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Anolis tropidogaster HALLOWELL, 1856

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Higher TaxaAnolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Tropical Anole 
SynonymAnolis (Draconura) tropidogaster HALLOWELL 1856: 224
Anolis (Gastrotropis) radulinus COPE 1862: 180
Anolis stigmosus BOCOURT 1869
Anolis radulinus — BOULENGER 1885: 86
Anolis stigmosus — BOULENGER 1885: 87
Anolis stigmosus — BARBOUR 1923
Anolis stigmosus — DUNN 1930: 16
Anolis stigmosus — COCHRAN 1931
Anolis albi BARBOUR 1932
Anolis radulinus — PETERS & DONOSO-BARROS 1970: 64
Anolis tropidogaster — PETERS et al. 1970: 68
Norops tropidogaster — VILLA et al. 1988
Anolis tropidogaster — WILLIAMS et al. 1995
Norops tropidogaster — KÖHLER 2000: 63
Norops tropidogaster — NICHOLSON 2002
Norops tropidogaster — NICHOLSON et al. 2012
Anolis radulinus — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 (nomen dubium)
Norops radulinus — NICHOLSON et al. 2012
Anolis radulinus — POE et al. 2017 (nomen dubium)
Norops tropidogaster — NICHOLSON et al. 2018
Anolis radulinus — LINDKEN et al. 2024 
DistributionPanama
Colombia, W Venezuela (Zulia)

Type locality: “New Grenada”

radulinus: Colombia; Type locality: “Truando region, New Grenada” (= Colombia)  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ANSP 7618
Syntypes: ANSP, USNM 4327, 4328 [radulinus]
Holotype: MCZ 32301 [albi] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (3144 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentSynonymy partly after Peters et al. 1970 and Donoso-Barros 1968. Norops albi is listed as valid species by NICHOLSON 2002. BOULENGER (1885) considered A. tropidogaster as doubtful. A. radulinus is a synonym of A. tropidogaster, fide F. Castro (pers. comm., 24 July 2017). Several recent authors consider radulinus as a nomen dubium, hence we treat it as a synonym for the time being.

Distribution: Not listed for Ecuador by TORRES-CARVAJAL 2001. The original type locality, New Grenada, used to be part of a republic that contained the territory of today’s Colombia and Panama as well as small portions of what is today Ecuador and Venezuela (Aguilera Peña 2002). The Truando region may correspond to a place in Darien, Panama (fide GÜNTHER 1885: 52)

Species group: Norops auratus Species Group (fide Nicholson et al. 2012) 
EtymologyNamed after Greek tropizo (τροπίζω), furnish with a keel + Greek gastir (γαστήρ), abdomen. ["...scales upon abdomen strongly carinated...”].  (from Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., May 2024) 
References
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