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Higher TaxaAnolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesPortuguese: Calango-Bandeira, Lagarto-Preguiça, Papa-Vento 
SynonymAnolis meridionalis BOETTGER 1885: 437
Anolis holotropis BOULENGER 1895: 522
Norops sladeniae BOULENGER 1903: 69
Anolis steinbachi GRIFFIN 1917 (fide VANZOLINI & WILLIAMS 1970)
Norops marmorata AMARAL 1932:63
Anolis chrysolepis meridionalis — HELLMICH 1960:22 (partim)
Anolis meridionalis — PETERS et al. 1970: 60
Anolis meridionalis — DIRKSEN & DE LA RIVA 1999
Norops meridionalis — NICHOLSON 2002
Anolis meridionalis — D’ANGIOLELLA et al. 2011
Norops meridionalis — NICHOLSON et al. 2012
Norops meridionalis — CACCIALI et al. 2016
Norops meridionalis — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 
DistributionBrazil (Mato Grosso, Goias, São Paulo), Paraguay, Bolivia (Beni, Santa Cruz)

Type locality: Paraguay. Neotype locality: Colonia Ybycui, Estancia Ybycui, Departamento Canindeyú, Paraguay, (designation by Motte and Cacciali, 2009)  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesNeotype: MNHNP (Paraguay), desgnated by MOTTE & CACCIALI 2009
Holotype: lost
Holotype: unlocated fide D’Angiolella et al. 2011 [holotropis]
Holotype: unlocated fide D’Angiolella et al. 2011 [sladeniae]
Holotype: CM 988 [steinbachi]
Holotype: MZUSP 737 [marmorata] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1132 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentSynonymy after Peters et al. 1970, VANZOLINI & WILLIAMS 1970, and D’ANGIOLELLA et al. 2011.

N. meridionalis may be composed by at least five cryptic species (Guarnizo et al. 2015). However, they do not make any formal changes.

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

Diet: a large percentage of the diet of this species (10-50%) consists of ants (Lucas et al. 2023). 
EtymologyNamed after Latin meridionalis, southern, from the south, meridonal. (Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., April 2024) 
References
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