Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Cortés Anole (Anolis amplisquamosus), recorded as Critically Endangered
Cortés Anole (Anolis amplisquamosus). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Critically Endangered

Cortés Anole

Anolis amplisquamosus

Cortés Anole is a snake.

Status
Critically Endangered
Scientific name
Anolis amplisquamosus
Recorded from
Honduras
Taxonomy
Squamata · Dactyloidae · Anolis

The anole

It was first described by Mccranie, Wilson ug Williams in 1993.

Anoles are small New World lizards. Most species hold a coloured throat fan, and they split the forest into perches: trunk, twig, grass, or crown.

Anoles (Dactyloidae) are diurnal lizards of the Americas and the Caribbean. Many are arboreal; a dewlap is the usual field mark of a displaying male.

Range and habitat

The species is found in Honduras.

GBIF currently lists 60 occurrence points. Those points follow where people logged the taxon — museum drawers and surveys included — not a closed range boundary.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Habits

Anoles hunt insects by sight. Males display the dewlap; many species are tightly tied to a perch type in a single range of hills or an island.

In crisis

Cortés Anole is Critically Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Cortés Anole — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q2790928 and GBIF occurrence geography. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Cortés Anole?
Cortés Anole is a snake.
What is the conservation status of Cortés Anole?
Critically Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Anolis amplisquamosus. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Cortés Anole live?
The species is found in Honduras.
Why is Cortés Anole in crisis?
It is Critically Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Anolis amplisquamosus?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Cortés Anole a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.