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ANOL I S 



ANOLIS SCYPHEUS Cope 



1864 Anolis scypheus Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc i . Phlla., 1864: I72. Type-locality: None given; 



Caracas, Venezuela, according to Boulenger, below. 

 188;i And i s scypheus — Boulenger, Cat. Liz. Brit. Mus., 2: 5O. 



Distribution: Venezuela; Amazonian Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. 



ANOLIS SERICEUS Hallowell 



I856 Anolis sericeus Hallowell, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., I856: 227. Type-locality: El Euceros 



de Jalapa, Veracruz, Mexico. 

 18Sq Anolis sallaei Gunther. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1855= 121. Type-locality: Central America; 



stated as Mexico by Boulenger, Cat. Liz. Brit. Mus., 1854, 80. 

 1864 Anolis heliactin Cope. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1864: I72. Type-locality: Mexico. 

 I873 Anolis Jacobi Bocourt, Miss. Sci. Mex., Rept.: 73> pl- 13> fg- 8 (specific name spelled Jabobi 



on p. 73, and Jacobis on p. 74, but intent is clear). Type-locality: Veracruz; restricted to 



Veracruz, Veracruz by Smith and Taylor, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., I55, I95O, 68. 

 1940 Anolis ustus wellbornae Ahl. Sitz. Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berlin, I54O: 246. Type-locality: 



El Salvador. 



Distribution: Low elevations in Mexico, from Tamaulipas on east and Isthmus of Tehuantepec on west, 

 south to Nicaragua. 



Content: Two subspecies. 



Comment: When Ouellman, Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., I5, 1565» 596, put Anolis ustus in this 

 species, he did not discuss the synonyms listed above. We therefore make no attempt to list them 

 with the subspecies synonymies. 



Key to the subspecies Clave de subespecies 



1. Usually fewer than 56 dorsal scales counted 1. Usualmente menos de 56 escamas dorsales 



from axilla to groin; supraorbital semi- desde la axila hasta la ingle; semicírcu- 



clrcles separated by two or three rows of los supraorb i tales separados por dos o 



scales ser Iceus tres hileras de escamas ser iceus 



Usually more than 57 dorsal scales; supra- Usualmente más de 57 escamas dorsales, 



orbital semicircles in contact or separa- semicírculos supraorb i tales en contacto 



ted by one row of scales ustus separados por una hilera de escamas 



ustus 



Anol i s ser iceus ser iceus Hallowell 



1565 Anol is sericeus [_ ser iceus j — Duellman, Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., 15^ 596» 



Distribution: Low elevations in Mexico, from Tamaulipas and Isthmus of Tehuantepec, to 

 Nicaragua, excluding Yucatán Peninsula and British Honduras. 



Anol is ser iceus ustus Cope 



1864 Anolis ustus Cope. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1864: I72. Type-locality: Belize, 



British Honduras. 

 1965 Anol is ser iceus ustus — Duellman, Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., I5! 59^* 



Distribution: Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico; British Honduras. 



ANOLIS SMINTHUS Dunn and Emlen 



1932 Anolis sminthus Dunn and Emlen, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 84: 26. Type-locality: San 

 Juancito, Honduras, 69OO ft. 



Distribution: Known only from vicinity of type locality, 6400-7000 ft. 



