Anolis ustus COPE, 1864

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Higher Taxa	Anolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
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Synonym	Anolis ustus COPE 1864 Anolis ustus — BOULENGER 1885: 73 Anolis ustus — BARBOUR & COLE 1906: 148 Anolis ustus — STUART 1963 Anolis ustus — LARA-TUFIÑO et al. 2016 Anolis ustus — HEIMES 2022
Distribution	Mexico (Campeche, Yucatán, Quintana Roo), Guatemala, Belize Type locality: “Belize”
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Syntypes: BMNH 1946.8.5.60-61 (60: female, 61: male)
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: The males of this lizard reach at maximum size of 44.59 mm in snout-vent length (SVL) and the females 48.93 mm, length of the tail is at least twice the SVL. The head is elongated and distinctive of the body, which is slender; the limbs are long and slender, and shank does not exceed the length of the head. Anolis ustus differs from others species of Anolis genus, except of A. sericeus, A. wellbornae and A. unilobatus by the following combination of characters: first superciliary scale elongated, ventral scales strongly keeled and larger than dorsal scales, besides having in males a yellow or orange dewlap with a central blue or purple spot. Differs from other species of the A. sericeus complex (A. unilobatus, A. sericeus and A. wellbornae) by having a small dewlap of almost the same size in males and females (< 58 mm2 and < 50 mm2, respectively), whereas in the others species of the complex, the dewlap in males is much larger than females (> 85 mm2 and < 40 mm2, respectively). In addition, males of A. ustus has less than six gorgetal scales, whereas in the others species have more than eight gorgetal scales. On the other hand, A. ustus has a greater number of dorsal and ventral scales than A. sericeus (LARA-TUFIÑO, pers. comm. 5 Oct 2016).
Comment	Synonymy: A. ustus has been considered as a synonym of A. sericeus for decades but was revalidated by LARA-TUFIÑO et al. 2016. Not listed by Nicholson et al. 2018. Species group: Norops auratus Species Group (fide Nicholson et al. 2012, by implication)
References	Badillo-Saldaña, L.M., Pineda, E. & Ramírez-Bautista, A. 2024. From tropical forest to agroecosystems: changes in functional and species diversity of lizards in Mexican Caribbean. Agroforest Syst (2024) - get paper here Badillo-Saldaña, Luis M, Aaron García-Rosales, and Aurelio Ramírez-Bautista. 2022. Influence of Microhabitat Use on Morphology Traits of Three Species of the Anolis Sericeus Complex (Squamata: Dactyloidae) in Mexico. Zoology 152: 126003 - get paper here Barbour, T., and L. J. Cole. 1906. Vertebrata from Yucatan. Reptilia, Amphibia and Pisces. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 50: 146-159 - get paper here 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 Cope, E.D. 1864. Contributions to the herpetology of tropical America. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 16: 166-181. - get paper here Heimes, P. 2022. LIZARDS OF MEXICO - Part 1 Iguanian lizards. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt Am Main, 448 pp. Lara-Tufiño JD, Nieto-Montes de Oca A, Ramírez-Bautista A, Gray LN 2016. Resurrection of Anolis ustus Cope, 1864 from synonymy with Anolis sericeus Hallowell, 1856 (Squamata, Dactyloidae). ZooKeys 619: 147–162, doi: 10.3897/zookeys.619.9650 - get paper here Nahuat-Cervera, Pedro Enrique 2020. Amphibians and reptiles of the Hobonil Educative Center, Tzucacab, Yucatán, Mexico. Rev. Latinoamer. Herp. 3 (1): 53-65 - get paper here Werler, J. E., & SMITH, H. M. 1952. Notes on a collection of reptiles and amphibians from Mexico, 1951-1952. Texas Journal of Science 14: 551-573. - get paper here
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