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Anolis nebuloides BOCOURT, 1873

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Higher TaxaAnolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: False Clouded Anole
S: Falso Abaniquillo Nebulosa 
SynonymAnolis nebuloides BOCOURT 1873: 74
Anolis nebuloides — BOULENGER 1885: 77
Anolis nebuloides — SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 66
Anolis simmonsi HOLMAN 1964: 52
Norops simmonsi — LINER 1994
Norops nebuloides — LINER 1994
Norops nebuloides — NICHOLSON 2002
Norops simmonsi — NICHOLSON 2002
Anolis simmonsi — LINER 2007
Anolis nebuloides — LINER 2007
Anolis simmonsi — LINER & CASAS-ANDREU 2008: 44
Norops simmonsi — NICHOLSON et al. 2012
Norops nebuloides — NICHOLSON et al. 2012
Anolis nebuloides — KÖHLER et al. 2014: 61
Anolis stevepoei KÖHLER, TREJO PÉREZ, PETERSEN & MÉNDEZ DE LA CRUZ 2014
Norops stevenpoei — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 (in error)
Norops nebuloides — NICHOLSON et al. 2018
Anolis nebuloides — HEIMES 2022
Anolis stevepoei — HEIMES 2022
Anolis nebuloides — POE 2025 
DistributionMexico (Oaxaca)

Type locality: Putla, Oaxaca.

simmonsi: Mexico (Oaxaca); Type locality: Mexico: Rio Canoa, 16.25 mi W Pinotepec National, Oaxaca; W. Hill, A. Holman, and R. Altig; December 25, 1962.

