Anolis megapholidotus SMITH, 1933

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Higher Taxa	Anolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Large-scaed Anole S: Abaniquillo de Escamas Grandes
Synonym	Anolis megapholidotus SMITH 1933: 318 Anolis megapholidotus — SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 59 Norops megapholidotus — LINER 1994 Norops megapholidotus — NICHOLSON 2002 Anolis megapholidotus — LINER 2007 Norops megapholidotus — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Norops megapholidotus — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 Anolis megapholidotus — HEIMES 2022
Distribution	Mexico (Guerrero) Type locality: between Rincón and Cajones (abut 40-45 km south of Chilpancingo), Guerrero.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: FMNH 100105 (was EHT-HMS 11149)
Diagnosis
Comment	Species group: Norops auratus Species Group (fide Nicholson et al. 2012)
References	Heimes, P. 2022. LIZARDS OF MEXICO - Part 1 Iguanian lizards. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt Am Main, 448 pp. 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 Palacios-Aguilar, Ricardo 2020. UNA LISTA COMENTADA DE LAS ESPECIES DE ANFIBIOS Y REPTILES CON LOCALIDAD TIPO EN GUERRERO, MÉXICO. Rev. Latinoamer. Herp. 3 (2): 43-60 Palacios-Aguilar, Ricardo & OSCAR FLORES-VILLELA 2018. An updated checklist of the herpetofauna from Guerrero, Mexico. Zootaxa 4422 (1): 1-24 - 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 Smith, H.M. & Taylor,E.H. 1950. An annotated checklist and key to the reptiles of Mexico exclusive of the snakes. Bull. US Natl. Mus. 199: 1-253 - get paper here Smith,H.M. 1933. Notes on some Mexican lizards of the genus Anolis with the description of a new species, A. megapholidotus. Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci. 36: 318-320 [1934?] - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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