Vivariums;reptiles;Anoles;A.distichus

Anolis distichus :

Anolis distichus, the bark anole or Hispaniolan gracile anole, is a species of anole found in many Caribbean islands and Florida (as a long-introduced species).[2] It spends most its time on tree trunks. Often it is a brownish color with a yellow dewlap.

Anolis distichus

Scientific classification :

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Reptilia

Order:Squamata

Suborder:Iguania

Family:Polychrotidae

Genus:Anolis

Species:A. distichus

Binomial name :

Anolis distichus
(Cope, 1861)[1]

Subspecies :

Listed alphabetically.[1]

A. d. distichus Cope, 1861
A. d. aurifer Schwartz, 1968
A. d. biminiensis Oliver, 1948
A. d. dapsilis Schwartz, 1968
A. d. distichoides Rosén 1911
A. d. dominicensis Reinhardt & Lütken 1863
A. d. favillarum Schwartz, 1968
A. d. floridanus Smith & Mccauley 1948
A. d. ignigularis Mertens 1939
A. d. juliae Cochran 1934
A. d. ocior Schwartz, 1968
A. d. patruelis Schwartz, 1968
A. d. properus Schwartz, 1968
A. d. ravitergum Schwartz, 1968
A. d. sejunctus Schwartz, 1968
A. d. suppar Schwartz, 1968
A. d. tostus Schwartz, 1968
A. d. vinosus Schwartz, 1968

For the external links , refrences click here to read the full wikipedia article

Other websites :

- www.anapsid.org/anole.html

- Price : www.reptilesncritters.com/bark-anole.html

- myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/nonnatives/reptiles/bark-anole/

- reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Anolis&species=distichus

- www.anoleannals.org/2016/09/01/ecology-of-the-san-salvador-bark-anole-anolis-distichus-ocior/

- www.iucngisd.org/gisd/species.php?sc=1681

- animaldiversity.org/accounts/Anolis_distichus/classification/

Care Articles :

(( Similar to other types of anoles , Green & Brown anoles ))

Anolis distichus — Bark Anole

courtyesy to : www.wildherps.com/species/A.distichus.html

Some other names for this species:

Hispaniolan Gracile Anole

Coral Gables, Miami-Dade County, Florida—December 26, 1998

Bark anoles are another non-native species of anole in south Florida, although they've been around long enough (more than 50 years) that some authorities distinguish a Floridian subspecies. They spend their time clinging to trunks and large branches of trees, and this picture shows that they've evolved a good camouflage for this lifestyle.

Todd Jackman has an excellent anole site that discusses the parallel forms and lifestyles that different sets of anoles have evolved on different Caribbean islands.

Casa de Campo, Dominican Republic—May 11, 1999

Bark anoles are native to Hispaniola. The CAAR species account describes many subspecies, only one of which lives in the southeast corner of Hispaniola, the location of Casa de Campo. But the description of that subspecies (Anolis distichus properus) doesn't match the color variations I saw. The account says plain ashy to pale green, with a very pale yellow dewlap occasionally sporting a pale orange center. The bark anoles I saw ranged from very dark brown to gray to yellowish, but never green, and the dewlaps had a bright yellow border around a bright orange center. I suspect the populations have moved around and interbred significantly since 1971 when the species account was written, so I won't attempt to specify a subspecies here.

Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park, Key Biscayne, Miami-Dade County, Florida—February 14, 2004

Here's another bark anole from South Florida deciding how much longer to wait before dashing out of sight. (The answer -- one more shutter snap.)

Coral Gables, Miami-Dade County, Florida—December 25, 2006

A couple of Christmas Day bark anoles showing off their camouflage, if such a thing is possible.

South Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida—March 5, 2013

I like to think that this is the spot on the tree where the day shift workers check out and the night shift workers check in. In this case, the day shift worker (on the right) is the non-native Bark Anole, and the night shift worker (on the left) is the non-native Wood Slave (one of my favorite standard English herp names).

Printed references: :

Ashton, R. E. Jr., Ashton, P. S. 1991. Handbook of Reptiles and Amphibians of Florida, Part Two: Lizards, Turtles, & Crocodilians, Revised Second Edition
Bartlett, R. D., Bartlett, P. B. 1999. A Field Guide to Florida Reptiles and Amphibians
Behler, J. L., King, F. W. 1979. The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Reptiles & Amphibians
Carmichael, P., Williams, W. 1991. Florida's Fabulous Reptiles & Amphibians
Conant, R., Collins, J. T. 1998. Peterson Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America, Third Edition, expanded
Crother, B. I. (ed.) 2012. Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding. SSAR Herpetological Circular 39:1-92.
Henderson, R. W., Schwartz, A. 1984. A Guide to the Identification of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Hispaniola
Rogner, M. 1997. Lizards
Schwartz, A., Henderson, R. W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History
Smith, H. M., Brodie, E. D. Jr. 1982. Reptiles of North America: A Guide to Field Identification