| Higher Taxa | Anolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Common Names | |
| Synonym | Anolis tolimensis WERNER 1916: 303
Norops tolimensis — NICHOLSON 2002
Norops tolimensis — NICHOLSON et al. 2012
Anolis tolimensis — GRISALES-MARTÍNEZ et al. 2017
Norops tolimensis — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 |
| Distribution | Colombia
Type locality: Cañon del Tolima, Colombia, 1700 m elevation.
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| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Lectotype: ZMH R-01800 (designated by WILLIAMS, in an unpublished manuscript). The type series has been destroyed during World War II, according to WILLIAMS. |
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| Comment | Listed as synonym of Anolis antonii by PETERS & DONOSO-BARROS 1970: 47.
Werner recognized the close similarity of this lizard to A. rodriguezi (a close relative of A. limifrons, a lower Central American fuscoauratoid) and A.fuscoauratus.
Species group: Norops auratus Species Group (fide Nicholson et al. 2012) |
| Etymology | Named after the type locality. |
| References |
- GRISALES-MARTÍNEZ, FREDDY A.; JULIÁN A. VELASCO, WILMAR BOLÍVAR, ERNEST E. WILLIAMS, JUAN M. DAZA 2017. The taxonomic and phylogenetic status of some poorly known Anolis species from the Andes of Colombia with the description of a nomen nudum taxon. Zootaxa 4303 (2): 213–230 - get paper here
- Melo-Torres, Stiven; Juliana Uchima, Nelsy Pinto-Sánchez & Paola Sánchez-Martínez 2025. MORPHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION AND ANCESTRAL STATE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE HEMIPENES OF FIVE ANOLIS SPECIES (SQUAMATA: DACTYLOIDAE) DISTRIBUTED IN THE TRANS-ANDEAN REGION IN COLOMBIA. REVISTA LATINOAMERICANA DE HERPETOLOGÍA 8 (2): 230-253 - 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
- Páez, V.P. et al. 2002. Guía de campo de algunas especies de anfibios y reptiles de Antioquia. Universidad de Antioquia, - get paper here
- Pinzón-Barrera, Catalina; Nathalia Suárez-Ayala, Lisa María Carrillo-Chávez, Camilo Andrés Camacho-González, Martha L. Calderón-Espinosa, Nelsy Rocio Pinto-Sánchez 2024. Unveiling Critical Thermal Limits of Anolis tolimensis (Squamata, Anolidae) across an Elevational Landscape Current Herpetology 43 (1): 115-134 - 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
- Rodríguez-Rodríguez, J. D., & Calderón-Espinosa, M. L. 2024. Sexual dimorphism and female ecomorphology in Anolis (Squamata: Anolidae): knowledge of female morphology increases the understanding of Anolis diversification. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, blae019 - get paper here
- Rojas-Morales, Julián Andrés, Héctor Fabio Arias-Monsalve y Gustavo A. González-Durán 2014. Anibios y reptiles de la región centro-sur del departamento de Caldas, Colombia. Biota Colombiana 15 (1): 73-93 - get paper here
- Werner,F. 1916. Bemerkungen über einige niedere Wirbeltiere der Anden von Kolumbien mit Beschreibungen neuer Arten. Zool. Anz. 47: 301-311 (in 2 parts) - get paper here
- Williams E E 1988. New or problematic Anolis from Colombia. 7. Andean and intermontane fuscoauratoid anoles of Colombia with a new species, A. urraoi from Antioquia. Unpublished manuscript, 24 pp. [year unclear]
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