Anolis annectens WILLIAMS, 1974

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Higher Taxa	Anolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Annex Anole
Synonym	Anolis annectens WILLIAMS 1974 Norops annectens — SAVAGE & GUYER 1989: 106 Norops annectens — NICHOLSON 2002 Norops annectens — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Norops annectens — NICHOLSON et al. 2018
Distribution	Venezuela Type locality: Venezuela, Zulia, Lago de Maracaibo
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: FMNH 5679
Diagnosis
Comment	Species group: Norops auratus Species Group (fide Nicholson et al. 2012)
Etymology	Named after Latin annecto, to tie to, bind to, fasten on, attach, annex. [“...It thus becomes impossible to make a separation of two genera in the fashion that has hitherto been customary. It is necessary either to describe a new monotypic genus for the new species or to submerge Tropidodactylus in the synonymyof Anolis. I choose the latter course...”]. (from Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., May 2024)
References	Barros, T.R., L.F. Esqueda, A. Mijares-Urrutia, and K.E. Nicholson 2007. The lost link rediscovered: variation and distribution of Norops annectens (Squamata: Polychrotidae). Tropical Zoology 20: 41-53. - get paper here Mijares-Urrutia, A.; La Marca, E.; Nicholson, K.E.; Esqueda, L.F.; Barros, T.R. 2007. The anoline "lost link" rediscovered: variation and distribution of Anolis annectens Williams 1974 (Squamata Polychrotidae). Tropical Zoology 20 (1): 41-53 - get paper here Nicholson KE, C. Guyer, and JG Phillips 2017. Biogeographic Origin of Mainland Norops (Squamata: Dactyloidae). Assumptions Inhibiting Progress in Comparative Biology (eds. Crother and Parenti), pp. 169–184 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 Peterson, J. A.;Williams, Ernest E. 1981. A case history in retrograde evolution: the onca lineage in Anoline lizards. II. Subdigital fine structure. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 149 (4): 215-268 - 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 Savage, Jay M. & Guyer, Craig 1989. Infrageneric classification and species composition of the anole genera, Anolis, Ctenonotus, Dactyloa, Norops and Semiurus (Sauria: Iguanidae). Amphibia-Reptilia 10: 105-116 - get paper here Williams,E.E. 1974. A case history in retrograde evolution: The onca lineage in anoline lizards. I. Anolis annectens new species, intermediate between the genera Anolis and Tropidodactylus. Breviora (421): 1-21 - get paper here
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