Anolis hobartsmithi, also known commonly as Hobart Smith's anole, the north Chiapas anole, and el abanquillo de Hobart Smith in Mexican Spanish, is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is native to Mexico. www.reptile-database.org.
Etymology The specific name, hobartsmithi, is in honor of American herpetologist Hobart Muir Smith.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Anolis hobartsmithi, p. 124).
Geographic range A. hobartsmithi is endemic to the Mexican state of Chiapas.
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of A. hobartsmithi is forest, but it has also been found in agricultural areas. The holotype was collected at an altitude of about .
Reproduction A. hobartsmithi is oviparous.
References
Further reading Heimes P (2022). Lizards of Mexico. Part I. Iguanian lizards. Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol. 2. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. 448 pp. . Nieto-Montes de Oca A (2001). "The systematics of Anolis hobartsmithi (Squamata: Polychrotidae), another species of the Anolis schiedii group from Chiapas, Mexico". In: Johnson JD, Webb RG, Flores-Villela OA (2021). Mesoamerican Herpetology: Systematics, Zoogeography, and Conservation. El Paso, Texas: University of Texas at El Paso. 200 pp. (Anolis hobartsmithi, new species).