Anolis apletophallus KÖHLER & SUNYER, 2008
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Anolis apletophallus
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| Higher Taxa | Anolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Synonym | Anolis apletophallus KÖHLER & SUNYER 2008 Anolis limifrons — BOCOURT 1873 (part) Anolis limifrons — DUNN 1930 (part) Anolis limifrons — BARBOUR 1934 (part) Anolis limifrons — BREDER 1946 (part) Norops apletophallus — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Norops apletophallus — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 |
| Distribution | Panama (Panamá Province) Type locality: Panama City, Metropolitan National Park (8°58’60’’N, 79°32’46’’W), 45 m elevation, Panamá Province, Panama. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: SMF 85307, an adult collected 26 January 2006 by Gunther Köhler, Javier Sunyer, Abel A. Batista R. and Marcos Ponce. Field tag number GK 1672. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A medium-sized species (SVL in largest specimen 47.0 mm) of the genus Anolis (sensu Poe, 2004) that is most similar in external morphology to a cluster of Central American species that are long-legged (longest toe of adpressed hindlimb reaches to mid-eye or beyond), have a single elongated prenasal scale, smooth to slightly keeled ventral scales, and slender habitus, often delicate (i.e., Anolis dollfusianus, A. limifrons, A. ocelloscapularis, A. rodriguezii, A. yoroen- sis, A. zeus). Within this cluster of species, A. apletophallus is most similar to A. limifrons from which it is readily distinguished by hemipenis morphology: hemipenis small and unilobed in A. limifrons, large and bilobed in A. apletophallus (Fig. 6). Anolis apletophallus differs from the remaining species in this cluster by the following characteristics (con- dition for A. apletophallus in parentheses): Anolis dollfusianus: Hemipenis unilobed (bilobed); ventrals weakly keeled and slightly imbricate (smooth and non-imbricate). Anolis ocelloscapularis: Ventrals weakly keeled and slightly imbricate (smooth and non-imbricate); an ocellated shoulder spot present (absent). Anolis rodriguezii: Ventrals weakly keeled and slightly imbricate (smooth and non-imbricate). Anolis yoroensis: Ventrals weakly keeled and slightly imbricate (smooth and non-imbricate). Anolis zeus: Hemipenis unilobed (bilobed); male dewlap uniformly dull white (almost uniformly orange) [from KÖHLER & SUNYER 2008]. |
| Comment | Species group: Norops auratus Species Group (fide Nicholson et al. 2012) Genome: Pirani et al. 2023 |
| Etymology | The name apletophallus is formed from the Greek words apletos (immense) and phallos (penis) and is used as a noun in apposition. |
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