stevepoei (invalid): Mexico (Oaxaca); Type locality: 15.8 airline km NNW San Gabriel Mixtepec on road to El Vidrio (16.2205°N, 97.14883°W), 1900 m, Estado de Oaxaca, Mexico  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: MNHN-RA 2494, MNHN-RA 2494A, MNHN-RA 2494B and MNHN-RA 2494C (4 specimens)
Holotype: INHS (= UIMNH) 52899, male [simmonsi]
Holotype: SMF 96232, an adult male; collected 16 November 2012 by Gunther Köhler and Raúl Gómez Trejo Pérez. Field tag number GK-4130. Paratypes. All from Estado de Oaxaca, Mexico: IBH 26523, SMF 96244–45 from Rancho El Sagrado, near San Gabriel Mixtepec (16.08914°N, 97.06263°W), 630 m; IBH 26581, 26584, SMF 96243 from near San Gabriel Mixtepec (16.08108°N, 97.08115°W), 755 m; IBH 26517, SMF 96242 from about 6.5 airline km N San Gabriel Mixtepec on road to El Vidrio (16.15547°N, 97.08112°W), 1030 m; KU 87316–24 from 12 km NNW San Gabriel Mixtepec, 1040 m; SMF 96745–46 from about 10.9 airline km NNW San Gabriel Mixtepec on road to El Vidrio (16.19286°N, 97.09767°W), 1326 m; SMF 96739–41 from about 11.1 airline km NNW San Gabriel Mixtepec on road to El Vidrio (16.19212°N, 97.10509°W), 1382 m; IBH 26511, SMF 96236, 96428 from about 11.3 airline km NNW San Gabriel Mixtepec on road to El Vidrio (16.19280°N, 97.10821°W), 1400 m; KU 137714 from 31.2 km N San Gabriel Mixtepec, 1480 m; SMF 96742–44 from about 11.6 airline km NNW San Gabriel Mixtepec on road to El Vidrio (16.19483°N, 97.11397°W), 1481 m; KU 101115, 101119, MCZ R-92965–76 from 30 km N San Gabriel Mixtepec, 1530 m; SMF 96736–38 from about 11.3 airline km NNW San Gabriel Mixtepec on road to El Vidrio (16.18964°N, 97.11994°W), 1587 m; IBH 26509, SMF 96235 from about 11.5 airline km NNW San Gabriel Mixtepec on road to El Vidrio (16.19083°N, 97.12045°W), 1600 m; KU 137715 from 34.3 km N San Gabriel Mixtepec, 1600 m; KU 101124 from 33 km N San Gabriel Mixtepec, 1675 m; KU 137716 from 35.9 km N San Gabriel Mixtepec, 1680 m; SMF 96731–33 from about 12.8 airline km NNW San Gabriel Mixtepec on road to El Vidrio (16.20120°N, 97.12538°W), 1698 m; IBH 26512, SMF 96237 from about 12.9 airline km NNW San Gabriel Mixtepec on road to El Vidrio (16.20245°N, 97.12621°W), 1700 m; IBH 26608 from about 13.9 airline km NNW San Gabriel Mixtepec on road to El Vidrio (16.20843°N, 97.13646°W), 1750 m; IBH 26518 from about 14.2 airline km NNW San Gabriel Mixtepec on road to El Vidrio (16.20946°N, 97.13947°W), 1800 m; SMF 96728–30 from about 14.3 airline km NNW San Gabriel Mixtepec on road to El Vidrio (16.21085°N, 97.13647°W), 1803 m; KU 101125 from 37 km N San Gabriel Mixtepec, 1860 m; SMF 96234 from about 14.8 airline km NNW San Gabriel Mixtepec on road to El Vidrio (16.21621°N, 97.13947°W), 1870 m; SMF 96233 from about 15.8 airline km NNW San Gabriel Mixtepec on road to El Vidrio (16.21736°N, 97.14757°W), 1920 m; SMF 96726–27, 96734–35 from about 15.9 airline km NNW San Gabriel Mixtepec on road to El Vidrio (16.21813°N, 97.14731°W), 1925 m; SMF 96231 from about 16.7 airline km NNW San Gabriel Mixtepec on road to El Vidrio (16.22822°N, 97.15132°W), 1980 m; IBH 26511, SMF 96231, 96233–35 are males, IBH 26509, 26512, 26518, 26608, SMF 96236–37 are females, IBH 26517, 26581, 26584, SMF 96242–43 are juveniles. All IBH and SMF paratypes collected by Gunther Köhler and Raúl Gómez Trejo Pérez. All MCZ paratypes collected by William E. Duellman and John D. Lynch. [stevepoei] 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A small species (SVL in largest male 46.0 mm, largest female 43.0 mm) of the genus Anolis (sensu Poe 2004) that differs from all Mexican and Central American anoles except A. megapholidotus, A. nietoi, A. stevepoei, and A. zapotecorum by having a combination of (1) strongly keeled ventral scales; (2) usually a patch of three greatly enlarged supraocular scales; (3) 10–12 rows of greatly enlarged dorsal scales that are larger than ventral scales; (4) short hind legs, longest toe of adpressed hind leg usually reaching to posterior margin of eye, occasionally to a point between levels of ear opening and eye or to mideye (to ear opening in single female), ratio shank length/SVL 0.24–0.29; (5) circumnasal usually in contact with first supralabial; and (6) a large pinkish red dewlap in males and a very small pink dewlap in females (Fig. 45). Anolis nebuloides differs from A. stevepoei, and A. zapotecorum by having (1) a rather abrupt transition between the enlarged dorsal scales and lateral body scales (vs. a more gradual transition over 3 to 4 scales); (2) the edges of the field of enlarged dorsal scale rows well defined and in a more or less straight line (vs. the edges of this field forming an undulating line due to single enlarged scales or groups thereof outside the main field) (3) and by having a more reddish male dewlap (vs. pink). Anolis nebuloides differs from A. megapholidotus and A. nietoi in the ranges and average values of several morphometric and pholidotic characters, most obvious in (1) number of middorsal scales in one head length; and (2) number of subdigital lamellae on Phalanges II–IV of Toe IV (see Table 8 in KÖHLER et al. 2014).


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CommentSynonymy: partly after NIETO MONTES DE OCA 2013. We follow Poe 2025 in synonymizing A. stevepoei with A. nebuloides, given that there appears to be no way to distinguish A. stevepoei and A. nebuloides in the field, and these species are similar according to mitochondrial DNA.

Distribution: reports from Chihuahua, Sonora, Colima, Puebla, or Guerrero are referring to other species. Reports from Guerrero are probably A. nietoi (R. Palacios-Aguilar, pers. comm., 1 June 2018)

Species group: Norops auratus Species Group (fide Nicholson et al. 2012)

NCBI taxonID: 1633563 [stevepoei]
RDB speciesID: 11000 [stevepoei]

Etymology (stevepoei): The name stevepoei is a patronym honoring Steven Poe who has contributed substantially to our knowledge of the phylogeny and taxonomy of anoles. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin nebulosus, species of Anolis due to Wiegman, 1834 (see) + Latin -oides (from Greek -οιδες), suffix indicating likeness. [“... L'Anolis nebuloides est allié, par des caractères généraux, aux Anolis crassulus, Cope ... mais plus intimement encore à l'Anolis nebulosus, Wiegmann, auquel il ressemble par une con­formation identique des disques sus-oculaires, formés chacun par trois squames ova­laires, dont le plus grand diamètre est placé en travers...”]. 
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