Anolis quimbaya MORENO-ARIAS, MÉNDEZ-GALEANO, BELTRÁN & VARGAS-RAMÍREZ, 2023
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Anolis quimbaya
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| Higher Taxa | Anolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Quimbaya anole Spanish: Anolis quimbaya |
| Synonym | Anolis quimbaya MORENO-ARIAS, MÉNDEZ-GALEANO, BELTRÁN & VARGAS-RAMÍREZ 2023: 174 Anolis heterodermus — CASTAÑEDA & DE QUEIROZ 2011: 796 (ICN 11265) Anolis heterodermus CASTAÑEDA & DE QUEIROZ 2013 (ICN 10610) Dactyloa heteroderma — PRATES et al. 2014: 264 (MHUA-R 11265) |
| Distribution | Colombia (Antioquia) Type locality: Santa Elena, Medellin municipality, Antioquia department, Colombia (6.2688°N –75.4992°W, 2400 m), |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. MHUA-R 12691. Adult male, collected by Juan Manuel Daza in May 2014. Paratypes. MHUA-R 11265 (an adult female, 6.25545°N –75.50733°W, 2450 m), MHUA-R 12381 (an adult female, 6.236388°N –75.49442°W, 2600 m) from the same locality data of holotype, collected by Luz Mery Martínez in 2005 and Alejandro Suárez in 2011. MHUA-R 11060 (an adult male, 6.796086°N –75.72757°W, 3000 m) collected by M. Castaño in 2003, MHUA-R 11730 (an adult female, 6.648611°N –75.68056°W, 3000 m), MHUA-R 12524 (adult female, 6.61599°N –75.64796°W, 2900 m) from Belmira municipality, Antioquia department, Colombia collected by Carlos Ortiz in 2012. MHUA-R 11613 (adult female) from Girardota municipality, Antioquia department, Colombia (6.28192°N –75.42962°W, 2350 m), collected by Juan Pablo Hurtado in 2007. MHUA-R 10938 (adult male) from La Union municipality, Antioquia department, Colombia (5.977075°N –75.3641°W, 2450 m), collected by A. M, Higuita in 2003. MHUA-R 10505 (adult male) from Santa Rosa de Osos municipality, Antioquia department, Colombia (6.74081°N –75.4783°W, 2700 m), collected by Ángela Ortega in 2001. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Anolis quimbaya sp. nov. shares short limbs, a large, casqued head, a prehensile tail without caudal autotomy, and lamellar subdigital scales of all digits extending from the most proximal phalanges with the other species of the Phenacosaurus clade. Anolis quimbaya sp. nov. differs from A. proboscis, A. orcesi, A. euskalerriari and A. nicefori by the presence of granular scales surrounding dorsal heterogeneous flat scales. Anolis quimbaya sp. nov. further differs from A. heterodermus, A. richteri, A. tetarii, A. inderenae, and A. tequendama sp. nov. by an orange or green dewlap (A. vanzolinii orange only) from A. inderenae, A. heterodermus, A. richteri and A. tetarii by the presence of a discontinuous nuchal crest; from A. heterodermus and A. inderenae by the presence of a continuous row of enlarged sublabials that do not reach the mouth commissure; from A. heterodermus by a V-shaped crown. From A. vanzolinii by < 24 expanded lamellae under second and third phalange of fourth toe and < 35 lamella in total fourth toe, maximum snout-vent length 87 mm (110 mm), femoral length/snout-vent length ratio 0.17 (0.20), tail length/snout-vent ratio 1.19 (1.31), fourth toe length/snout-vent length ratio 0.13 (0.15) and sexual dimorphism in dewlap pattern. |
| Comment | |
| Etymology | Named after the extinct indigenous ethnic group called the Quimbaya who inhabited the central cordillera of Colombia, where the species is mainly distributed. “Los Quimbaya” in Spanish is also a noun to refer to the indigenous people belonging to the Kimbaya nation, to the people who previously spoke the Kimbaya dialect and the archaeological period when those people lived. |
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