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Anolis deltae WILLIAMS, 1974

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Higher TaxaAnolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Delta Anole 
SynonymAnolis deltae WILLIAMS 1974: 11
Dactyloa deltae — NICHOLSON et al. 2012
Dactyloa deltae — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 
DistributionVenezuela (Orinoco Delta)

Type locality: Venezuela, Delta Amacuro, Mision Araquaimuj  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MCNC 2031 (Museo de Ciencias Naturales, Caracas) 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Very close to A. dissimilis including the presence of a distinctive tail crest, but with a blunter, shorter head, a differentiated anterior nasal scale, a larger interparietal with larger scales surrounding the interparietal and more lamellae under phalanges ii and iii of fourth toe. (Williams 1974) 
CommentSpecies groups: Dactyloa punctata species group (fide NICHOLSON et al. 2012). 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
References
  • 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
  • RIVAS, GILSON A.; CÉSAR R. MOLINA, GABRIEL N. UGUETO, TITO R. BARROS, CÉSAR L. BAR- RIO-AMORÓS & PHILIPPE J. R. KOK 2012. Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist. Zootaxa 3211: 1–64 - get paper here
  • Williams E E 1982. Three new species of the Anolis punctatus complex from Amazonian and inter-Audean Colombia, with comments on the eastern members of the punctatus species group. Breviora (467): 1-38 - get paper here
  • Williams,E.E. 1974. South American Anolis: Three new species related to Anolis nigrolineatus and A. dissimilis. Breviora (422): 1-15 - get paper here
 
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