Anolis beckeri, also known commonly as Becker's anole and Becker's lichen anole, is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is native to Central America and southern North America.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Dactyloidae |
| Genus: | Anolis |
| Species: | A. beckeri
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| Anolis beckeri Boulenger, 1881
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Etymology
editThe specific name, beckeri, is in honor of Belgian arachnologist Léon Becker.[3]
Geographic range
editA. beckeri is found in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, southeastern Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz), and northern Nicaragua.[2]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitat of A. beckeri is forest, at altitudes of 2–900 m (6.6–2,952.8 ft).[1]
Description
editMedium-sized for its genus, A. beckeri may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 6 cm (2.4 in). The tail is relatively short, 1–1.5 times SVL.[2]
Behavior
editReproduction
editA. beckeri is oviparous.[2] Eggs are laid high in trees, in epiphytic bromeliads, and the adult female displays some parental care.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c Köhler G, Sunyer J (2020). "Anolis beckeri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T203079A2759993. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/203079/2759993. Downloaded on 29 March 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Anolis beckeri ". The Reptile Database. http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Anolis&species=beckeri
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Anolis beckeri, p. 21).
- ^ Owens et al. (2016).
Further reading
edit- Boulenger GA (1881). "Description of a new Species of Anolis from Yucatan". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1881: 921–922. (Anolis beckeri, new species).
- Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. Iguanidæ .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I–XXIV. (Anolis beckeri, pp. 46–47).
- Köhler G (2010). "A revision of the Central American species related to Anolis pentaprion with the resurrection of A. becker and the description of a new species (Squamata: Polycrotidae)". Zootaxa 2354: 1–18.
- Owens JB, Carter KC, Chablé CS, Griffin R (2016). "Reproductive and parental care notes for Norops beckeri (Boulanger [sic], 1891) in northern Guatemala". Mesoamerican Herpetology 3 (4): 1007–1010.
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