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Anolis deltae WILLIAMS, 1974

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Higher TaxaAnolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Delta Anole 
SynonymAnolis deltae WILLIAMS 1974: 11
Dactyloa deltae — NICHOLSON et al. 2012
Dactyloa deltae — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 
DistributionVenezuela (Orinoco Delta)

Type locality: Venezuela, Delta Amacuro, Mision Araquaimuj  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MCNC 2031 (Museo de Ciencias Naturales, Caracas) 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Very close to A. dissimilis including the presence of a distinctive tail crest, but with a blunter, shorter head, a differentiated anterior nasal scale, a larger interparietal with larger scales surrounding the interparietal and more lamellae under phalanges ii and iii of fourth toe. (Williams 1974)


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CommentSpecies groups: Dactyloa punctata species group (fide NICHOLSON et al. 2012).

Synonymy: Poe 2025 suggests to synonymize this species with either A. extremus or A. aeneus, given its similarity with these species and the fact that they have been known to “invade” Venezuela from the Lesser Antilles (Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970; Rivas et al. 2012). There are no data in Williams’s description that distinguish the A. deltae type specimen from these species. 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
References
  • NICHOLSON, KIRSTEN E.; BRIAN I. CROTHER, CRAIG GUYER & JAY M. SAVAGE 2012. It is time for a new classification of anoles (Squamata: Dactyloidae). Zootaxa 3477: 1–108 - get paper here
  • NICHOLSON, KIRSTEN E.; BRIAN I. CROTHER, CRAIG GUYER & JAY M. SAVAGE 2018. Translating a clade based classification into one that is valid under the international code of zoological nomenclature: the case of the lizards of the family Dactyloidae (Order Squamata). Zootaxa 4461 (4): 573–586 - get paper here
  • Poe, S. 2013. 1986 Redux: New genera of anoles (Squamata: Dactyloidae) are unwarranted. Zootaxa 3626 (2): 295–299 - get paper here
  • Poe, Steven 2025. A Guide to the Anolis Lizards (Anoles) of Mainland Central and South America. Princeton University Press, 432 pp. - get paper here
  • RIVAS, GILSON A.; CÉSAR R. MOLINA, GABRIEL N. UGUETO, TITO R. BARROS, CÉSAR L. BAR- RIO-AMORÓS & PHILIPPE J. R. KOK 2012. Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist. Zootaxa 3211: 1–64 - get paper here
  • Williams E E 1982. Three new species of the Anolis punctatus complex from Amazonian and inter-Audean Colombia, with comments on the eastern members of the punctatus species group. Breviora (467): 1-38 - get paper here
  • Williams,E.E. 1974. South American Anolis: Three new species related to Anolis nigrolineatus and A. dissimilis. Breviora (422): 1-15 - get paper here
 
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