Anolis

Translingual

Anolis carolinensis
male (green) and female (brown)

Etymology

New Latin, from French anolis, from an undetermined native Caribbean language anoalli, anoli

Proper noun

Anolis m

A taxonomic genus within the family Iguanidae – lizards, sometimes called American chameleons, similar to iguanas.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Reptilia - class; Squamata - subclass; Iguanidae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): For species see List of Anolis lizards on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Anolis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anolis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Anolis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anolis at Animal Diversity Web
Anolis on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Anolis at Encyclopedia of Life
Anolis at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Anolis at Fossilworks

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