Norops sagrei, Schwartz & Henderson, 1988

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Norops sagrei Species Group

Diagnosis. — Support for this group is provided by seven morphological apomorphies and 58 molecular ones. There are three unequivocal morphological apomorphies: ratio of maximum female snout-to-vent length to maximum male snout to-vent-length decreased (2: h to p); tail crest present in largest adult males (12: a to z); and basipterygoid crest present (74: a to z). There are twenty unequivocal molecular apomorphies (see Appendix II).

Definition. — Lizards of this species group are mostly moderate-sized anoles (maximum snout-to-vent length in adult males 55 to 88 mm, in females 40 to 52 mm, but N. ophiolepis is a notably small species with maxima of 35 and 30 mm for males and females, respectively). Members of this group share the following combination of characters: 1) basipterygoid crest present; tail crest usually present in large males; 2) tail base usually round in cross section; 3) modal postxiphisternal inscriptional rib formula 2:2; 4) parietal foramen in parietal; 5) supratemporal processes usually leave supraoccipital exposed; 6) prefrontal usually is separated from the nasal by frontal and maxilla; 7) lower jaw sculpturing in large adult males usually absent, some with wrinkling; Type IV karyotype: 2N = 28 (14 V, 14m); no sexual heteromorphism; N.F. = 40 .

Content. — This species group contains eighteen species and a total of 29 species and subspecies (see Appendix III).

Distribution. — Cuba and its satellite islands, Bahamas and Swan Island ( Fig. 26).

Introduction. — Norops sagrei to Jamaica, Caribbean coast from Mexico to Belize, including Bay Islands and Cozumel, also Grenada and St. Vincent, Little and Grand Cayman Islands and Cayman Brac, the southern United States from Florida to Texas, and Hawaii.