''^itJS. CCMP. ZOOL Linr?ARY k^AQ -1 O Ar\r\r-B R E V 1 ,0-R A iiseiiiH of Comparative Zoology us ISSN 0006-9698 Cambridge, Mass. 30 July 1976 Number 440 WEST INDIAN ANGLES: A TAXONOMIG AND EVOLUTIONARY SUMMARY 1. INTRODUCTION AND A SPECIES LIST Ernest E. Williams^ Abstract. Accumulation of morphological, karyological and ecological data on West Indian anoline lizards permits and requires a taxonomic analysis more elaborate than usual and employing both formal and informal taxonomic categories. The categories are defined in this, the first paper of a series, and a species list of West Indian anolines displays the new arrange-ment. INTRODUCTION Since the pioneer study by Etheridge (1960) there has been a remarkable growth both in our factual knowledge and in the sophistication of our knowledge of one group of lizards -— the anolines. This has been especially true in the islands of the West Indies. The mainland members have at the same time received less attention and have proved more refractory. (Cer-tainly the latter fact has influenced the first.) There is, however, nowhere any gathering together of the new knowledge. Partly this results from the continuing activity. Not even species lists have remained constant. A statement that Cuba or Hispaniola has x species is outdated before it is pub-lished. In the same way ecological information, ideas and theory have expanded far past the published record. It is not easy to keep on top of the field. Just because of this it is necessary that beginnings of a sum-man-be made. Both for old hands and for newcomers an exposition of how far we've come, where we are, and where iMuseum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massa-chusetts 02138
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