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Higher TaxaAnolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: San Antonio Anole 
SynonymAnolis antonii BOULENGER 1908: 517
Anolis antonii — PETERS et al. 1970: 47
Norops antonii — NICHOLSON 2002
Norops antonii — NICHOLSON et al. 2012
Anolis antonii — GRISALES-MARTÍNEZ et al. 2017
Norops antonii — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 
DistributionColombia (over 1000 m elevation, in the West and Central Andes mountain chain between Cauca, Valle del Cauca, Risaralda, Caldas, Tolima, and Huila)

tolimensis: Type locality: Cañon del Tolima, Cordillera Central, Colombia, 1700 m elevation.

Type locality: San Antonio, Valle del Cauca, Colombia (30° 30’ ́N, 76° 38’ W), 1800 m elevation.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1946.8.12.98, a large adult female (SVL 53 mm), M. G. Palmer coll.
Syntype ZMH R01800 (formerly no. 4328.), leg. FASSL Jan.-Mar. 1910, vend. F. WERNER Mar. 1916: 1 [tolimensis] 
Diagnosis 
CommentSpecies group: Norops auratus Species Group (fide Nicholson et al. 2012) 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality, San Antonio, Colombia. 
References
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  • Boulenger, George A. 1908. Descriptions of new batrachians and reptiles discovered by Mr. M. G. Palmer in South-western Colombia. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 2 (12): 515-522 - get paper here
  • Carmona, C. A. G., et al. 2017. Anolis antonii (Anton’s Anole) Ectoparasites. Herpetological Review 48 (2): 433-434 - get paper here
  • Carmona, Cristian Alfonso Gallego; Johana Alejandra Castro-Arango and Manuel Hernando Bernal-Bautista 2016. Effect of Habitat Disturbance on the Body Condition Index of the Colombian Endemic Lizard Anolis antonii (Squamata: Dactyloidae). South American J. Herp. 11 (3): 183–187 - get paper here
  • Castro-Herrera, F. & Vargas-Salinas, F. 2008. Anfibios y reptiles en el departamento del Valle del Cauca, Colombia. Biota Colombiana 9 (2): 251 - 277 - get paper here
  • Castro-Herrera, F.; Bolívar-García, W. & Herrera-Montes, M.I. 2007. Guía de los Anfibios y Reptiles des Bosque de Yotoco, Valle deel Cauca, Colombia. Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia, 70 pp. - get paper here
  • GRISALES-MARTÍNEZ, FREDDY A.; JULIÁN A. VELASCO, WILMAR BOLÍVAR, ERNEST E. WILLIAMS, JUAN M. DAZA 2017. The taxonomic and phylogenetic status of some poorly known Anolis species from the Andes of Colombia with the description of a nomen nudum taxon. Zootaxa 4303 (2): 213–230 - get paper here
  • Nicholson, K.E. 2002. Phylogenetic analysis and a test of the current infrageneric classification of Norops (beta Anolis). Herpetological Monographs 16: 93-120 - 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
  • Páez, V.P. et al. 2002. Guía de campo de algunas especies de anfibios y reptiles de Antioquia. Universidad de Antioquia, - get paper here
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  • Rodríguez-Rodríguez, J. D., & Calderón-Espinosa, M. L. 2024. Sexual dimorphism and female ecomorphology in Anolis (Squamata: Anolidae): knowledge of female morphology increases the understanding of Anolis diversification. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, blae019 - get paper here
  • Rojas-Morales, Julián Andrés, Héctor Fabio Arias-Monsalve y Gustavo A. González-Durán 2014. Anibios y reptiles de la región centro-sur del departamento de Caldas, Colombia. Biota Colombiana 15 (1): 73-93 - get paper here
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