Anolis aridius (KÖHLER, ZIMMER, MCGRATH & HEDGES, 2019)
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Anolis aridius
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| Higher Taxa | Anolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | |
| Synonym | Audantia aridius KÖHLER, ZIMMER, MCGRATH & HEDGES 2019: 72 Audantia aridius — KWET 2020 |
| Distribution | Dominican Republic (E Barahona Peninsula) Type locality: near Cortico (18.11163, -71.22293), 1340 m, Province Barahona, Dominican Republic |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. SMF 97896, an adult male; collected 31 October 2013 by Gunther Köhler. Field tag number GK-4823. Paratypes. All from Barahona Province, Dominican Republic: SMF 97895, Barahona, Hotel Costa Larimar (18.199622; -71.086953), 10 m, collected 29 October 2013 by Gunther Köhler; SMF 97892–94, Los Lirios (18.11345; -71.2617), 1110 m, collected 29 October 2013 by Gunther Köhler; MNHNSD 23.3620, near Polo (18.1135; -71.26964), 855 m, collected 31 October 2013 by Gunther Köhler; SMF 104162-63, 2.9 miles NW La Ciénaga (18.07022; -71.12332), 355 m, collected 30 July 1999 by locals; USNM 329093 11.3 km S Barahona (measured from Hotel Caribe) (18.1172;-71.0717), 20 m, collected 20 August 1984 by S. Blair Hedges and Richard Thomas; USNM 329090-92, 20.8 km S Cabral (18.0964; -71.2819), 975 m, collected 19 August 1984 by S. Blair Hedges and Richard Thomas; USNM 329089, ca. 6–7 km NW Paraíso (18.0274; -71.1920), 180 m, collected 13 August 1983 by S. Blair Hedges. All paratypes are adult males except MNHNSD 23.3620 and USNM 329090 which are adult females, and USNM 329089 and 329093 in which the sex was not determined. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A species of the genus Audantia (our Species 4 “aridius”) that differs from all congeners by the combination of having (1) smooth ventral scales; (2) male dewlap dirty white with yellowish or orange suffusions, and with homogeneously distributed gorgetal scales, reduced in size in central portion of dewlap; (3) no dark gular streaks in males; (4) no patch of enlarged scales in nuchal region; (5) a double row of greatly enlarged, at least three times the size of adjacent scales, non-mucronate vertebral scales; (6) usually two to three sublabial scale in contact with infralabials; (7) 186–234 scales around midbody in males; and (8) keeled scales on dorsal surfaces of upper forelimb and anterior surface of thigh. Additional details (4661 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Synonymy: previously called A. cybotes. See chresonymy in KÖHLER et al. 2019: 72. |
| Etymology | The species name (aridius) is a noun in apposition derived from the Latin adjective aridus (“dry”), in allusion to the arid habitats where this species occurs. |
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