Dominican Giant Anole

Continent: Caribbean South-America
Distribution: Hispaniola, Dominican Republic, Surinam (introduced) Anolis baleatus baleatus: Cordillera Septentrional and northern coastal plain, República Dominicana. Altitudinal distribution near sea level to 2200 ft.
Type locality: Santo Domingo Anolis baleatus altager (HOLOTYPE MCZ 132356): Cordillera Central. Anolis baleatus caeruleolatus (HOLOTYPE USNM 193976): northeast República Dominicana; intergrades with A. b. scelestus in Hato Mayor Province. Altitudinal distribution sea level to 1200 ft. Anolis baleatusfraudator (HOLOTYPE USNM 193978): Sierra Martin Garcia; southern slopes of Cordillera Central and Sierra de Ocoa. Altitudinal distribution sea level to 3000 ft. Anolis baleatus lineatacervix (HOLOTYPE USNM 197325): Isla Saona. Anolis baleatus litorisilva (HOLOTYPE USNM 193977): extreme eastern República Dominicana. Anolis baleatus multistruppus (HOLOTYPE USNM 193975): lower eastern slopes of Cordillera Central, from La Vega to Piedra Blanca; questionably from Rio Bao. Anolis baleatus samanae (HOLOTYPE CM 54105): Peninsula de Samanâ and islets in Bahia de Samami, República Dominicana. Altitudinal distribution sea level to 1673 ft. Anolis baleatus scelestus (HOLOTYPE CM 54106): south-central and mideastern República Dominicana. Anolis baleatus sublimis (HOLOTYPE CM 54104): uplands of Cordillera Central. Altitudinal distribution 2000 ft. to 4000 ft. INCERTAE SEDIS: Specimens from Cambita Garabitos, San Cristtibal Prov., and Batero, Monte Plata Prov., are unassigned subspecifically.

Anolis baleatus, the Dominican giant anole or Puerto Plata anole, is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is found in Dominican Republic.