Central American lizards related to Anolis pentaprion : two new species from the Cordillera de Talamanca

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Series: American Museum novitates, no. 2471

By

Myers, Charles W.

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Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, N.Y, American Museum of Natural History, [1971]

Notes

Title from caption.

"October 13, 1971."

"The Talamanca Mountains rise in central Costa Rica and stretch southeastward into extreme western Panama, where they abut against the SerraniМЃa del TabasaraМЃ, a lower range that carries the continental divide toward the central part of the isthmus"--P. [1]-2.

"New species of lizards are described from the Talamanca Mountains of Costa Rica and western Panama. Anolis fungosus, from lower montane rain forest of the Atlantic slopes, is a tiny, fungus-patterned anole with a pair of bony parietal knobs on the rear of its head. Anolis vociferans, which lives on the drier Pacific slopes and squeaks when handled, undergoes an ontogenetic transformation of the ventral granules--from obliquely conical and juxtaposed to keeled and imbricate. Both species appear related to the lowland Anolis pentaprion Cope, and a pentaprion species group is defined. Evolution within the group has included selection for lichenose and fungous camouflage; on the basis of osteology, color pattern, and scale features, A. vociferans is suggested as the most primitive member and A. fungosus as the most divergent. Notes are presented on the distribution, variation, behavior, and synonymy of Anolis pentaprion Cope, 1862; a lectotype is designated for the nominal Anolis panamensis Boulenger, 1890. A Colombian species, Anolis sulcifrons Cope, 1899, is resurrected from the synonymy of pentaprion. The importance of describing dewlap color in anoles is widely recognized, but collectors are also urged to record the coloration (or absence thereof) of the iris, the tongue, and the throat lining"--P. [1].

Subjects

Anoles , Anolis fungosus , Anolis pentaprion , Anolis vociferans , Classification , Costa Rica , Lizards , Panama , Reptiles , Talamanca Mountains

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.2471, 1971

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 45624549