A new species of dactyloid anole (Iguanidae, Polychrotinae, Anolis) from the southeastern slopes of the Andes of Ecuador

Autor: Fernando Ayala-Varela, Omar Torres-Carvajal
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: ZooKeys, Vol 53, Iss 0, Pp 59-73 (2010)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1313-2989
1313-2970
DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.53.456
Popis: We describe a new species of Anolis from the southeastern slopes of the Andes of Ecuador, province of Zamora-Chinchipe, Parque Nacional Podocarpus. It belongs to (1) the aequatorialis species-group by being of moderate to large size with narrow toe lamellae, and (2) the eulaemus sub-group bya typical Anolis digit, in which the distal lamellae of phalanx II distinctly overlap the proximal scales of phalanx I. The new species is most similar morphologically to Anolis fitchi but differs from it mainly bya dewlap with longitudinal rows of 2−5 granular, minute scales separated by naked skin (longitudinal rows of one or two keeled, large scales separated by naked skin in Anolis fitchi) and a vertically shorter dewlap (longer dewlap in Anolis fitchi).
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