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Anolis extremus (Barbados anole)

Synonyms: Anolis roquet extremus

Wikipedia Abstract

The Barbados Anole (Anolis extremus) is a species of anole lizard that is native to Barbados, an island-nation in the Caribbean. Originally endemic to Barbados, it has since been introduced to Saint Lucia. Until fairly recently, it was treated as a subspecies of Martinique's Anole (A. roquet). Males have pale lavender to blue-gray heads, with blue eyelids. Their dorsal surface is deep green with dark markings and occasionally white spots, and their belly is yellow.
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Invasive Species

Native to Barbados, Anolis extremus is a fairly large anole capable of competing with and / or displacing both native and other introduced anole lizards. This is best illustrated on St. Lucia where the native A. luciae has been displaced from urban and suburban locations. However, the limited distribution of A. extremus on St. Lucia has prevented it from becoming a serious threat.
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Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Map Climate Land
Use
Bahamoan-Antillean mangroves Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic Neotropic Mangroves      
Caribbean shrublands France, United Kingdom, Dominica, St. Lucia, Netherlands Neotropic Deserts and Xeric Shrublands      
Lesser Antillean dry forests Grenada, St. Lucia Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests
Windward Islands moist forests Martinique, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website Map
Caribbean Islands Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent And The Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks And Caicos Islands, Virgin Islands - British, Virgin Islands - U.S. Yes

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Parapharyngodon cubensis <Unverified Name>[1]
Trichospirura teixeirai <Unverified Name>[1]

Distribution

Lesser Antilles: Barbados, St. Lucia, Bermuda, Venezuela (Caracas), Trinidad Terra typica: Bridgetown, Barbados.;

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Citations

Species recognized by Uetz P., , TIGR Reptile Database in Catalog of Life 2011
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Invasive Status provided by Global Invasive Species Database Downloaded on 10 May 2011.
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 gis.wwfus.org/wildfinder
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Biodiversity Hotspots, Conservation International
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Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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