Description:
Scientific name: Anolis bahorucoensis
Life span: Unknown
The Baoruco long-snouted anole, sometimes known as the Bahoruco long-snouted anole, is a species of lizard in the Dactyloidae family.
Size is diminutive (SVL for males is 51 mm, for females is 44 mm); habits are attenuated; 4 to 8 rows of loreals, 0 to 2 supraorbital scale, 2 to 5 interparietal scales, 9 to 16 interparietal scales, 4 to 8 post-mental scale, a band of 2-4 enlarged, keeled mid-dorsal scales, and flank scales that are only half to one-third as large as enlarged mid-dorsals; The upper surface of the forelimbs has imbricate, keeled scales, the crus has tiny, keeled scales, and supra digital scales are multicarinate. Ventral scales are smooth, imbricate, and 2 to 3 times as long and 3 to 4 times as broad as median dorsals.
Native Region/Habitat
Hispaniola is the sole home of the species.
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