Anolis jacare BOULENGER, 1903
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Anolis jacare
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| Higher Taxa | Anolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Common Names | E: Jacare Anole |
| Synonym | Anolis jacare BOULENGER 1903: 482 Anolis jacare — PETERS et al. 1970: 56 Anolis nigropunctatus WILLIAMS 1974: 2 Dactyloa jacare — SAVAGE & GUYER 1989: 108 Dactyloa nigropunctata — SAVAGE & GUYER 1989: 108 Anolis nigropunctatus — LA MARCA & SORIANO 2004 Anolis jacare — UGUETO ET AL. 2007 Anolis nigropunctatus — ROJAS-RUNJAIC et al. 2007 Dactyloa jacare — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Dactyloa jacare — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 |
| Distribution | Venezuela (Trujillo, Mérida, Táchira, Zulia), E Colombia; elevation 1400–2200 m. Type locality: Mérida, Venezuela, elevation 1600 m. nigropunctatus: NE Colombia, W Venezuela; Type locality: Colombia, Norte de Santander, El Diamante. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Syntypes: BMNH 1946.8.12.80-84 (formerly BMNH 1903.4.28.3-7) Holotype: ILS 21 [nigropunctatus] |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A medium-sized anole with males reaching maximum SVL of 74.5 mm and females 68 mm. Head with moderately large, smooth or weakly keeled scales; supraocular semicircles usually distinct and separated by 0–2 scales; usually 3–5 small scales above supraciliar series, occasionally 3rd–4th enlarged; 0–4 scales between interparietal and supraorbital semicircles; scales around interparietal small, particularly those immediately posterior to it. Dorsal scales small, smooth or weakly keeled; an enlarged double row is frequently present, specially on males; a low, simple nuchal fold is present in males, that extends along the vertebral region of dorsum; ventrals larger than dorsals, smooth, squarish or roundish. Tibia 0.18–0.22 times SVL; digital expansions well developed and distinct. Males brownish, grayish or yellowish (sometimes with a greenish cast) frequently with a strongly dark reticulated pattern, usually becoming dotted posteriorly; females with a broad light vertebral stripe bordered by darker stripes or with short vertebral dark bands that do not usually extend conspicuously onto the flanks. Dewlap in males: yellow-ochre or orange-yellow with pale or dark scales; in female brownish, yellowish, greenish or grayish with dark spots and pale scales. |
| Comment | Anolis nigropunctatus WILLIAMS 1974 has been synonymized with A. jacare by Ugueto et al. (2007). Species groups: Dactyloa punctata species group (fide NICHOLSON et al. 2012). |
| Etymology | Named after Greek yacaré, vernacular name of a crocidile. [“...Head twice as long as broad...”]. (from Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., May 2024) |
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