Anolis lynchi
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| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = Castro-Herrera F, Castañeda MR, Mayer GC (2020). "Anolis lynchi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T178604A18967012. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/178604/18967012. Downloaded on 29 March 2021.
| genus = Anolis
| species = lynchi
| authority = Miyata, 1985
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Anolis lynchi, also known commonly as Lynch's anole and el cameleón sudamericano de Lynch in South American Spanish, is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is native to northwestern South America.
Etymology
The specific name, lynchi, is in honor of American herpetologist John Douglas Lynch.{{EponymDictionaryReptiles}}{{rp|163}}
Geographic range
Anolis lynchi is found in southwestern Colombia and adjacent northwestern Ecuador.{{EMBL species|genus=Anolis|species=lynchi}}
Habitat
Reproduction
Anolis lynchi is oviparous.
Taxonomy
Anolis lynchi is a member of the Anolis auratus species group.
References
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Further reading
- {{cite book |last1=Arteaga |first1=A. |author1-link=Alejandro Arteaga |last2=Bustamante |first2=L. |author2-link=species:Lucas Bustamante |last3=Vieira |first3=J. |author3-link=José L. Vieira-Fernandes |title=Reptiles of Ecuador: Life in the middle of the world |date=2024 |publisher=Edition Chimaira |location=Frankfurt am Main, Germany |isbn=978-3899731408}} 1,073 pp. (Foreword by Russell A. Mittermeier).
- {{cite journal |last1=Miyata |first1=K. |author1-link=species:Kenneth Ichiro Miyata |title=A New Anolis of the lionotus Group from Northwestern Ecuador and Southwestern Colombia (Sauria: Iguanidae) |journal=Breviora |date=1985 |issue=481 |pages=1–11}} (Anolis lynchi, new species).
- {{cite journal |last1=Torres-Carvajal |first1=O. |author1-link=Omar Torres-Carvajal |last2=Pazmiño-Otamendi |first2=G. |author2-link=species:Gustavo Pamiño-Otamendi |last3=Salazar-Valenzuela |first3=D. |author3-link=David Salazar-Valenzuela |title=Reptiles of Ecuador: a resource-rich online portal, with dynamic checklists and photographic guides |journal=Amphibian & Reptile Conservation |date=2019 |volume=13 |issue=1 |pages=209–229 (e178)}}
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Category:Reptiles described in 1985
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