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Anolis fungosus MYERS, 1971

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Higher TaxaAnolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Myers' Anole 
SynonymAnolis fungosus MYERS 1971
Norops fungosus — GUYER & SAVAGE 1986
Norops fungosus — KÖHLER 2000: 62
Norops fungosus — NICHOLSON 2002
Anolis fungosus — KÖHLER et al. 2007
Norops fungosus — NICHOLSON et al. 2012
Norops fungosus — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 
DistributionCosta Rica, Panama

Type locality: Panama, Bocas del Toro, north slope Cerro Pando, Cordillera de Talamanca, 1450 m elevation.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: KU 113451 
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CommentBelongs to the pentaprion group which includes seven species: fungosus, ibague, ortonii, pentaprion, sulcifrons, utilensis, and vociferans. Not listed for Costa Rica by KÖHLER (2000).

Species group: Norops auratus Species Group (fide Nicholson et al. 2012) 
EtymologyNamed after the Latin noun “fungus” plus the suffix “-osus” (abounding in), in reference to the distinctive color pattern. 
References
  • Guyer, C., & J. M. SAVAGE 1986. Cladistic relationships among anoles (Sauria: Iguanidae). Systematic Zoology 35: 509-531 [1987] - get paper here
  • Köhler G. 1996. A new species of anole of the Norops pentaprion group from Isla de Utila, Honduras. (Reptilia: Sauria: Iguanidae) [Norops utilensis]. Senckenbergiana biologica 75 (1/2): 23-31.
  • Köhler, G. 2000. Reptilien und Amphibien Mittelamerikas, Bd 1: Krokodile, Schildkröten, Echsen. Herpeton Verlag, Offenbach, 158 pp.
  • Köhler, G. 2008. Reptiles of Central America. 2nd Ed. Herpeton-Verlag, 400 pp.
  • Köhler, G. 2010. A revision of the Central American species related to Anolis pentaprion with the resurrection of A. beckeri and the description of a new species (Squamata: Polychrotidae). Zootaxa 2354: 1–18 - get paper here
  • Köhler, Gunther; Marcos Ponce, Javier Sunyer, and Abel Batista 2007. FOUR NEW SPECIES OF ANOLES (GENUS ANOLIS) FROM THE SERRANÍA DE TABASARÁ, WEST-CENTRAL PANAMA (SQUAMATA: POLYCHROTIDAE). Herpetologica 63 (3): 375-391 - get paper here
  • Myers, C. W. 1971. Central American lizards related to Anolis pentaprion: two new species from the Cordillera de Talamanca. American Museum Novitates (2471): 1-40 [13] - 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
  • Phillips, John G., David Laurencio, Sarah Burton, Elijah Wostl and Kirsten E. Nicholson. 2015. First recorded female specimen of Norops fungosus (Myers, 1971). Mesoamerican Herpetology 2 (1): 134–135 - 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 2025. A Guide to the Anolis Lizards (Anoles) of Mainland Central and South America. Princeton University Press, 432 pp. - get paper here
  • Sasa, M., Arias, E., & Chaves, G. 2025. Annotated list of amphibians and reptiles of Costa Rica: The role of the Museum of Zoology in cataloging the country’s herpetological diversity. Revista de Biología Tropical, 73(S2): e64536-e64536 - get paper here
  • Savage, J.M. 2002. The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica: A Herpetofauna Between Two Continents, Between Two Seas. University of Chicago Press, 934 pp. [review in Copeia 2003 (1): 205]
  • Zamora-Roda, Á. A., Martínez, C. G. H., Abarca-Zúñiga, A. J., Solís-Mora, A., Nuñez-Escalante, R., & Torres-Serrano, H. J. 2024. New locality and elevational range extension of the Montane Lichen Anole, Norops fungosus Myers 1971 (Squamata: Dactyloidae), in central Costa Rica: Conservation actions for a near-threatened species. Reptiles & Amphibians, 31(1), e20044-e20044 - get paper here
 
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