A New Anole from Mexico

Smith, Hobart M.; Spieler, Richard A.

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“…This species was described by Smith and Spieler (1945) from eight specimens collected in the vicinity of Acapulco, Guerrero. It was stated to be a "rock anole" closely related to A. gadovii and A. diinni, separable from the former by having only 2 (rather than 3 or 4) gulars in contact with mental, and separable from the latter by having smaller ventrals and having 7 or 8 (rather than 6) scales between nasals.…”

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Field observations on rare or little known mainland anoles

Fitch¹,

Echelle²,

Echelle³

1976

The University of Kansas Science Bulletin

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Section: Anolis Taylorimentioning

confidence: 99%

Field observations on rare or little known mainland anoles

Fitch¹,

Echelle²,

Echelle³

1976

The University of Kansas Science Bulletin

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A new species of pine anole from the Sierra Madre del Sur in Oaxaca, Mexico (Reptilia, Squamata, Dactyloidae: Anolis)

Köhler

Pérez

Petersen

et al. 2014

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We describe the new species Anolis peucephilus sp. nov. from the Pacific versant of southern Mexico. Anolis peucephilus differs from all congeners by having a combination of (1) smooth ventral scales; (2) usually a patch of three greatly enlarged supraocular scales; (3) extremely short hind legs, longest toe of adpressed hind leg reaching to a point between levels of axilla and ear opening, ratio shank length/snout-vent length 0.18-0.21; (4) circumnasal usually in contact with first supralabial; and (5) a large yellowish orange dewlap in males and a very small to small white dewlap in females. In external morphology, A. peucephilus is most similar to A. omiltemanus from which it differs by having even shorter hind legs with the longest toe of adpressed hind leg reaching to a point between levels of axilla and ear opening (versus usually to ear opening, occasionally to slightly beyond ear opening or to a point between shoulder and ear opening in A. omiltemanus), a slightly larger dewlap in females, to 64 mm2 (versus to 41 mm2 in A. omiltemanus), the circumnasal usually in contact with the first supralabial (versus those scales separated by the presence of a subnasal in A. omiltemanus), and 4-6 internasal scales in the new species (versus usually 6-7 in A. omiltemanus). Furthermore, A. peucephilus differs from A. omiltemanus in hemipenial morphology (no finger-like processus on asulcate side in A. peucephilus versus such a processus present in A. omiltemanus). Also, in a preliminary molecular genetic analysis of the mitochondrial CO1 gene fragment, A. peucephilus has a genetic distance of 11.5% from A. omiltemanus. Anolis peucephilus was collected at night while the lizards were sleeping in pine trees, 2-10 m above the ground.

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Anolis boulengerianus Thominot, 1887, a senior synonym of Anolis isthmicus Fitch, 1978 (Squamata: Dactyloidae)

Köhler

Fería-Ortíz

2014

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For most of its history, the name Anolis boulengerianus Thominot, 1887 has been regarded as a junior synonym of Anolis nebulosus (Wiegmann, 1834) or Anolis nebuloides Bocourt, 1873. However, a comparison of the syntypes and additional topotypical specimens of A. boulengerianus with three topoparatypes and additional specimens of the species currently referred to as Anolis isthmicus Fitch, 1978 showed that these two names pertain to the same species. Because of the priority principle, A. isthmicus becomes a junior synonym of A. boulengerianus. We provide a redescription of the type series of A. boulengerianus and an updated diagnosis for this taxon relative to all other beta anoles.

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A New Anole from Mexico

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Field observations on rare or little known mainland anoles

Field observations on rare or little known mainland anoles

A new species of pine anole from the Sierra Madre del Sur in Oaxaca, Mexico (Reptilia, Squamata, Dactyloidae: Anolis)

Anolis boulengerianus Thominot, 1887, a senior synonym of Anolis isthmicus Fitch, 1978 (Squamata: Dactyloidae)

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