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Higher TaxaAnolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Garland Anole 
SynonymAnolis (Dracontura) vittigerus COPE 1862: 179
Anolis vittigerus — WILLIAMS et al. 1995
Norops vittigerus — KÖHLER 2000: 64
Norops vittigerus — NICHOLSON 2002 
DistributionE Panama, Colombia (Choco, reaching Antioquia, and Pacific coast in lowlands of Valle del Cauca, Cauca and Nariño)

Type locality: Truando region, Colombia.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: USNM 4332, ANSP 
Diagnosis 
CommentSynonyms: Listed as synonym of Anolis lemurinus lemurinus by PETERS & DONOSO-BARROS 1970: 58. Not mentioned at all by NICHOLSON et al. 2012, 2018.

North Ecuador populations at south distribution look some different as at North in Colombia [Castro, F., pers. comm.]. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin vitta, band, ribbon; fillet and Latin gerus, bear, carry, wear. [“...A longitudinal light lateral band, bounded above and below bya brown one. A brown band from eye to axilla, one above it rising to the nape, one from superciliary region nearly joining one from the opposite side behind the occiput...”]. (from Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., May 2024) 
References
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  • Carvajal-Cogollo, J.E.; L.E. Rojas-Murcia. & G. Cárdenas-Arévalo 2020. Reptiles del Caribe colombiano/ Reptiles of the Colombian Caribbean. Tunja: Editorial UPTC, 268 pp. - get paper here
  • Castro-Herrera, F. & Vargas-Salinas, F. 2008. Anfibios y reptiles en el departamento del Valle del Cauca, Colombia. Biota Colombiana 9 (2): 251 - 277 - get paper here
  • Cope, E.D. 1863. Contributions to Neotropical saurology. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 14 [1862]: 176-188. - get paper here
  • Fuentes, Rogemif; Aschcroft, Jesse; Erick Barría, Helio Quintero-Arrieta, Alexis Baules, Abel Batista, Eduardo Zambrano, Marcos Ponce 2023. Herpetological diversity in forests of Portobelo National Park, Colón Biological Corridor, Panama. Reptiles & Amphibians 30 (1): e18434 - get paper here
  • Köhler, G. 2000. Reptilien und Amphibien Mittelamerikas, Bd 1: Krokodile, Schildkröten, Echsen. Herpeton Verlag, Offenbach, 158 pp.
  • Köhler, Gunther 1999. Eine neue Saumfingerart der Gattung Norops von der Pazifikseite des nördlichen Mittelamerika. Salamandra 35 (1): 37-52 - get paper here
  • KÖHLER, GUNTHER 2014. Characters of external morphology used in Anolis taxonomy—Definition of terms, advice on usage, and illustrated examples. Zootaxa 3774 (2): 201–257 - get paper here
  • MULLIN, S. J 2020. Geographic Distribution: Anolis vittigerus (Southern Tree Anole). Panama: Coclé: El Valle De Antón. Herpetological Review 51: 538.
  • 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
  • Páez, V.P. et al. 2002. Guía de campo de algunas especies de anfibios y reptiles de Antioquia. Universidad de Antioquia, - 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, S. & Ibáñez, R. 2007. A New Species of Anolis Lizard from the Cordillera De Talamanca of Western Panama. Journal of Herpetology 41 (2): 263–270 - get paper here
  • Restrepo A, Molina-Zuluaga C, Hurtado JP, Marín CM, Daza JM 2017. Amphibians and reptiles from two localities in the northern Andes of Colombia. Check List 13 (4): 203-237 - 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
  • Sánchez-C, H., O. V. Castaño-M, and G. Cárdenas-A. 1995. Diversidad de los Reptiles en Colombia. In: Rangel-C, J. O., editor. Colombia Diversidad Biótica I Bogotá. Colombia Editorial Guadalupe. pp.<br>227–325.
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