Jonathan B. Losos, Kevin De Queiroz, Evolutionary consequences of ecological release in Caribbean Anolis lizards, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 61, Issue 4, August 1997, Pages 459–483, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.1997.tb01802.x
Navbar Search Filter Mobile Enter search term Search Navbar Search Filter Enter search term SearchOn the large islands of the Greater Antilles, multi-species communities of Anolis lizards are composed of species specialized to use particular habitats; similar sets of specialized species have evolved independently on each island. We studied species of anoles found on small Caribbean islands. Because these islands contain at most only one other species of anole, we predicted that species on these islands should not be as specialized as Greater Antillean species; rather, they might be expected to exhibit a generalized morphology and a greater breadth of habitat use. Our findings, however, do not confirm these predictions. Lesser Antillean species do not exhibit greater breadth of habitat use than Greater Antillean species, nor do they exhibit a generalized morphology. Most species are ecologically and morphologically similar to specialized trunk-crown anoles of the Greater Antilles, although some species exhibit morphologies unlike those seen in Greater Antillean species. Among descendants of specialized Greater Antillean species occurring on one-or two-species islands, most descendants of trunk-crown species have diverged relatively little, whereas several descendants of trunk-ground anoles have diverged considerably. Consequently, we propose that ancestral species in the Greater Antilles may have been trunk-crown anoles.
Relationships of West Indian Anolis (Sauna: Iguanidae): an approach using slow-evolving loci. Caribbean Journal of Science 26: 7–30
Genetic divergence between Anolis carolinensis and its Cuban progenitor, Anolis porcatus. Journal of Herpetology Island Biology Columbia University PressCorrelations between ecology and morphology in anoline lizards from Havana, Cuba and southern Florida
Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology DE Queiroz Phenetic clustering in biology: a critique Quarterly Review of Biology Felsenstein Phylogenies and the comparative method American Naturalist Procedures for the analysis of comparative data using phylogenetically independent contrasts Systematic BiologyThe zoogeography of Lesser Antillean Anolis lizards-an analysis based upon chromosomes and lactic dehydrogenases