Anolis pogus

Anolis pogus, the St. Martin anole or Anguilla Bank bush anole, is a species of anole lizard that is extant to the Caribbean island of Saint Martin, located in the Lesser Antilles. Its range used to include Anguilla, but it is now extirpated there. It may have occurred on Saint Barthélemy.[1][2]

Not to be confused with western bearded anole.

Anolis pogus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Dactyloidae
Genus: Anolis
Species:
A. pogus
Binomial name
Anolis pogus
Lazell, 1972
Synonyms[2]
  • Anolis wattsi pogus Lazell, 1972
  • Ctenonotus pogus (Lazell, 1972)

Males reach a maximum length of 58 mm snout-to-vent. Males have a uniform light brown to orange-brown dorsal surface, with an off-white to yellowish ventral surface. It has a turquoise area around its eye, which may extend to its upper head, and occasionally with an otherwise rust-brown head. Females are duller in color, but are marked with a mid-dorsal stripe, and sometimes also a white flank stripe.

A. pogus coexists throughout much of its range with A. gingivinus, though they appear to fill different niches, for example by A. pogus preferring lower and less exposed perches.

Previously described as a subspecies of A. wattsi, it was elevated to species level in 1990.[2]

References
  1. Powell, R.; Dewynter, M.; Daltry, J.C.; Mahler, D.L. (2020). "Anolis pogus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T177907A18967630. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T177907A18967630.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. Anolis pogus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 11 November 2021.
  • Malhotra, Anita; Thorpe, Roger S. (1999). Reptiles & Amphibians of the Eastern Caribbean. Macmillan Education Ltd. pp. 57–59. ISBN 0-333-69141-5..
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