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Anolis impetigosus COPE, 1864

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Higher TaxaAnolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymAnolis impetigosus COPE 1864: 174
Anolis impetigosus — BOULENGER 1885: 55
Anolis impetigosus — SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 60
Anolis impetigosus — FITCH & HENDERSON 1973: 127
Norops impetigosus — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 (nomen dubium)
Anolis impetigosus — POE et al. 2017 (nomen dubium)
Norops impetigosus — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 (listed as nomen dubium)
Anolis impetigosus — POE 2025 (nomen dubium) 
DistributionVenezuela (Caracas) ?

Type locality: unknown (fide SMITH & TAYLOR 1950)  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1946.8.20.12 (origin unknown according to Nieto-Montes de Oca 1996) 
DiagnosisUnfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us if you need any of this material. 
CommentAnolis impetigosus appears to be indistinguishable fromA. tigrinus, described a year earlier by Peters, and most likely is a synonym of the latter (L. Mahler pers, comm. 4 Nov 2014). 
EtymologyNamed after Latin impetigo, a scabby eruption on the skin, impetigo and Latin -osus, suffix denoting abundance. [?]. (from Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., May 2024) 
References
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 2, Second edition. London, xiii+497 pp. - get paper here
  • Cope, E.D. 1864. Contributions to the herpetology of tropical America. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 16: 166-181. - get paper here
  • Fitch, H.S. & Henderson, R.W. 1973. A new anole (Reptilia: Iguanidae) from southern Veracruz, Mexico. Journal of Herpetology 7 (2): 125-128 - get paper here
  • 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
  • Smith, H.M. & Taylor,E.H. 1950. An annotated checklist and key to the reptiles of Mexico exclusive of the snakes. Bull. US Natl. Mus. 199: 1-253 - get paper here
 
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