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Anolis bitectus COPE, 1864

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Higher TaxaAnolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Roof Anole 
SynonymAnolis bitectus COPE 1864: 171
Anolis bitectus — BOULENGER 1885: 71
Anolis bitectus — PETERS & DONOSO-BARROS 1970: 49
Norops bitectus — NICHOLSON 2002
Norops bitectus — NICHOLSON et al. 2012
Norops bitectus — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 
DistributionEcuador

Type locality: West Ecuador  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: BMNH 1946.8.5.83, 1946.8.20.11 (2) 
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CommentSpecies group: Norops auratus Species Group (fide Nicholson et al. 2012) 
EtymologyNamed after Latin bitectus, having two covers. [“...with scales broad as long, 1 - 3 keeled, those between ridge rows much smaller, minute, yet flat, one row between the double rowed superciliaries...”]. (from Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., May 2024) 
References
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 2, Second edition. London, xiii+497 pp. - get paper here
  • Cope, E.D. 1864. Contributions to the herpetology of tropical America. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 16: 166-181. - get paper here
  • Miyata, Kenneth I. 2013. Studies on the Ecology and Population Biology of Little Known Ecuadorian Anoles. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 161(2):45-78 - get paper here
  • Nicholson, K.E. 2002. Phylogenetic analysis and a test of the current infrageneric classification of Norops (beta Anolis). Herpetological Monographs 16: 93-120 - get paper here
  • 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
  • Peters, James A. & Donoso-Barros, Roberto 1970. Catalogue of the Neotropical Squamata: Part II. Lizards and Amphisbaenians. Bull. US Natl. Mus. 297: 293 pp. - get paper here
  • Poe, S. 2004. Phylogeny of anoles. Herpetological Monographs 18: 37-89 - get paper here
  • Poe, S. 2013. 1986 Redux: New genera of anoles (Squamata: Dactyloidae) are unwarranted. Zootaxa 3626 (2): 295–299 - get paper here
  • Poe, Steven 2025. A Guide to the Anolis Lizards (Anoles) of Mainland Central and South America. Princeton University Press, 432 pp. - get paper here
  • Schilperoord, Peter 2015. A bite from an Echis carinatus sochureki. Litteratura Serpentium 35 (2): 89-107 - get paper here
  • Steinke, Julie A. 2016. A Comparative Study of Herpetofauna in a Primary Forest and Reforested Area in Coastal Ecuador. Journal of Young Investigators 30 (4): 14-19 - get paper here
  • Torres-Carvajal O, Pazmiño-Otamendi G, Salazar-Valenzuela D. 2019. Reptiles of Ecuador: a resource-rich portal, with a dynamic checklist and photographic guides. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13 (1): [General Section]: 209–229 (e178) - get paper here
 
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