Anolis boulengerianus, also known commonly as the Tehuantepec anole, is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is endemic to the Mexican state of Oaxaca.
Etymology The specific name, boulengerianus, is in honor of Belgian-born British herpetologist George Albert Boulenger.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Anolis boulengerianus, p. 34).
Geographic range A. boulengerianus is found in southeastern Oaxaca.
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of A. boulengerianus is forest.
Description Moderate-sized for its genus, A. boulengerianus may attain a snout-to-vent length of in males. Females are about 10% smaller.
Reproduction A. boulengerianus is oviparous.
References
Further reading Köhler G, Trejo Pérez RG, Peterson CBP, Méndez de la Cruz FR (2014). "A revision of the Mexican Anolis (Reptilia, Squamata, Dactyloidae) from the Pacific versant west of the Isthmus de Tehuantepec in the states of Oaxaca, Guerrero, and Puebla, with the description of six new species". Zootaxa 3862 (1): 1–210. (Anolis boulengerianus, p. 103). Mata-Silva V, Johnson JD, Wilson LD, García-Padilla E (2015). "The herpetofauna of Oaxaca, Mexico: composition, physiographic distribution, and conservation status". Mesoamerican Herpetology 2 (1): 6–62. Thominot A (1887). "Description de trois espèces nouvelles d' Anolis et d'un amphisbænian ". Bulletin de la Societé Philomatique de Paris, Septième Série [= Seventh Series] 11: 182–190. (Anolis boulengerianus, new species, pp. 182–183). (in French).