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Anolis concolor COPE, 1863

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Higher TaxaAnolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Isla San Andres Anole 
SynonymAnolis (Gastrotropis) concolor COPE 1863: 180
Anolis concolor — BOULENGER 1885: 74
Anolis concolor — DUNN 1930: 17
Anolis concolor — VALDIVIESO & TAMSITT 1963
Anolis concolor — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 240
Norops concolor — KÖHLER 2000: 62
Norops concolor — NICHOLSON 2002
Anolis concolor — MCNISH 2011
Norops concolor — NICHOLSON et al. 2012
Norops concolor — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 
DistributionWestern Caribbean: San Andres Island

Type locality: (see comment); restricted to Isla San Andrés, Colombia, by Corn and Dalby, 1973.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: USNM 6055, MCZ 22341. 
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CommentFor illustrations see Corn and Dalby, 1973.

Species group: Norops auratus Species Group (fide Nicholson et al. 2012)

Distribution: The type locality given by COPE, “Nicaragua”, is evidently in error. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin concolor, of uniform color throughout; without spots. 
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
  • Calderón-Espinosa, M. L. and A. Barragán Forero 2012. Morphological Diversification in Solitary Endemic Anoles: Anolis concolor and Anolis pinchoti from San Andrés and Providence Islands, Colombia. South American J. Herp. 6 (3): 205-210 [2011] - get paper here
  • Cope, E.D. 1863. Contributions to Neotropical saurology. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 14 [1862]: 176-188. - get paper here
  • Corn, M.J., and Dalby, P.L. 1973. Systematics of the anoles of San Andrés and Providencia Islands, Colombia. Journal of Herpetology 7 (2): 63-74. - get paper here
  • Dunn, E. R. 1930. Notes on Central American Anolis. Proc. New England Zool. Club 12: 15-24
  • Köhler, G. 2000. Reptilien und Amphibien Mittelamerikas, Bd 1: Krokodile, Schildkröten, Echsen. Herpeton Verlag, Offenbach, 158 pp.
  • McNish, T. 2011. La fauna del archipiélago de San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina, Colombia, Sudamérica. Colomba Andina de Impresos, ISBN 978-958-99518-1-1
  • Nicholson, K.E. 2002. Phylogenetic analysis and a test of the current infrageneric classification of Norops (beta Anolis). Herpetological Monographs 16: 93-120 - get paper here
  • NICHOLSON, KIRSTEN E.; BRIAN I. CROTHER, CRAIG GUYER & JAY M. SAVAGE 2012. It is time for a new classification of anoles (Squamata: Dactyloidae). Zootaxa 3477: 1–108 - get paper here
  • NICHOLSON, KIRSTEN E.; BRIAN I. CROTHER, CRAIG GUYER & JAY M. SAVAGE 2018. Translating a clade based classification into one that is valid under the international code of zoological nomenclature: the case of the lizards of the family Dactyloidae (Order Squamata). Zootaxa 4461 (4): 573–586 - get paper here
  • Poe, S. 2013. 1986 Redux: New genera of anoles (Squamata: Dactyloidae) are unwarranted. Zootaxa 3626 (2): 295–299 - get paper here
  • Rodríguez-Rodríguez, J. D., & Calderón-Espinosa, M. L. 2024. Sexual dimorphism and female ecomorphology in Anolis (Squamata: Anolidae): knowledge of female morphology increases the understanding of Anolis diversification. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, blae019 - get paper here
  • Schleich, H.-H. 1982. Bemerkungen zur Herpetologie von San Andres (Karibik, Kolumbien) mit Freilandbeobachtungen an Anolis concolor COPE und Cnemidophorus lemniscatus lemniscatus (LINNE). Herpetofauna 4 (19): 16-19 - get paper here
  • Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp.
  • Valdivieso, D. & J.R. Tamsitt 1963. A Check List and Key to the Amphibian and Reptiles of Providencia and San Andres. Carib. J. Sci. 3 (2/3): 77-79 - get paper here
 
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