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Higher TaxaAnolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Peters' Anole
S: Abaniquillo de Peters 
SynonymAnolis Petersii BOCOURT 1873: 79
Anolis petersii — BOULENGER 1885: 66
Anolis petersii bivittata WERNER 1896
Anolis petersii — SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 65
Anolis petersii — PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970
Norops petersii — VILLA et al. 1988
Norops petersii — LINER 1994
Norops petersii — KÖHLER 2000: 63
Norops petersii — NICHOLSON 2002
Anolis petersii — LINER 2007
Norops petersii — NICHOLSON et al. 2012
Norops petersii — MCCRANIE & KÖHLER 2015: 131
Norops petersii — NICHOLSON et al. 2018
Anolis petersii — HEIMES 2022 
DistributionMexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca, Veracruz, San Luis Potosí, Hidalgo, Puebla), Guatemala, Honduras (elevation 1340-1370 m)

Type locality: Alta Verapaz, Guatemala; restricted to Finca Samac by SMITH & TAYLOR 1950  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: MNHN-RA 2479, MNHN-RA 1999.8130 (formerly MNHN-RA 2479A) (2 specimens). Holotype: MNHN-RA 1641 (in error) 
Diagnosis 
CommentThe syntypes of Anolis Petersii are conspecific with the holotype of Anolis biporcatus (KÖHLER & BAUER 2001). See also A. biporcatus. Color image on the cover of Iguana-Rundschreiben 16 (2) [2003].

Species group: Norops auratus Species Group (fide Nicholson et al. 2012) 
EtymologyNamed after Wilhelm Peters (1815-1883), German herpetologist. 
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