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Anolis australis (KÖHLER, ZIMMER, MCGRATH & HEDGES, 2019)

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Higher TaxaAnolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Southern Stout Anole 
SynonymAudantia australis KÖHLER, ZIMMER, MCGRATH & HEDGES 2019: 65 
DistributionDominican Republic

Type locality: 9.4 km S of Aceitillar (26.6 km N of Cabo Rojo) (18.1083, -71.6200), 710 m, Province Pedernales, Dominican Republic  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. SMF 104272, an adult male; collected 26 July 1991 by S. Blair Hedges, Nicholas Plummer, and Richard Thomas. Field tag number SBH-192576.
Paratypes. SMF 104273, USNM 575285–86, same collecting data as holotype; SMF 104274-75, USNM 575287, from 18.2 km N. Pedernales at stream (Los Arroyos border road) (18.155; -71.75), 200 m, Province Pedernales, Dominican Republic; collected 20 August 2015 by S. Blair Hedges, Matthew Heinicke, and Nicolás Corona; SMF 104276, near Altagracia (18.19389; -71.73306), 670 m, Province Pedernales, Dominican Republic; collected 20 August 2015 by S. Blair Hedges, Matthew Heinicke, and Nicolás Corona; SMF 104277, Mencía-Altagracia road, 1 km S Altagracia (18.1781; -71.72965), 700 m, collected 20 August 2015 by S. Blair Hedges, Matthew Heinicke, and Nicolás Corona. All paratypes are adult males except SMF 104274–75, USNM 575287, 575285 that are adult females, and USNM 575286 in which the sex was not determined. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A species of the genus Audantia (our Species 3 “australis”) 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) dark gular streaks present in males; (4) no patch of enlarged scales in nuchal region; (5) a double row of weakly enlarged, usually less than twice the size of adjacent scales, non-mucronate vertebral scales; (6) usually one sublabial scale in contact with infralabials; (7) 206–240 scales around midbody in males; and (8) keeled scales on dorsal surfaces of upper forelimb and anterior surface of thigh.
Audantia australis differs from A. armouri, A. breslini, A. shrevei, and A. saxatilis by having dark gular streaks (usually absent); and by having one or two well-defined pale longitudinal lateral stripes, usually edged with orange or olive-green (vs. such stripes absent).


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CommentSynonymy: previously called A. cybotes. See chresonymy in KÖHLER et al. 2019: 65. 
EtymologyThe species name (australis) is an adjective meaning “southern,” referring to the distribution of the species on the southern paleo-island of Hispaniola. 
References
  • Köhler, Gunther; Caroline Zimmer, Kathleen McGrath, and S. Blair Hedges 2019. A REVISION OF THE GENUS AUDANTIA OF HISPANIOLA WITH DESCRIPTION OF FOUR NEW SPECIES (REPTILIA: SQUAMATA: DACTYLOIDAE). NOVITATES CARIBAEA 14: 1-104 - get paper here
 
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