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Anolis pseudokemptoni KÖHLER, PONCE, SUNYER & BATISTA, 2007

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Higher TaxaAnolidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymAnolis pseudokemptoni KÖHLER, PONCE, SUNYER & BATISTA 2007
Anolis pseudokemptoni — LOTZKAT et al. 2010
Norops pseudokemptoni — NICHOLSON et al. 2012
Norops pseudokemptoni — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 
DistributionWC Panama (Serranía de Tabasará)

Type locality: La Nevera, [corrected by LOTZKAT et al. 2010 to] 8° 30’ N, 81° 46’ 20’’ W, Serranía de Tabasará, 1600 m elevation, Comarca Ngöbe Bugle, Distrito de Nole Düima, Corregimiento de Jadeberi, Panama.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: SMF 85420 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A medium-sized species (snout–vent length [SVL] in largest specimen 54.0 mm) of the genus Anolis (sensu Poe, 2004) that is most similar in external morphology to a cluster of Central American species that are short-legged (longest toe of adpressed hindlimb reaches only to tympanum), have a single elongated prenasal scale, smooth to slightly keeled ventral scales, and slender habitus, often delicate (i.e., Anolis altae, A. carpenteri, A. exsul, A. fortunensis, A. fuscoauratus, A. gruuo, and A. kemptoni). Anolis pseudokemptoni differs from the species in this cluster by the following characteristics (condition for A. pseudokemptoni in parentheses): Anolis altae: male dewlap uniform dull orange (male dewlap tricolored: posterior portion vinaceous, anterior portion orange, anterodorsal corner chamois); no dewlap in females (a small orange dewlap in females). Anolis carpenteri: male dewlap orange (male dewlap tricolored: posterior portion vinaceous, anterior portion orange, anterodorsal corner chamois); no dewlap in females (a small orange dewlap in females). Anolis gruuo: ratio HL/HW 1.63–1.67 (1.83– 1.85); male dewlap orange (male dewlap tricolored: posterior portion vinaceous, anterior portion orange, anterodorsal corner chamois); tail contrastingly dark and pale banded (no contrasting banding). Anolis exsul: hemipenis unilobate (bilobate); male dewlap orange at base with cherry red margin (male dewlap tricolored: posterior portion vinaceous, anterior portion orange, anterodorsal corner chamois); a small white dewlap in females (a small orange dewlap in females); no enlarged postanal scales in males (distinctly enlarged). Anolis fortunensis: male dewlap yellowish orange at base with orange red margin (male dewlap tricolored: posterior portion vinaceous, anterior portion orange, anterodorsal corner chamois); hemipenis unilobate (bilobate). Anolis fuscoauratus: male dewlap pinkish-brown to red (male dewlap tricolored: posterior portion vinaceous, anterior portion orange, anterodorsal corner chamois); no dewlap in females (a small orange dewlap in females); no enlarged postanal scales in males (distinctly enlarged). Anolis kemptoni: hemipenis unilobate (bilobate; Figs. 5 and 6); dewlap in females white (orange). Within this cluster of species, A. pseudokemptoni is most similar to A. kemptoni from which it further differs in the total number of loreal scales (kemptoni: 33–61; pseudokemptoni: 75–88) and in having smooth ventral scales (slightly keeled in A. kemptoni). 
CommentSpecies group: Norops auratus Species Group (fide Nicholson et al. 2012) 
Etymologynamed after its close relationship to A. kemptoni. 
References
  • Köhler, G. 2008. Reptiles of Central America. 2nd Ed. Herpeton-Verlag, 400 pp.
  • Kohler, G. 2011. A new species of anole related to Anolis altae from Volcán Tenorio, Costa Rica (Reptilia, Squamata, Polychrotidae). Zootaxa 3120: 29-42 - 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
  • Lotzkat, S., J. Köhler, A. Hertz & G. Köhler 2010. Morphology and colouration of male Anolis datzorum (Squamata: Polychrotidae). Salamandra 46 (1): 48-52 - get paper here
  • Lotzkat, S.; A. Batista; M. Ponce; A. Hertz 2014. Distribution extension for Anolis pseudokemptoni Köhler, Ponce, Sunyer & Batista, 2007 (Reptilia: Squamata: Dactyloidae), a microendemic species in the Serranía de Tabasará of the Comarca Ngöbe-Buglé of western Panama. Check List 10 (1): 189-194 - 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
  • Poe, S. 2013. 1986 Redux: New genera of anoles (Squamata: Dactyloidae) are unwarranted. Zootaxa 3626 (2): 295–299 - get paper here
  • Ponce, M. & Köhler, G. 2008. Morphological variation in anoles related to Anolis kemptoni in Panama. Salamandra 44 (2): 65-83 - get paper here
 
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