Anolis vanzolinii (WILLIAMS, ORCES, MATHEUS & BLEIWEISS, 1996)
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Higher Taxa | Dactyloidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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Synonym | Phenacosaurus vanzolinii WILLIAMS, ORCES, MATHEUS & BLEIWEISS 1996 Phenacosaurus vanzolinii — TORRES-CARVAJAL 2001: 20 Anolis vanzolinii — POE 1998 Dactyloa vanzolinii — NICHOLSON et al. 2012 Dactyloa vanzolinii — NICHOLSON et al. 2018 |
Distribution | Ecuador (Sucumbíos)
Type locality: south of La Alegría, 14 km (by road) from La Bonita, Sucumbíos, Ecuador (77° 38’ W, 00° 27’ N).
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Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: MECN 0309 |
Diagnosis | |
Comment | Species groups: Dactyloa heteroderma species group (fide NICHOLSON et al. 2012). |
Etymology | The specific name is a homage to Dr. Paulo Emílio Vanzolini (1924-2013), one of the most distinguished Brazilian zoologists. About Vanzolini see Heyer (2004), Bastos & Sa 2011, and Dirksen 2013. |
References |
- Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
- Dirksen, Lutz 2013. Paulo Emilio Vanzolini. Ein Herpetologe aus Leidenschaft. Terraria-Elaphe 2013 (5): 52-54 - 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
- Poe, Steven 1998. Skull characters and the cladistic relationships of the Hispaniolan dwarf twig Anolis. Herpetological Monographs 12: 192-236 - get paper here
- Torres-Carvajal O, Pazmiño-Otamendi G, Salazar-Valenzuela D. 2019. Reptiles of Ecuador: a resource-rich portal, with a dynamic checklist and photographic guides. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13 (1): [General Section]: 209–229 (e178) - get paper here
- Torres-Carvajal, O. 2001. Lizards of Ecuador: Checklist, Distribution, and Systematic References. Smithsonian Herp. Inf. Serv. (131): 1-35 - get paper here
- Williams,E.E., Orces V, G., Matheus,J.A. & Bleiweiss,R. 1996. A new giant phenacosaur from Ecuador. Breviora (505): 1-32 - get paper here
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