Anolis

Translingual

Anolis carolinensis
male (brown) and female (green)

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Anolis m

1. 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; Diapsida - subclass; Lepidosauromorpha - infraclass; Lepidosauria - superorder; Squamata - order; Iguania - order; 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 at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Anolis at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Anolis at Paleobiology Database