Anolis spilorhipis ÁLVAREZ DEL TORO & SMITH, 1956
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Anolis spilorhipis
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| Higher Taxa | Anolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Synonym | Anolis tropidonotus spilorhipis ÁLVAREZ DEL TORO & SMITH 1956: 9 Anolis tropidonotus spilorhipes — LINER & CASAS-ANDREU 2008: 44 (in error) Norops spilorhipis — KÖHLER et al. 2016 Norops spilorhipes — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 (in error) Anolis spilorhipis — HEIMES 2022 |
| Distribution | Mexico (Chiapas) Type locality: Mexico: [4 km SSW Villa Allende,] “Cerro Ombligo, 1280 m”, Chiapas; also known as San Fernando, “some 18 km. N Tuxtla Gutierrez”, M. Alvarez del Toro; March 20, 1954. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: INHS (= UIMNH) 37972, adult male |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: “Similar to A. tropidonotus, having a deep axillary pocket; large, heavily keeled dorsals somewhat larger than ventrals; head scales more or less uniform in size and appearance, generally elongate and strongly keeled, some tricarinate;largest diameter of ear opening not more than 2/5 distance from eye opening;and snout-vent length reaching 58 mm in adults. Distinguishable from A. t. tropidonotus by having usually fewer scales between canthal ridges (5-8 in 8 examples, av. 6.6 in minimum count, 88% with 7 or fewer, as opposed to 7-10, av. 8.4 in 56 examples, 5.4% with 7 or fewer in A. t. tropidonotus), dewlap with one or two sharply defined black spots toward anterior edge (as opposed to a dim, dark curved streak near edge of dewlap, or no dark marking at all, in A. t. tropidonotus), and dorsal scales distinctly although but slightly larger than ventrals (subequal or smaller in A. t. tropidonotus).” (Alvarez del Toro 1956) Additional details (1258 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Distribution: see map in KÖHLER et al. 2016: 27 (Fig. 9). Not listed by Johnson et al. 2017 in their list of endemic Mexican reptiles. Species group: Norops auratus Species Group (fide Nicholson et al. 2012). Norops tropidonotus complex: N. compressicauda, N. tropidonotus, N. wampuensis, Norops mccraniei, Norops wilsoni, N. spilorhipis fide Köhler et al. 2016. Synonymy: Mulcahy et al. 2022 discovered a study (Köhler et al. 2016) with 52 associated sequences submitted to GenBank as A. tropidonotus, of which only four were considered A. tropidonotus by the submitting authors, i.e. Köhler et al. 2016. The others 48 sequences represent two newly named species (A. mccranei and A. wilsoni) and a third resurrected species (A. spilorhipis). |
| Etymology | Named after Greek spilos (σπίλος), spot, fleck, blemish + Greek rhipis (ῥιπίς), a fan. [“...; a conspicuous, bold, elongate black spot just inside anterior edge of dewlap, and another smaller spot directly dorsal to the latter at junction of dewlap and body...”]. |
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