Anolis fuscoauratus

Anolis fuscoauratus
Slender Anole, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Dactyloidae
Genus:	Anolis
Species:	A. fuscoauratus
Binomial name
Anolis fuscoauratus d'Orbigny in A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837[2]
Synonyms[2]
Anolis fusco-auratus d'Orbigny in A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837 Dactyloa (Tropidopilus) fusco-auratus — Fitzinger, 1843 Anolis viridiaeneus W. Peters, 1863 Anolis bocourtii Cope, 1875 Anolis brumetii Thominot, 1887 Anolis scapularis Boulenger, 1908 Anolis kugleri Roux, 1929 Anolis fuscoauratus — Rand & Humphrey, 1968 Norops fuscoauratus — Savage & Guyer, 1989 Anolis fuscoauratus — Dirksen & De la Riva, 1999

Anolis fuscoauratus, commonly known as the slender anole, slender Amazon anole, or brown-eared anole,^[3] is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is native to northern South America and Panama.^[1][2]

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It was described as a new species in 1837. In 2009 the geographic range of this widespread species was found to extend farther south to Rio de Janeiro State in Brazil.^[4]

Names

The specific name, fuscoauratus, is derived from the Latin roots fuscus (combining form, fusco-) meaning "dark" and auratus meaning "golden". The name describes the lizard's morphological characteristic of having a dark gold skin colour.

It is called tai tsjõ in the Kwaza language of Rondônia, Brazil.^[5]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. fuscoauratus is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 1,800 m (5,900 ft).^[1]

Behaviour

A. fuscoauratus is arboreal.^[1]

Diet

A. fuscoauratus preys upon spiders, insects, and insect larvae.^[1]

Reproduction

A. fuscoauratus is oviparous.^[2]

See also

• List of Anolis lizards

References

1. Ibáñez R, Jaramillo C, Köhler G, Gutiérrez-Cárdenas P, Rivas G, Cisneros-Heredia DF, Perez P, Aparicio J, Avila-Pires TCS, Gonzales L (2020). "Anolis fuscoauratus ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T203091A2760203. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/203091/2760203. Downloaded on 29 March 2021.
2. Anolis fuscoauratus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 11 September 2021.
3. Slender Anole, Wild Herps.
4. "New Lizard found in Brazil reserve". World Land Trust. Archived from the original on 2013-07-04.
5. Manso, Laura Vicuña Pereira (2013). Dicionário da língua Kwazá (M.A. dissertation) (in Portuguese). Guajará-Mirim: Federal University of Rondônia.

Further reading

• 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 fusco-auratus", pp. 48-49).
• d'Orbigny A (1837). In: Duméril AMC, Bibron G (1837). Erpétologie générale ou Histoire naturelle complète des Reptiles, Tome quatrième [Volume 4]. Paris: Roret. ii + 571 pp. + errata et emendenda. ("Anolis fusco-auratus. D'Orbigny.", new species, pp. 110–111). (in French).
• Silva-Soares T, Scherrer PV, de Castro TM, Salles ROL (2018). "Filling gaps in the geographic distribution of Anolis fuscoauratus d'Orbigny, 1837 (Squamata, Dactyloidae) in the southeastern Brazilian Atlantic Forest". Check List 14 (1): 15–19.