Anadia ocellata GRAY, 1845

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Higher Taxa	Gymnophthalmidae (Cercosaurinae), Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Ocellated Anadia
Synonym	Anadia ocellata GRAY 1845: 58 Ecleopus (Euspondylus) ocellatus — PETERS 1862: 212 Chalcidolepis metallicus COPE 1875: 116 Ecpleopus (Chalcidolepis) metallicus — DUMÉRIL & BOCOURT 1879: 371 Leposoma ocellatum — COPE 1885 Leposoma metallicum — COPE 1885 Anadia metallica — GÜNTHER 1885: 30 Anadia metallica — BOULENGER 1885: 400 Anadia metallica metallica TAYLOR 1955: 535 Anadia metallica attenuata TAYLOR 1955: 537 Anadia metallica arborea TAYLOR 1955: 542 Anadia ocellata — PETERS & DONOSO-BARROS 1970: 41 Anadia metallica — PRESCH 1978 Anadia ocellata — KÖHLER 2000: 99 Anadia ocellata — CURLIS et al. 2020
Distribution	Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia (Antioquia, Córdoba) metallica: Costa Rica; Type locality: Aguacate Mountains, Costa Rica Type locality: “Tropical America”
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.2.2 Holotype: USNM 30568 [Chalcidolepis metallicus]
Diagnosis
Comment	Synonymy that of Oftedal (1974). For additional references see Anadia marmorata. Distribution: Not listed for Ecuador by TORRES-CARVAJAL 2001. Records of this species from Ecuador are misidentified specimens of A. petersi (Oftedal, 1974: 218). Type species: Anadia ocellata GRAY 1845 is the type species of the genus Anadia GRAY 1845.
Etymology	From lat. ocellus = diminuitive of oculus: eye; with ocellated scales, or patches that look like eyes.
References	Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 2, Second edition. London, xiii+497 pp. - get paper here Carvajal-Cogollo, J.E.; L.E. Rojas-Murcia. & G. Cárdenas-Arévalo 2020. Reptiles del Caribe colombiano/ Reptiles of the Colombian Caribbean. Tunja: Editorial UPTC, 268 pp. - get paper here Carvajal-Cogollo, Juan E., Vladimir A. Bernal-González and Nestor Nonzoque-López. 2011. Geographic Distribution: Anadia ocellata (ocellated anadia). Herpetological Review 42 (3): 390 - get paper here Cope, E.D. 1875. On the Batrachia and Reptilia of Costa Rica with notes on the herpetology and ichthyology of Nicaragua and Peru. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia N.S. (2) 8: 93-183 [sometimes said to be published 1876 but see Murphy et al. 2007 for clarification]] - get paper here Curlis JD, Fisher EC, Muhic WK, Moy J, Garro-Cruz M, Montero-Ramírez JJ 2020. A survey of the reptiles and amphibians at the University of Georgia Costa Rica field station in San Luis de Monteverde, Costa Rica. Check List 16(6): 1433-1456 - get paper here Flores, Eric Enrique, Leesther Vasquez, Milagros Goonzález, Katherine Rodriguez and Joelbin De La Cruz. 2014. Geographic Distribution: Anadia ocellata (ocellated anadia). Herpetological Review 45 (1): 91 - get paper here Gray, J. E. 1845. Catalogue of the specimens of lizards in the collection of the British Museum. Trustees of die British Museum/Edward Newman, London: xxvii + 289 pp. - get paper here Köhler, G. 2000. Reptilien und Amphibien Mittelamerikas, Bd 1: Krokodile, Schildkröten, Echsen. Herpeton Verlag, Offenbach, 158 pp. Köhler, G. 2008. Reptiles of Central America. 2nd Ed. Herpeton-Verlag, 400 pp. Leenders, Twan 2005. Observations on the natural history of Anadia ocellata Gray, 1845 (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) Podarcis 6 (1/2): 50-57 - get paper here Loveridge, A. 1929. A new Anadia from Colombia with remarks on other members of the genus. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 42: 99-102 - get paper here MURPHY R. W., SMITH A. and NGO A. 2007. The versions of Cope's Batrachia and Reptilia of Costa Rica. Bibliotheca Herpetologica 7 (1): - get paper here Myers, Charles W. Rivas Fuenmayor, Gilson; Jadin, Robert C. 2009. New species of lizards from Auyantepui and La Escalera in the Venezuelan Guayana, with notes on "microteiid" hemipenes (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae). American Museum Novitates (3660): 1-32 - get paper here Oftedal,O.T. 1974. A revision of the genus Anadia (Sauria, Teiidae). Arquivos de Zoologia, Sao Paulo 25: 203-265 - get paper here Presch, W. 1978. Descriptions of the Hemipenial Morphology in Eight Species of Microteiid Lizards (Family Teiidae, Subfamily Gymnophthalminae) Herpetologica 34 (1): 108-112. - get paper here Savage, J.M. 2002. The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica: A Herpetofauna Between Two Continents, Between Two Seas. University of Chicago Press, 934 pp. [review in Copeia 2003 (1): 205] Taylor, E. H. 1956. A review of the lizards of Costa Rica. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 38 (part 1): 3-322 - get paper here Taylor,E.H. 1955. Additions to the known herpetological fauna of Costa Rica with comments on other species. No. II. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 37: 499-575. - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.dnr.cornell.edu/edge/Field_guide_lizards.htm https://www.facebook.com/groups/stshc/posts/236435001914439/ Google images

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