| Higher Taxa | Anolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Common Names | |
| Synonym | Anolis lemniscatus BOULENGER 1898: 113
Anolis lemniscatus — PETERS & DONOSO-BARROS 1970: 57
Norops lemniscatus — NICHOLSON 2002
Norops lemniscatus — NICHOLSON et al. 2012
Norops lemniscatus — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 |
| Distribution | W Ecuador
Type locality: Chimbo, Ecuador
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| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: MRSN (= MSNTO) R2650 |
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| Comment | Species group: Norops auratus Species Group (fide Nicholson et al. 2012)
Abundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017). |
| Etymology | Named after Latin lemniscatus, ribboned. [“...a V-shaped band on the snout, pointing backwards ; a cross-band from eye to eye; a band behind the eye, passing above the tympanum; a series of large spots or oblique bars on the sides of the body...”]. (from Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., May 2024) |
| References |
- Boulenger, George A. 1898. An account of the reptiles and batrachians collected by Mr. W. F. H. Rosenberg in western Ecuador. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1898: 107-126 - get paper here
- Gemel, R.; G. Gassner & S. Schweiger 2019. Katalog der Typen der Herpetologischen Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien – 2018. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, B 121: 33–248 - get paper here
- Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions 24 (2): 262-273 - get paper here
- 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
- Poe, Steven 2025. A Guide to the Anolis Lizards (Anoles) of Mainland Central and South America. Princeton University Press, 432 pp. - get paper here
- Torres-Carvajal O, Pazmiño-Otamendi G, Salazar-Valenzuela D. 2019. Reptiles of Ecuador: a resource-rich portal, with a dynamic checklist and photographic guides. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13 (1): [General Section]: 209–229 (e178) - get paper here
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