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Issue: Vol. 3915 No. 1: 2 Feb. 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-02-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3915.1.5
Page range: 111–122
Abstract views: 24
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Anolis marsupialis Taylor 1956, a valid species from southern Pacific Costa Rica (Reptilia, Squamata, Dactyloidae)

Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Senckenberg, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt a.M., Germany Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Institute for Ecology, Evolution and Diversity, Max-von-Laue-Str.9, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Department of Biology and Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA
Department of Biology and Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA
Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Senckenberg, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt a.M., Germany
Anolis humilis A. marsupialis A. quaggulus synonymy taxonomy

Abstract

The examination of the holotype of Anolis marsupialis Taylor 1956 along with recently collected specimens reveals that A. marsupialis is a valid species. It differs from its closest congeners A. humilis Peters 1863 and A. quaggulus Cope 1885, in male dewlap coloration, scalation, body size, and hemipenial morphology. These findings are supported by preliminary molecular genetic analysis.