A new cryptic species of Anolis lizard from northwestern South America (Iguanidae, Dactyloinae)

By

Yánez-Muñoz, Mario H. (Mario Humberto)
Reyes-Puig, Carolina
Reyes-Puig, Juan
Velasco, Julián A.
Ayala-Varela, Fernando
Torres-Carvajal, Omar

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

794

Pages

135-163

Subjects

Anolis dracula sp. n , Diversidad , diversity , filogenia , Morfologia , Morphology , Phylogeny , Squamata , Taxonomía , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.794.26936

 

Abstract

A new species ofAnolislizard from the Andean slopes of southwestern Colombia and northwestern Ecuador, from between 1187 and 2353 m in elevation, is described. The new species can be distinguished from otherAnolisin squamation, cranial osteology, hemipenial morphology, and nuclear and mitochondrial DNA. The new species is sister toAnolisaequatorialis, and it is suggested that previous records ofA.aequatorialisin Colombia correspond to the new species described herein.