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Anolis cuprinus SMITH, 1964

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Higher TaxaAnolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Copper Anole, Chiapas Anole
S: Abaniquillo de Chiapas 
SynonymAnolis cuprinus SMITH 1964
Anolis breedlovei SMITH & PAULSON 1968
Norops breedlovei — GUYER & SAVAGE 1986
Norops cuprinus — GUYER & SAVAGE 1986
Norops cuprinus — LINER 1994
Norops breedlovei — LINER 1994
Norops breedlovei — KÖHLER 2000: 62
Norops cuprinus — KÖHLER 2000: 62
Norops cuprinus — NICHOLSON 2002
Norops breedlovei — NICHOLSON 2002
Anolis breedlovei — LINER 2007
Anolis cuprinus — LINER 2007
Norops breedlovei — NICHOLSON et al. 2012
Norops cuprinus — NICHOLSON et al. 2012
Norops cuprinus — NICHOLSON et al. 2018
Anolis cuprinus — HEIMES 2022 
DistributionSE Mexico (Oaxaca)

Type locality: Mexico: Zanatepec, Oaxaca

breedlovei: SE Mexico (Oaxaca, Chiapas); Type locality: Mexico: on Cerro Azul, ca. 30 km SE Santa Maria Chimalapa, Oaxaca.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: INHS (= UIMNH) 52959, adult male; T. MacDougall; January 11, 1963.
Holotype: INHS (= UIMNH) 48671, T. MacDougall; April 2, 1960 [breedlovei] 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A member of the cupreus group of Anolis, having rather weakly although distinctly keeled ventrals, finger pads covering two rows of ventrals, 4-6 rows of somewhat enlarged dorsals gradually merging with laterals, largest dorsals % size of ventrals, a bright blood-red dewlap; differing from cupreus in having an interparietal smaller than ear opening, rather thick head scales, a very deep frontal concavity, dewlap not edged with purple, size larger (53 mm. snout-vent).


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CommentSynonymy: partly after NIETO MONTES DE OCA et al. 2013. Nieto-Montes de Oca (1994) synonymized A. breedlovei with A. cuprinus.

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

Etymology: Anolis breedlovei was named after Dennis Eugene Breedlove. 
References
  • Aguilar-López JL, Luría-Manzano R, Pineda E, Canseco-Márquez L 2021. Selva Zoque, Mexico: an important Mesoamerican tropical region for reptile species diversity and conservation. ZooKeys 1054: 127-153 - get paper here
  • Casas-Andreu, G., F.R. Méndez-De la Cruz and X. Aguilar-Miguel. 2004. Anfibios y Reptiles; pp. 375–390, in A.J.M. García-Mendoza, J. Ordoñez and M. Briones-Salas (ed.). Biodiversidad de Oaxaca. Instituto de Biología, UNAM-Fondo Oaxaqueño para la Conservación de la Naturaleza-World Wildlife Fund, México, D. F.
  • Fitch H S 1978. Two new anoles (Reptilia: Iguanidae) from Oaxaca with comments on other Mexican species. Milwaukee Publ. Mus. Contr. Biol. Geol. (No. 20) 1978: 1-15 - get paper here
  • Fitch, H. S. 1976. Sexual size difference in the mainland anoles. Occ. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas 50:21 pp. - get paper here
  • Fitch, H. S., & HILLIS, D. M. 1984. The Anolis dewlap: interspecific variability and morphological associations with habitat. Copeia 1984 (2): 315-323 - get paper here
  • Heimes, P. 2022. LIZARDS OF MEXICO - Part 1 Iguanian lizards. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt Am Main, 448 pp. - get paper here
  • Köhler, G. 2000. Reptilien und Amphibien Mittelamerikas, Bd 1: Krokodile, Schildkröten, Echsen. Herpeton Verlag, Offenbach, 158 pp.
  • Köhler, Gunther and Eric N. Smith 2008. A New Species of Anole of the Norops schiedei group from Western Guatemala (Squamata: Polychrotidae). Herpetologica 64 (2): 216-223 - get paper here
  • Mata-Silva, Vicente, Jerry D. Johnson, Larry David Wilson and Elí García-Padilla. 2015. The herpetofauna of Oaxaca, Mexico: composition, physiographic distribution, and conservation status. Mesoamerican Herpetology 2 (1): 6–62 - get paper here
  • McCranie J R. Cruz G A. Holm P A. 1993. A new species of cloud forest lizard of the Norops schiedei group (Sauria: Polychrotidae) from northern Honduras. Journal of Herpetology 27 (4): 386-392 - 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
  • NIETO MONTES DE OCA, ADRIÁN, STEVEN POE, SIMON SCARPETTA, LEVI GRAY & CARL S. LIEB 2013. Synonyms for some species of Mexican anoles (Squamata: Dactyloidae). Zootaxa 3637 (4): 484–492 - get paper here
  • Nieto-Montes de Oca, A. 1994. A taxonomic review of the Anolis schiedii group (Squamata: Polychrotidae). Ph.D. Dissertation, Kansas University, Lawrence, 1–292
  • Poe, S. 2004. Phylogeny of anoles. Herpetological Monographs 18: 37-89 - 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
  • Smith, H.M. 1964. A new Anolis from Oaxaca, México. Herpetologica 20: 31-33. - get paper here
  • Smith, H.M. & Paulson,D.R. 1968. A new lizard of the schiedi group of Anolis from Mexico. Southwestern Naturalist 13: 353-372 - get paper here
  • Wilson L D; McCranie J R 1982. A new cloud forest Anolis (Sauria: Iguanidae) of the schiedei group from Honduras. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 85(3) 1982: 133-141 - get paper here
 
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