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bearded anole
Anolis pogus
Anolis pogus, the St. Martin anole, Anguilla Bank bush anole or bearded anole, is a species of lizard belonging to the family Dactyloidae, the anoles. This lizard is restricted to the Caribbean island of Saint Martin, located in the Lesser Antilles. Its range used to include Anguilla, but it is now extirpated there. It may also have occurred on Saint Barthélemy.
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Description
Anolis pogus has a white throat flap in males which are marked with dark green vertical bars across the back. The females have no flank stripe. The scales below the eye are blue, brick red or white. The largest males in the type series were 50 mm (2.0 in) while the largest females were 42 mm (1.7 in).
Range & habitat
Anolis pogus is now restricted to the island of Saint Martin which is divided into the Collectivity of Saint Martin and the Dutch constituent country of Sint Maarten, it was last recorded in Anguilla in 1922, it may also have been present on Saint Barthélemy. On Saint Martin this species is abundant in the vegetated uplands, however, it can be found over the whole of the island.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
In human culture
Anolis pogus has the specific name pogus, after Pogo the Possum, a cartoon character, as Lazell wanted to show that scientific named did not really have to be meaningful.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 36582.