Anolis planiceps TROSCHEL, 1848

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Higher Taxa	Anolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Golden-scaled Anole, Orange-fanned leaf-litter anole, Goldenscale Anole S: Anolis común, anolis camaleoncito Portuguese: Papa-Vento
Synonym	Anolis planiceps TROSCHEL 1848: 649 Anolis eewi ROZE 1958: 311 Anolis eewi — PETERS et al. 1970: 52 Anolis chrysolepis planiceps — VANZOLINI & WILLIAMS 1970: 85 Anolis nitens nitens — AVILA-PIRES 1995 Anolis chrysolepis eewi — WILLIAMS et al. 1996: 10 Anolis chrysolepis planiceps — MYERS & DONNELLY 1997 Anolis eewi — GORZULA & SEÑARIS 1999 Anolis chrysolepis planiceps — MYERS & DONNELLY 2008 Anolis chrysolepis planiceps — UGUETO & RIVAS 2010 Anolis planiceps — D’ANGIOLELLA et al. 2011 Norops eewi — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Norops planiceps — NICHOLSON et al. 2018
Distribution	E Venezuela (Bolivar, Amazonas), Guyana, Brazil (Roraima, Amazonas), Trinidad. Type locality: Caracas, Venezuela (Sub-) species no longer recognized: eewi: Venezuela (Bolivar); Type locality: Cumbe de Torono Tepui, Chimantá Tepui, Estado Bolívar, Venezuela, 2100 m elevation.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: ZMB 529 Holotype: FMNH 74040 [eewi]
Diagnosis
Comment	Not mentioned at all by NICHOLSON et al. 2012. Species group: Norops auratus Species Group (fide Nicholson et al. 2012) Synonymy after Peters et al. 1970, VANZOLINI & WILLIAMS 1970, and Poe et al. 2017. Gorzula and Señaris (1999) noted that Anolis eewi is distinguished from A. chrysolepis by shorter legs but this character is somewhat variable, which is why Myers and Donnelly 2008 supported to synonymize eewi and planiceps. Species group: Norops auratus Species Group (fide Nicholson et al. 2012)
Etymology	Named after Latin “planus” = flat and “-ceps” head. A. eewi was named after Ernest E. Williams, who was often known by his initials, EEW.
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Schomburgk. Reisen in Britisch-Guiana in den Jahren 1840-44. Im Auftrage Sr. Majestät des Königs von Preussen ausgeführt. Theil 3. Versuch einer Zusammenstellung der Fauna und Flora von British-Guiana. Leipzig, pp. 645-661 - get paper here Ugueto, G.N. & Rivas, G.A. 2010. Amphibians and Reptiles of Margarita, Coche and Cubagua. Frankfurt Contributions to Natural History, Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main, 350 pp Vanzolini,P.E. & Williams,E.E. 1970. South American anoles: the geographic differentiation and evolution of the Anolis chrysolepis species group (Sauria, Iguanidae). Arquivos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 19: 1-298 - get paper here Williams,E.E., Praderio,M.J. & Gorzula,S. 1996. A Phenacosaur from Chimanta Tepui, Venezuela. Breviora (506): 1-15 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.anoleannals.org/2012/01/16/some-anoles-from-venezuela/?mid=57 http://www.saumfinger.de/anolis_compressicauda.html http://www.anoleannals.org/2018/12/18/anolis-eewi-rediscovered/ http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Scincidae/Anomalopus/swansoni Google images

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