# Anolis pogus

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Not to be confused with [western bearded anole](/source/Western_bearded_anole).

***Anolis pogus***, the **St. Martin anole**, **Anguilla Bank bush anole** or **bearded anole**, is a species of lizard belonging to the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Dactyloidae](/source/Dactyloidae), the anoles. This lizard is restricted to the [Caribbean](/source/Caribbean) island of [Saint Martin](/source/Saint_Martin_(island)), located in the [Lesser Antilles](/source/Lesser_Antilles). Its range used to include [Anguilla](/source/Anguilla), but it is now [extirpated](/source/Local_extinction) there. It may also have occurred on [Saint Barthélemy](/source/Saint_Barth%C3%A9lemy).[1][2]

## Taxonomy

*Anolis pogus* was first formally [described](/source/Species_description) in 1972 by the American [zoologist](/source/Zoologist) [James "Skip" Lazell](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/James_D._Lazell_Jr) with its [type locality](/source/Type_locality_(biology)) the [Columbier Valley](/source/Columbier_Valley) in [Collectivity of Saint Martin](/source/Collectivity_of_Saint_Martin) on the island of Saint Martin.[2] This species is in the *[A. bimaculatus](/source/Anolis_bimaculatus)* [species complex](/source/Species_complex) of the genus *[Anolis](/source/Anolis)* which is classified in the family Dactyloidae. Previously described as a subspecies of *[A. wattsi](/source/Anolis_wattsi)*, it was elevated to species level in 1990.[2]

## Etymology

*Anolis pogus* has the [specific name](/source/Specific_name_(zoology)) *pogus*, after [Pogo the Possum](/source/Pogo_(comic_strip)), a cartoon character, as Lazell wanted to show that scientific named did not really have to be meaningful.[3]

## Description

*Anolis pogus* has a white throat flap in males which are marked with dark green vertical bars across the back. The females have no flank stripe. The scales below the eye are blue, brick red or white. The largest males in the type series were 50 mm (2.0 in) while the largest females were 42 mm (1.7 in).[4]

## Distribution and habitat

*Anolis pogus* is now restricted to the island of Saint Martin which is divided into the Collectivity of Saint Martin and the Dutch [constituent country](/source/Constituent_countries_of_the_Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands) of [Sint Maarten](/source/Sint_Maarten), it was last recorded in Anguilla in 1922, it may also have been present on Saint Barthélemy. On Saint Martin this species is abundant in the vegetated uplands, however, it can be found over the whole of the island.[1]

## References

1. Powell, R.; Dewynter, M.; Daltry, J.C.; Mahler, D.L. (2020). "*Anolis pogus*". [doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T177907A18967630.en](https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T177907A18967630.en). Retrieved 20 November 2021.

1. Jonathan Losos (26 July 2013). ["The Incomplete Guide To The Wildlife Of Saint Martin"](https://www.anoleannals.org/2013/07/26/the-incomplete-guide-to-the-wildlife-of-saint-martin/). *Anole Annals*

1. Lazell, James D. (1972). ["The Anoles (Sauria, Iguanidae) of the Lesser Antilles"](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/16913). *Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College*. **143**: 1–115. The Museum.

- Malhotra, Anita & Thorpe, Roger S. (1999). *Reptiles & Amphibians of the Eastern Caribbean*. [Macmillan Education Ltd.](/source/Macmillan_Publishers). pp. 57–59. ISBN 0-333-69141-5..

## External links

- [Anolis pogus](http://www.eol.org/pages/790005) at the [Encyclopedia of Life](/source/Encyclopedia_of_Life)

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