Table of Contents
33 relations: Adaptive radiation, Americas, Amniote, Anolis carolinensis, Anolis carolinensis anole series, Anolis punctatus, Carotenoid, Clade, Coevolution, Community, Convergent evolution, Dactyloidae, Ecological niche, Ecomorphology, François Marie Daudin, Gene flow, Genus, Greater Antilles, Guanine, Habitat, Hispaniola, Iguanomorpha, Intra-species recognition, Morphology (biology), Paraphyly, Phylogenetics, Polychrus, Pterin, Reptile Database, Sexual selection, Species, Spectroradiometer, Tetrapod.
- Fauna of the Dominican Republic
Adaptive radiation
In evolutionary biology, adaptive radiation is a process in which organisms diversify rapidly from an ancestral species into a multitude of new forms, particularly when a change in the environment makes new resources available, alters biotic interactions or opens new environmental niches.
See Anolis and Adaptive radiation
Americas
The Americas, sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North America and South America.
Amniote
Amniotes are tetrapod vertebrate animals belonging to the clade Amniota, a large group that comprises the vast majority of living terrestrial and semiaquatic vertebrates.
Anolis carolinensis
Anolis carolinensis or green anole (among other names below) is a tree-dwelling species of anole lizard native to the southeastern United States and introduced to islands in the Pacific and Caribbean. Anolis and Anolis carolinensis are anoles.
See Anolis and Anolis carolinensis
Anolis carolinensis anole series
The Anolis carolinensis series is a proposed clade or subgroup of closely related mid-sized trunk crown anoles within the genus Anolis. Anolis and Anolis carolinensis anole series are anoles.
See Anolis and Anolis carolinensis anole series
Anolis punctatus
Anolis punctatus, the spotted anole or Amazon green anole, is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. Anolis and Anolis punctatus are anoles and taxa named by François Marie Daudin.
See Anolis and Anolis punctatus
Carotenoid
Carotenoids are yellow, orange, and red organic pigments that are produced by plants and algae, as well as several bacteria, archaea, and fungi.
Clade
In biological phylogenetics, a clade, also known as a monophyletic group or natural group, is a grouping of organisms that are monophyletic – that is, composed of a common ancestor and all its lineal descendants – on a phylogenetic tree.
See Anolis and Clade
Coevolution
In biology, coevolution occurs when two or more species reciprocally affect each other's evolution through the process of natural selection.
Community
A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with a shared socially significant characteristic, such as place, set of norms, culture, religion, values, customs, or identity.
Convergent evolution
Convergent evolution is the independent evolution of similar features in species of different periods or epochs in time.
See Anolis and Convergent evolution
Dactyloidae
Dactyloidae are a family of lizards commonly known as anoles and native to warmer parts of the Americas, ranging from southeastern United States to Paraguay. Anolis and Dactyloidae are anoles.
Ecological niche
In ecology, a niche is the match of a species to a specific environmental condition.
See Anolis and Ecological niche
Ecomorphology
Ecomorphology or ecological morphology is the study of the relationship between the ecological role of an individual and its morphological adaptations.
François Marie Daudin
François Marie Daudin (29 August 1776 in Paris – 30 November 1803 in Paris) was a French zoologist.
See Anolis and François Marie Daudin
Gene flow
In population genetics, gene flow (also known as migration and allele flow) is the transfer of genetic material from one population to another.
Genus
Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.
See Anolis and Genus
Greater Antilles
The Greater Antilles is a grouping of the larger islands in the Caribbean Sea, including Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Navassa Island, and the Cayman Islands.
See Anolis and Greater Antilles
Guanine
Guanine (symbol G or Gua) is one of the four main nucleobases found in the nucleic acids DNA and RNA, the others being adenine, cytosine, and thymine (uracil in RNA).
Habitat
In ecology, habitat refers to the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species.
Hispaniola
Hispaniola (also) is an island in the Caribbean that is part of the Greater Antilles.
Iguanomorpha
Iguania is an infraorder of squamate reptiles that includes iguanas, chameleons, agamids, and New World lizards like anoles and phrynosomatids.
Intra-species recognition
Intra-species recognition is the recognition by a member of a species of a conspecific (another member of the same species).
See Anolis and Intra-species recognition
Morphology (biology)
Morphology in biology is the study of the form and structure of organisms and their specific structural features.
See Anolis and Morphology (biology)
Paraphyly
Paraphyly is a taxonomic term describing a grouping that consists of the grouping's last common ancestor and some but not all of its descendant lineages.
Phylogenetics
In biology, phylogenetics is the study of the evolutionary history and relationships among or within groups of organisms.
Polychrus
Polychrus is the only extant genus of polychrotid lizards in the world. Anolis and Polychrus are lizard genera.
Pterin
Pterin is a heterocyclic compound composed of a pteridine ring system, with a "keto group" (a lactam) and an amino group on positions 4 and 2 respectively.
Reptile Database
The Reptile Database is a scientific database that collects taxonomic information on all living reptile species (i.e. no fossil species such as dinosaurs).
See Anolis and Reptile Database
Sexual selection
Sexual selection is a mode of natural selection in which members of one biological sex choose mates of the other sex to mate with (intersexual selection), and compete with members of the same sex for access to members of the opposite sex (intrasexual selection).
See Anolis and Sexual selection
Species
A species (species) is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction.
Spectroradiometer
A spectroradiometer is a light measurement tool that is able to measure both the wavelength and amplitude of the light emitted from a light source.
See Anolis and Spectroradiometer
Tetrapod
A tetrapod is any four-limbed vertebrate animal of the superclass Tetrapoda.
See also
Fauna of the Dominican Republic
- Aglaophenia pluma
- Anolis
- Caribachlamys ornata
- Colpophyllia
- Convolutriloba retrogemma
- Diadema antillarum
- Geukensia granosissima
- Liguus virgineus
- Millepora complanata
- Pomacea glauca
- Prunum guttatum
- Rossia brachyura
- Spheciospongia vesparium
- Spirobranchus giganteus
- Tectitethya crypta
References
Also known as Beta anole, Draconura, Norops, Norops (clade), Norops (genus), Phenacosaurus, Trachypilus.