Anolis pseudopachypus KÖHLER, PONCE, SUNYER & BATISTA, 2007
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Anolis pseudopachypus
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| Higher Taxa | Anolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Synonym | Anolis pseudopachypus KÖHLER, PONCE, SUNYER & BATISTA 2007 Anolis pseudopachypus — LOTZKAT et al. 2010 Norops pseudopachypus — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Norops pseudopachypus — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 |
| Distribution | WC Panama (Serranía de Tabasará) Type locality: La Nevera, [corrected by LOTZKAT et al. 2010 to] 8° 30’ N, 81° 46’ 20’’ W, Serranía de Tabasará, 1600 m elevation, Comarca Ngöbe Bugle, Distrito de Nole Düima, Corregimiento de Jadeberi, Panama. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: SMF 85153 |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A medium-sized species (snout–vent length [SVL] in largest specimen 48.0 mm) of the genus Anolis (sensu Poe, 2004) that is most similar in external morphology to Anolis pachypus and A. tropidolepis both of which also have more than 5 complete scale rows between supraorbital semicircles, no enlarged postanal scales in males, usually an indication of a lyreform marking in the occipital region, and weakly keeled ventrals at midbody. Anolis pseudopachypus differs from A. pachypus and A. tropidolepis by male dewlap coloration (A. pachypus: red orange with central yellow blotch; A. pseudopachypus: uniform orange yellow; A. tropidolepis: uniform purple red) and by its longer hind legs (ratio shank length / SVL 0.21–0.29, mean 0.25, in A. pachypus and A. tropidolepis versus 0.28–0.31, mean 0.30, in A. pseudopachypus). Anolis pseudopachypus differs further from A. pachypus and A. tropidolepis in several scalation characteristics including its tiny head scales and ill-defined supraorbital semicircles (semicircles well-developed in A. pachypus and A. tropidolepis), number of scales between interparietal scale and supraorbital semicircles (A. pachypus and A. tropidolepis: usually 6 or less; A. pseudopachypus: usually 7 or more); and number of scales between second canthals (A. pachypus and A. tropidolepis: usually 15 or less; A. pseudopachypus: usually 16 or more). |
| Comment | Species group: Norops auratus Species Group (fide Nicholson et al. 2012) |
| Etymology | named after its close relationship to A. pachypus. |
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