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Anolis gibbiceps COPE, 1864

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Higher TaxaAnolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Hook Anole 
SynonymAnolis gibbiceps COPE 1864: 174
Anolis gibbiceps — PETERS & DONOSO-BARROS 1970: 54
Norops gibbiceps — NICHOLSON 2002
Norops gibbiceps — NICHOLSON et al. 2012
Anolis gibbiceps — POE et al. 2017 (nomen dubium)
Norops gibbiceps — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 
DistributionGuiana, N Venezuela

Type locality: Caracas, Venezuela; may be in error (see comment)  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1946.8.13.35, formerly 1846.10.28.5 
Diagnosis 
CommentStatus: The validity of this taxon is highly dubious [RIVAS et al. 2012]. BOULENGER 1885 listed A. gibbiceps as synonym of A. schiedii.

Distribution: C. McCarthy (BMNH), cited in RIVAS et al. 2012, stated that the holotype is not from Venezuela but from Jamaica.

Species group: Norops auratus Species Group (fide Nicholson et al. 2012) 
EtymologyNamed after Latin gibba, bulging, protuberant and Latin -ceps, -headed.[“... head broad and square posteriorly...”]. (from Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., May 2024) 
References
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 2, Second edition. London, xiii+497 pp. - get paper here
  • Cope, E.D. 1864. Contributions to the herpetology of tropical America. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 16: 166-181. - get paper here
  • Donoso-Barros, R. 1968. The lizards of Venezuela (checklist and key). Carib. J. Sci. 8 (3-4): 105-122
  • 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
  • Peters, James A. & Donoso-Barros, Roberto 1970. Catalogue of the Neotropical Squamata: Part II. Lizards and Amphisbaenians. Bull. US Natl. Mus. 297: 293 pp. - 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, Steven; Adrián Nieto-montes de Oca, Omar Torres-carvajal, Kevin De Queiroz, Julián A. Velasco, Brad Truett, Levi N. Gray, Mason J. Ryan, Gunther Köhler, Fernando Ayala-varela, Ian Latella 2017. A Phylogenetic, Biogeographic, and Taxonomic study of all Extant Species of Anolis (Squamata; Iguanidae). Syst Biol 66: 663–697 - get paper here
 
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