{{short description|Species of lizard}} {{Speciesbox | image = | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn|author=Castro-Herrera F|author-link=species:Fernando Castro-Herrera|author2=Castañeda MR|author2-link=species:Maria del Rosario Castañeda|author3=Mayer GC|author3-link=species:Gregory C. Mayer|year=2020|title=''Anolis lynchi'' |volume= 2020 |article-number= e.T178604A18967012 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T178604A18967012.en |access-date= 29 March 2021}}</ref> | genus = Anolis | species = lynchi | authority = Miyata, 1985 | synonyms = | synonyms_ref = }}
'''''Anolis lynchi''''', also known commonly as '''Lynch's anole''' and '''''el cameleón sudamericano de Lynch''''' in South American Spanish, is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is native to northwestern South America.
==Etymology== The specific name, ''lynchi'', is in honor of American herpetologist John Douglas Lynch.<ref>{{EponymDictionaryReptiles}}</ref>{{rp|163}}
==Geographic range== ''Anolis lynchi'' is found in southwestern Colombia and adjacent northwestern Ecuador.<ref name=RDB>{{EMBL species|genus=Anolis|species=lynchi}}</ref>
==Habitat== The preferred natural habitat of ''Anolis lynchi'' is forest, at altitudes around {{cvt|600|m|ft}}.<ref name=iucn/>
==Reproduction== ''Anolis lynchi'' is oviparous.<ref name=RDB/>
==Taxonomy== ''Anolis lynchi'' is a member of the ''Anolis auratus'' species group.<ref name=RDB/>
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==Further reading== *{{cite book |last1=Arteaga |first1=A. |author1-link=Alejandro Arteaga |last2=Bustamante |first2=L. |author2-link=species:Lucas Bustamante |last3=Vieira |first3=J. |author3-link=José L. Vieira-Fernandes |title=Reptiles of Ecuador: Life in the middle of the world |date=2024 |publisher=Edition Chimaira |location=Frankfurt am Main, Germany |isbn=978-3899731408}} 1,073 pp. (Foreword by Russell A. Mittermeier). *{{cite journal |last1=Miyata |first1=K. |author1-link=species:Kenneth Ichiro Miyata |title=A New ''Anolis'' of the ''lionotus'' Group from Northwestern Ecuador and Southwestern Colombia (Sauria: Iguanidae) |journal=Breviora |date=1985 |issue=481 |pages=1–11}} (''Anolis lynchi'', new species). *{{cite journal |last1=Torres-Carvajal |first1=O. |author1-link=Omar Torres-Carvajal |last2=Pazmiño-Otamendi |first2=G. |author2-link=species:Gustavo Pamiño-Otamendi |last3=Salazar-Valenzuela |first3=D. |author3-link=David Salazar-Valenzuela |title=Reptiles of Ecuador: a resource-rich online portal, with dynamic checklists and photographic guides |journal=Amphibian & Reptile Conservation |date=2019 |volume=13 |issue=1 |pages=209–229 (e178)}}
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Category:Dactyloidae Category:Reptiles described in 1985 Category:Reptiles of Colombia Category:Reptiles of Ecuador
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