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

Abstract. A new species of Anolis lizard 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 other Anolis in squamation, cranial osteology, hemipenial morphology, and nuclear and...

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Autores principales: Yánez-Muñoz, Mario H., Reyes-Puig, Carolina, Reyes-Puig, Juan Pablo, Velasco, Julián A., Ayala-Varela, Fernando, Torres-Carvajal, Omar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6224367/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30416343
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.794.26936
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Sumario:Abstract. A new species of Anolis lizard 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 other Anolis in squamation, cranial osteology, hemipenial morphology, and nuclear and mitochondrial DNA. The new species is sister to Anolisaequatorialis, and it is suggested that previous records of A.aequatorialis in Colombia correspond to the new species described herein.

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