Anolis gadovii BOULENGER, 1905
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Anolis gadovii
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| Higher Taxa | Anolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Gadow's Anole S: Abaniquillo de Gadow |
| Synonym | Anolis gadovii BOULENGER 1905: 245 Anolis gadovii — SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 61 Anolis gadowi — DUELLMAN 1965 Anolis gadoviae — MYERS 1971 Anolis gadoviae — SMITH & SAVITZKY 1972 Anolis gadoviae — SMITH & SMITH 1976 Anolis gadowi — SMITH & SMITH 1976 Anolis gadovii — FITCH 1976 Anolis gadovi — HEDGES et al. 1992 Norops gadovii — LINER 1994 Norops gadovii — NICHOLSON 2002 Anolis gadovii — LINER 2007 Norops gadovii — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Anolis gadovii — KÖHLER et al. 2014: 150 Norops gadovii — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 Anolis gadovii — HEIMES 2022 |
| Distribution | Mexico (Guerrero) Type locality: Tierra Colorada, South Guerrero |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.13.1 |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A moderate-sized to moderately large species (SVL in largest male 76.0 mm, largest female 63.0 mm) of the genus Anolis (sensu Poe 2004) that differs from all other Mexican and Central American congeners except A. dunni, A. liogaster, A. omiltemanus, and A. peucephilus by having (1) smooth ventral scales; (2) an oval patch of usually three greatly enlarged supraorbital scales; (3) a pair of greatly enlarged postcloacal scales in males. Anolis gadovii is unique among the Mexican and Central American anole species in exhibiting a bold pattern of dark brown blotches and lines on the head and body. Anolis gadovii differs from A. liogaster, A. omiltemanus, and A. peucephilus by having the middorsal scales not or only 2-4 rows slightly enlarged (vs. 10–15 rows of dorsal scales moderately enlarged in A. liogaster, A. omiltemanus, and A. peucephilus). Also, A. gadovii has longer hind legs than A. omiltemanus and A. peucephilus with the longest toe of adpressed hind leg reaching to level of mideye or anterior border of eye (vs. to level of ear opening or to a point between shoulder and ear opening in A. omiltemanus and A. peucephilus), and a pink to purple male dewlap (vs. uniform orange yellow in A. omiltemanus and A. peucephilus), and usually only a single pair of greatly enlarged sublabial scales in contact with infralabial scales (vs. usually two pairs in A. omiltemanus and A. peucephilus). Aside from its bold reticulated pattern, A. gadovii differs from A. dunni by longer hind legs with the longest toe of adpressed hind leg reaching to level of mideye or anterior border of eye (vs. to a point between ear and eye or to posterior border of eye, rarely to ear opening or to mideye in A. dunni) and a pink to purple male dewlap (vs. pinkish to orange red with semicircular pale streaks and blotches in A. dunni). (KÖHLER et al. 2014). |
| Comment | Synonymy: after KÖHLER et al. 2014. Species group: Norops auratus Species Group (fide Nicholson et al. 2012) |
| Etymology | Named after Hans Gadow, German-born ernithologist and collector who worked in Britain. |
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