# Anolis darlingtoni

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***Anolis darlingtoni***, also known [commonly](/source/Common_name) as **Darlington's anole** and the **La Hotte twig anole**, is a [species](/source/Species) of [lizard](/source/Lizard) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Dactyloidae](/source/Dactyloidae). The species is [endemic](/source/Endemism) to [Haiti](/source/Haiti).[1]

## Etymology

The [specific name](/source/Specific_name_(zoology)), *darlingtoni*, is in honor of American entomologist [Philip Jackson Darlington Jr.](/source/P._Jackson_Darlington_Jr.)[2]

## Geographic range

*A. darlingtoni* is found in the [Massif de la Hotte](/source/Massif_de_la_Hotte) mountain range, [Département du Sud](/source/Sud_(department)), Haiti.[3][1]

## Habitat

The preferred natural [habitat](/source/Habitat) of *A. darlingtoni* is [forest](/source/Hispaniolan_moist_forests), at elevations of 1,360–1,500 m (4,460–4,920 ft).[3]

## Reproduction

*A. darlingtoni* is [oviparous](/source/Oviparity).[1]

## References

1. www.reptile-database.org.

1. [Beolens, Bo](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bo_Beolens); [Watkins, Michael](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Michael_Watkins); Grayson, Michael (2011). *The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles*. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (*Anolis darlingtoni*, p. 65).

1. Hedges, S.B. & Mahler, D.L. (2020). "*Anolis darlingtoni*". [doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T74994974A75171541.en](https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T74994974A75171541.en). Retrieved 29 March 2021.

## Further reading

- [Cochran DM](/source/Doris_Mable_Cochran) (1935). "New reptiles and amphibians collected in Haiti by P.J. Darlington". *Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History* **40**: 367–375. (*Xiphocercus darlingtoni*, new species, p. 373).
- [Schwartz A](/source/Albert_Schwartz_(zoologist)), [Henderson RW](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Robert_W._Henderson) (1991). *Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History*. Gainesville: University of Florida Press. 720 pp. ISBN 978-0813010496. (*Anolis darlingtoni*, p. 250).
- Schwartz A, [Thomas R](/source/Richard_Thomas_(herpetologist)) (1975). *A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles*. [Carnegie Museum of Natural History](/source/Carnegie_Museum_of_Natural_History) Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (*Anolis darlingtoni*, p. 77).

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