Anolis woodi DUNN, 1940
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Anolis woodi
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| Higher Taxa | Anolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Wood's Anole attenuatus: Slender Anole |
| Synonym | Anolis woodi DUNN 1940: 110 Anolis woodi woodi — TAYLOR 1956: 115 Anolis woodi attenuatus TAYLOR 1956: 118 Anolis woodi attenuatus — PETERS & DONOSO-BARROS 1970: 69 Anolis woodi — PETERS et al. 1970: 69 Anolis attenuatus — FITCH et al. 1976: 114 Norops woodi — VILLA et al. 1988 Anolis woodi — WILLIAMS et al. 1995 Norops woodi — KÖHLER 2000: 64 Norops woodi — NICHOLSON 2002 Norops woodi — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Anolis woodi — KÖHLER et al. 2007 Norops woodi — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 |
| Distribution | Panama, Costa Rica Type locality: El Volcán, Chiriquí, Panama. attenuatus: Panama, Costa Rica; Type locality: Isla Bonita, southeastern slope of Volcán Póas, Costa Rica, elevation 5500 ft. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: AMNH 62647, adult female; in the American Museum of Natural History; collected in Feb.-Mar. 1936, by F. E. Lutz and W. J. Gertsch, while members of the late Mr. W. C. Wood's Panama trip. Holotype: KUMNH No. 34257; paratype: KUMNH No. 34256 [attenuatus] |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: “A fair-sized (head and body 72 mm.) Anolis with keeled imbricate dorsals in an ill-defined zone composed of the eight median rows of largest scales; laterals keeled or tuberculate scarcely imbricate; ventrals larger than dorsals, heavily keeled, slightly mueronate; longest toe reaches eye; tibia as long as head to ear; ear opening smaller than eye; two scales between semicircles; occipital smaller than ear; a broad, irregular, light dorsal band; resembles capito, but has different dorsals and a longer head.” (Dunn 1940) |
| Comment | Subspecies: Anolis woodi attenuatus has been elevated to species status by FITCH et al (1976) but considered as synonym of Norops woodi by KÖHLER 2000. Species group: Norops auratus Species Group (fide Nicholson et al. 2012) |
| Etymology | Named after W. C. Wood who may have been an official in the Panama Canal Zone. |
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