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Anolis mariarum BARBOUR, 1932

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Higher TaxaAnolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Blemished Anole 
SynonymAnolis mariarum BARBOUR 1932
Anolis mariarum — PETERS et al. 1970: 60
Norops mariarum — NICHOLSON 2002
Norops mariarum — NICHOLSON et al. 2012
Anolis mariarum — GRISALES-MARTÍNEZ et al. 2017
Norops mariarum — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 
DistributionColombia (Antioquia: mountains of West and Central Andes over 1200m elevation)

Type locality: San Pedro, 45 km north of Medellín, Departamento Antioquia, Colombia, 2560 m elevation.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MCZ 32303; paratypes: MCZ 32304-32307, UMMZ 90664 
Diagnosis 
CommentHas been treated previously as synonym of Anolis antonii, but is now considered as a valid species (fide Ayala & Williams 1988)

Species group: Norops auratus Species Group (fide Nicholson et al. 2012) 
EtymologyNamed after Brother Niceforo Maria (1888-1980), a French monk and collector of the type, and Brother Apolinar Maria (1877-1949) a missionary Colombian monk who was Director of Instituto de La Salle, Bogota.  
References
  • Ayala S C; Williams E E 1988. New or problematic Anolis from Colombia. 6. Two fuscoauratoid anoles from the Pacific lowlands, A. maculiventris Boulenger, 1898 and A. medemi, a new species from Gorgona Island. Breviora (490): 1-16 - get paper here
  • Barbour, Thomas 1932. New Anoles. Proc. New England Zool. Club 12: 97-102
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • 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
  • GRISALES-MARTÍNEZ, FREDDY A.; JULIÁN A. VELASCO, WILMAR BOLÍVAR, ERNEST E. WILLIAMS, JUAN M. DAZA 2017. The taxonomic and phylogenetic status of some poorly known Anolis species from the Andes of Colombia with the description of a nomen nudum taxon. Zootaxa 4303 (2): 213–230 - get paper here
  • 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
  • Páez, V.P. et al. 2002. Guía de campo de algunas especies de anfibios y reptiles de Antioquia. Universidad de Antioquia, - get paper here
  • Palacio-Baena, Jaime Alberto; Eliana María Muñoz Escobar; Sandra Milena Gallo Delgado; Mauricio Rivera Correa 2006. ANFIBIOS Y REPTILES DEL VALLE DE ABURRÁ Editorial Zuluaga, 92 pp. - 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. 2004. Phylogeny of anoles. Herpetological Monographs 18: 37-89 - get paper here
  • Poe, S. 2013. 1986 Redux: New genera of anoles (Squamata: Dactyloidae) are unwarranted. Zootaxa 3626 (2): 295–299 - 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
  • Williams E E 1988. New or problematic Anolis from Colombia. 7. Andean and intermontane fuscoauratoid anoles of Colombia with a new species, A. urraoi from Antioquia. Unpublished manuscript, 24 pp. [year unclear]
 
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