Anolis apollinaris BOULENGER, 1919

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Higher Taxa	Anolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Boulenger's Anole
Synonym	Anolis apollinaris BOULENGER 1919: 79 Anolis apollinaris — PETERS & DONOSO-BARROS 1970: 48 Anolis apollinaris — WILLIAMS 1988 Anolis apollinaris — RIVAS et al. 2012 Dactyloa apollinaris — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Dactyloa apollinaris — NICHOLSON et al. 2018
Distribution	Colombia (Magdalena River Valley, elevation 200 - 1300 m), Venezuela Type locality: Bogotá, Colombia
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Type: BMNH 1946.8.13.22 (and possibly additional specimens).
Diagnosis
Comment	Species group: Dactyloa latifrons species group (NICHOLSON et al. 2012).
Etymology	Named after Latin Apollinaris. Honouring Hermano Apolinar María F.S.C. (née Nicolas Seiler, 1867-1949), french priest and naturalist active en Colombia. (from Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., May 2024)
References	Boulenger, G.A. 1919. Descriptions of two new lizards and a new frog from the Andes of Colombia. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1919: 79-81 - 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 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 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, Anderson CG. 2019. The existence and evolution of morphotypes in Anolis lizards: coexistence patterns, not adaptive radiations, distinguish mainland and island faunas. PeerJ 6: e6040 - 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 RIVAS, GILSON A.; CÉSAR R. MOLINA, GABRIEL N. UGUETO, TITO R. BARROS, CÉSAR L. BAR- RIO-AMORÓS & PHILIPPE J. R. KOK 2012. Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist. Zootaxa 3211: 1–64 - 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 Savage, J.M. & C. Guyer 1989. Infrageneric reallocation of Anolis apollinaris Amphibia-Reptilia, 10(4): 456. - get paper here Williams E E 1970. South American Anoles: Anolis apollinaris Boulenger, 1919, a relative of A. biporcatus Wiegmann (Sauria: Iguanidae). Breviora (358): 1-11 - get paper here Williams E E 1988. New or problematic Anolis from Colombia. 5. Anolis danieli, a new species of the latifrons species group and a reassessment of Anolis appollinaris Boulenger, 1919. Breviora (489): 1-25 - get paper here
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