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Higher TaxaAnolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Purple Anole 
SynonymAnolis purpurescens COPE 1899: 7
Anolis purpurescens — TAYLOR 1956: 75
Anolis chocorum WILLIAMS & DUELLMAN 1967
Anolis chocorum — PETERS et al. 1970: 51
Anolis purpurescens — PETERS et al. 1970: 64
Dactyloa chocorum — GUYER & SAVAGE 1986
Anolis purpurescens — WILLIAMS 1988
Dactyloa chocorum — KÖHLER 2000: 59
Dactyloa chocorum — NICHOLSON et al. 2012
Dactyloa purpurescens — NICHOLSON et al. 2012
Dactyloa purpurescens — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 
DistributionEcuador, N Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica

Type locality: Río Truando, Colombia.

chocorum: E Panama (Darién), Colombia (forest of lowlands 20-700m at Pacific Coast; Chocó), Costa Rica; Type locality: Río Tuira at Quebreda La Plata, Darién, Panama, elevation 100 m.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: USNM 4321
Holotype: KU 96934, adult male [chocorum] 
Diagnosis 
CommentSynonymy: Species status still unconfirmed (fide Williams 1988). Not listed by KÖHLER 2000. Populations of these species from Panama have been assigned to A. ibanezi. Batista et al. (2015) synonymized chocorum with purpurescens.

Distribution: not in Costa Rica fide Bolaños (pers. comm.). Possibly in Panama but without verified records.

Species group: Dactyloa latifrons species group (NICHOLSON et al. 2012).

NCBI Tax ID: 1091128 (originally assigned to chocorum) 
EtymologyNamed after Latin purpurescens, to grow purple, become of a purple color. [“...Color above purple or violet, below white (in spirits)...”]. (from Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., May 2024) 
References
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