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Anolis peucephilus KÖHLER, TREJO-PÉREZ, PETERSEN, MENDEZ DE LA CRUZ, 2014

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Higher TaxaAnolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymAnolis peucephilus KÖHLER, TREJO-PÉREZ, PETERSEN, MENDEZ DE LA CRUZ 2014
Norops peucephallus — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 (in error)
Anolis peucephilus — HEIMES 2022 
DistributionMexico (Oaxaca)

Type locality: ca. 27 km on road N San Gabriel Mixtepec (16.19135°N, 97.09820°W, WGS84), 1325 m, Estado de Oaxaca, Mexico  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: SMF 96368, an adult male; collected 15 March 2013 by Gunther Köhler, Raúl Gómez Trejo Pérez, and Jesús García Grajales. Field tag number GK-4463. Paratypes. SMF 96369, same collecting data as holotype. GK-4137–38, 4467, ca. 28 km on road N San Gabriel Mixtepec (16.19280°N, 97.10821°W), 1400 m, Estado de Oaxaca, Mexico; collected 15 November 2012 by Gunther Köhler, Raúl Gómez Trejo Pérez, and Jesús García Grajales. SMF 96370, ca. 27.5 km on road N San Gabriel Mixtepec (16.192160°N, 97.105160°W), 1380 m, Estado de Oaxaca, Mexico; collected 15 March 2013 by Gunther Köhler, Raúl Gómez Trejo Pérez, and Jesús García Grajales. SMF 96725, on road from San Gabriel Mixtepec to El Vidrio (16.218130°N, 97.147310°W), 1924 m, Estado de Oaxaca, Mexico; collected 24 June 2013 by Raúl Gómez Trejo Pérez. GK-4137 and SMF 96370 are males, GK-4138, 4467, and SMF 96369, 96725 are females. 
Diagnosis 
Comment 
EtymologyThe name peucephilus is a compound adjective derived from peuke (Greek for pine) and philios (Greek for loving) referring to the obvious habitat preference of this species. 
References
  • Castañeda-Hernández, Carlos, Luis Canseco-Márquez and Manuel Ernesto Vargas-Orrego. 2015. Additional distributional records for the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. Mesoamerican Herpetology 2(3): 368–370 - get paper here
  • Heimes, P. 2022. LIZARDS OF MEXICO - Part 1 Iguanian lizards. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt Am Main, 448 pp.
  • KÖHLER, GUNTHER 2014. Characters of external morphology used in Anolis taxonomy—Definition of terms, advice on usage, and illustrated examples. Zootaxa 3774 (2): 201–257 - get paper here
  • KÖHLER, GUNTHER; RAÚL GÓMEZ TREJO PÉREZ, CLAUS BO P. PETERSEN & FAUSTO R. MÉNDEZ DE LA CRUZ 2014. A revision of the Mexican Anolis (Reptilia, Squamata, Dactyloidae) from the Pacific versant west of the Isthmus de Tehuantepec in the states of Oaxaca, Guerrero, and Puebla, with the description of six new species. Zootaxa 3862 (1): 001–210 - get paper here
  • KÖHLER, GUNTHER; RAÚL GÓMEZ TREJO PÉREZ, CLAUS BO P. PETERSEN & FAUSTO R. MÉNDEZ DE LA CRUZ 2015. A revision of the Mexican Anolis (Reptilia, Squamata, Dactyloidae) from the Pacific versant west of the Isthmus de Tehuantepec in the states of Oaxaca, Guerrero, and Puebla, with the description of six new species: Addendum. Zootaxa 3914 (4): 483–489 - get paper here
  • KÖHLER, GUNTHER;RAÚL GÓMEZ TREJO PÉREZ, CLAUS BO P. PETERSEN, FAUSTO R. MENDEZ DE LA CRUZ 2014. A new species of pine anole from the Sierra Madre del Sur in Oaxaca, Mexico (Reptilia, Squamata, Dactyloidae: Anolis). Zootaxa 3753 (5): 453–468 - get paper here
  • Kwet, Axel 2015. Liste der im Jahr 2014 neu beschriebenen Reptilien. Terraria-Elaphe 2015 (3): 50-64 - get paper here
  • Mata-Silva, Vicente, Jerry D. Johnson, Larry David Wilson and Elí García-Padilla. 2015. The herpetofauna of Oaxaca, Mexico: composition, physiographic distribution, and conservation status. Mesoamerican Herpetology 2 (1): 6–62 - 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
 
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