The results of the informal, unscientific, potentially bogus poll would seem to indicate that the answer is a resounding “No.”
Professor of Biology and Director of the Living Earth Collaborative at Washington University in Saint Louis. I've spent my entire professional career studying anoles and have discovered that the more I learn about anoles, the more I realize I don't know.
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Skip Lazell
I certainly do not ever intend to use those silly pet-store names! Anolis is a good genus; I will stick with it.
Jan Stipala
I find it hard to see how Nicholson et al (2018) can justify their taxonomic assessment based on a study by Poe et al. (2017). The phylogenies produced in the latter paper show weak statistical support for many of the clades that are designated as sub-families and genera by Nicholson et al 2017. The authors do not discuss the lack of statistical support in their taxonomic conclusions, a disingenuous interpretation of the data at best and does not respect the high standards that the taxonomic community seeks to up hold.