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record came from: Mirimire (Municipio Acosta) , Cataratas de Huequ* 

 (Municipio Petit) . 



Habitats: Tropophilous deciduous low and midtall forests, Tropophilous 

 basimontane deciduous forests. 



References: Roux (1927. Idem: under the name A. fuscoauratus 

 kugleri) ; Donoso-Barros (1968. Idem); Peters & Donoso-Barros (1970. 

 Idem: under the name of A. fuscoauratus kugleri); Shreve (1947. Idem). 



Anolls n±tens nitens (Wagler, 1830) 

 Distribution: A widely distributed species. Records of this species 

 had been reported from: Riecito (Municipio Jacura) , Cerro de 

 Chichiriviche (Municipio Monsenor Iturriza) , Buena Vista (Municipio 

 Piritu) , Curimagua, Cataratas de Hueque, La Soledad de Uria (Municipio 

 Petit), near Acurigua (Municipio Miranda). 



Habitats: Tropophilous deciduous low and midtall forests, Tropophilous 

 semi-deciduous seasonal forests, Tropophilous basimontane deciduous 

 forests. Coastal cloud forests. Cultivated lands. 



Remarks: The specimens from Falcon State were anteriorly under the name 

 A. chrysolepis planiceps. 



References: Shreve (1947. Idem); Vanzolini & Williams (1970. Arq. 

 Zool., S. Paulo, 19(1-4) :l-298, under the name A. chrysolepis 

 planiceps) . 



AnoU.3 onca (0' Shaughnessy, 1875) 

 Distribution: A tipical species from arid and semiarid coastal 

 lowlands of Falcon. Records of this species are from: Adaure, near 

 Santa Ana, Boca de Cano-El Supi, Cerro Santa Ana (all this localities 

 are within the Municipio Falcon, Peninsula de Paraguana), Capatarida 

 (Municipio Buchivacoa) , La Vela (Municipio Colina), Coro (Municipio 

 Miranda) . 



Habitats: Littoral xerophilous scrub. Littoral psammophilous and 

 halophilous grasslands. Thorny .xerophilous scrubs. Cultivated lands. 

 References: Donoso-Barros (1968. Idem: under the name Tropidodactylus 

 onca); Kiester (1974. The second Anolis newsletter. Publ . on Demand); 

 Kiester (1977. The third Anolis newsletter. Publ. on Demand); Mijares 

 & Arends (1993b. Idem); Miyata (1974. The second Anolis newsletter. 

 Publ. on Demand); Rivero-Blanco & Dixon (1979. Idem); Williams (1974. 

 Breviora Mus . Comp. Zool., 421:1-21). 



Anolis tlgxlnas Peters, 1863 

 Distribution: A very rare species which occur in the highest parts 

 of mountains (Mijares-Urrutia et al. 1992). In Falcon had been reported 

 only one specimen from: Curimagua (Municipio Petit) . 

 Habitats: Coastal cloud forests. 



References: Mijares-Urrutia et al . (1992. Mem. Soc. Cienc. Nat. La 

 Salle, 52 (138) :123-132) . 



Polychms maxmora.tna (Linnaeus, 1758) 

 Distribution: A very secretive species but with a wide a distribution. 

 Specimens had been reported from: El Mene (Municipio Acosta), Riecito 

 (Municipio Jacura). 



Habitats: Tropophilous deciduous low and midtall forests, Tropophilous 

 seiTJL-deciduous seasonal forests. 

 References: Mii ares-Urrutia & Arends (1993. Idem); Shreve (1947. Idem). 



