Anolis limifrons

Anolis limifrons, also known commonly as the slender anole or the border anole, is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is native to Central America.

Anolis limifrons
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Dactyloidae
Genus: Anolis
Species:
A. limifrons
Binomial name
Anolis limifrons
Cope, 1862
Synonyms[2]
  • Anolis (Dracontura) limifrons
    Cope, 1862
  • Anolis trochilus
    Cope, 1871
  • Anolis pulchripes
    W. Peters, 1874
  • Anolis limifrons
    — Bocourt, 1874
  • Anolis rodriguezii
    Bocourt, 1874
  • Anolis bransfordii
    Cope, 1874
  • Anolis rivieri
    Thominot, 1882
  • Anolis godmani
    Boulenger, 1885
  • Anolis biscutiger
    Taylor, 1956
  • Norops limifrons
    — G. Köhler, 2000
  • Anolis limifrons
    — W. Cooper, 2005

Geographic range

A. limifrons is found in Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama.[2]

Reproduction

A. limifrons is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Chaves G, Acosta Chaves V, Sunyer J, Köhler G, Nicholson K, Ibáñez R (2020). "Anolis limifrons ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T203104A2760470. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/203104/2760470. Downloaded on 29 March 2021.
  2. Species Anolis limifrons at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading
  • Cope ED (1862). "Contributions to Neotropical Saurology". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 14: 176–188. ("Anolis (Dracontura) limifrons ", new species, pp. 178–179).
  • Savage JM (2002). The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica: A Herpetofauna between Two Continents, between Two Seas. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press. xx + 934 pp. ISBN 0-226-73537-0. (Norops limifrons, pp. 470–474 + Plate 270).



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