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Higher TaxaAnolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Banded Tree Anole, Transverse Anole
Portuguese: Papa-Vento 
SynonymAnolis transversalis DUMÉRIL in DUMÉRIL & DUMÉRIL 1851: 57
Anolis buckleyi O’SHAUGHNESSY 1880: 492
Anolis transversalis — BOULENGER 1885: 58
Anolis buckleyi — BOULENGER 1885: 58
Anolis buckleyi — SHREVE 1941
Anolis transversalis — WILLIAMS & VANZOLINI 1966: 197
Anolis transversalis — PETERS et al. 1970: 67
Anolis transversalis — DUELLMAN 1978: 202
Dactyloa transversalis — SAVAGE & GUYER 1989: 108
Anolis transversalis — LEHR 2002: 81
Anolis transversalis — PIANKA & VITT 2003: 166
Dactyloa transversalis — NICHOLSON et al. 2012
Dactyloa transversalis — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 
DistributionS Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, S Colombia, W Brazil (Amazonas, Acre, Rondônia, Mato Grosso), N Bolivia

Type locality: South America. “Sarayacú, Peru” fide WILLIAMS & VANZOLINI 1966.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MNHN-RA 2449 (by monotypy) 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A green anole, with granular, smooth dorsals, and larger (but relatively small), smooth ventrals. Digital expansions well developed. Body and tail slightly to moderately compressed. Mental large. A distinct row of sublabials at each side, with scales much larger than median scales on chin. A pattern of transverse dark lines or bands, showing sexual dimorphism,present along back: in males forming oblique rows of dashed and/or dotted lines, in females forming wider bands, with or without dotted lines in between. Dewlap in males extending almost to middle of belly, yellow to reddish orange, with light green to yellowish, or grey to bluish grey diagonal lines or scale rows; in females reaching about level of forelimbs, white or yellow, with brown or black transverse bars. Iris blue. Maximum SVL 88 mm (from Avila-Pires 1995: 118). 
CommentDue to sexually dimorphic color pattern, males were described as another species (A. buckleyi) by O’SHAUGHNESSY 1880.

Species groups: Dactyloa punctata species group (fide NICHOLSON et al. 2012).

Diet: a large percentage of the diet of this species (10-30%) consists of ants (Lucas et al. 2023). 
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