Dominican Anole [SEP] parent taxon
Anolis oculatus
Anolis oculatus, the Dominican anole or eyed anole, is a species of anole lizard. It is endemic to the Caribbean island of Dominica, where it is found in most environments. It is distributed in four main population groups on the island, which were initially described as subspecies and now are recognized as ecotypes. It has a very diverse morphology between these populations, with a ground color that ranges from pale tan or yellow to deep green or brown. It also has patterned markings that range from light-
be more closely related to the Dominican anole than to other "A. marmoratus" subspecies. "A. leachi", found on Antigua and Barbuda, is a likely sister taxon to the Guadeloupean-Dominican clade. The Dominican anole is estimated to have emerged from this group as a separate species no earlier than 10 million years ago.
Genetics.
Levels of gene flow are relatively high in Dominican anole populations over large areas of Dominica, even between different ecotype populations and different members of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) lineages.