi (Squamata: Polychrotidae), another species of the Anolis schiedii group from Chiapas, Mexico". In: Johnson JD, Webb RG, Flores-Villela OA (2021). Mesoamerican Herpetology: Systematics, Zoogeography, and Conservation. El Paso, Texas: University of Texas at El Paso. 200 pp. (Anolis hobartsmithi, new species).

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Category:Dactyloidae

Category:Endemic reptiles of Mexico

Category:Reptiles described in 2001

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