Anolis dunni

Anolis dunni
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Dactyloidae
Genus:	Anolis
Species:	A. dunni
Binomial name
	Anolis dunni; H.M. Smith, 1936
Synonyms
	Norops dunni (H.M. Smith, 1936)

Anolis dunni, also known commonly as Dunn's anole and abaniquillo de Dunn in Mexican Spanish, is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is native to southern Mexico.^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, dunni, is in honor of American herpetologist Emmett Reid Dunn.^[3]

Geographic range

A. dunni is found in the Mexican states of Guerrero^[1]^[2] and Michoacán.^[1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. dunni is dry forest in the Pacific coastal foothills, at altitudes below 1,200 m (3,900 ft).^[1]

Description

The species A. dunni is moderate-sized for its genus. Females may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 5 cm (2.0 in). Males are larger, up to 5.85 cm (2.30 in). The dewlap of males is bright reddish orange, with small whitish dash-shaped markings.^[2]

Behavior

A. dunni is diurnal and arboreal.^[1]

Reproduction

A. dunni is oviparous.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Canseco-Márquez L, Campbell JA, Ponce-Campos P, Muñoz-Alonso A, García Aguayo A (2007). "Anolis dunni ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T64194A12746557. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/64194/12746557. Downloaded on 29 March 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Species Anolis dunni at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
^ 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 dunni, p. 77).

Duellman WE (1961). "The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, México". University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History 15 (1): 1–148. (Anolis dunni, pp. 60–61).
Köhler G, Pérez RGT, Peterson CBP, Méndez de la Cruz FR (2014). "A revision of the Mexican Anolis (Reptilia, Squamata, Dactyloidae) from the Pacific versant west of the Isthmus de Tehuantepec in the states of Oaxaca, Guerrero, and Puebla, with the description of six new species". Zootaxa 3862 (1): 1–210. (Anolis dunni, p. 137).
Nicholson KE, Crother BI, Guyer C, Savage JM (2012). "It is time for a new classification of anoles (Squamata: Dactyloidae)" Zootaxa 3477: 1–108. (Norops dunni, new combination, p. 90).
Smith HM (1936). "A New Anolis from Mexico". Copeia 1936 (1): 9. (Anolis dunni, new species).

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[iucn-1] Canseco-Márquez L, Campbell JA, Ponce-Campos P, Muñoz-Alonso A, García Aguayo A (2007). "Anolis dunni ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T64194A12746557. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/64194/12746557. Downloaded on 29 March 2021.

[RDB-2] Species Anolis dunni at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

[3] 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 dunni, p. 77).

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