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Anolis etheridgei

species of reptile

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 20, 2026
Entity authorityQ5315335 ↗
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Anolis etheridgei, also known commonly as Etheridge's anole and the montane bush anole, is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is endemic to

the Dominican Republic.

Etymology

The specific name, etheridgei, is in honor of American herpetologist Richard Emmett Etheridge.

Geographic range

A. etheridgei occurs in the Cordillera Central, Dominican Republic.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. etheridgei is forest, at altitudes of 550–2,440 m (1,800–8,010 ft).

Description

A small anole, A. etheridgei may attain a snout-to-vent length of 4.3 cm (1.7 in). The tail is long, more than twice SVL. The dewlap is small and white, and the iris of the eye is blue.

Diet

A. etheridgei preys upon invertebrates.

Reproduction

A. etheridgei is oviparous.

References

Further reading

Mahler DL (2010).

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This entry incorporates text from “Anolis etheridgei” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.