Anolis gracilis Wied, 1821

Vanzolini, Paulo E. & Myers, Charles W., 2015, The Herpetological Collection Of Maximilian, Prince Of Wied (1782 - 1867), With Special Reference To Brazilian Materials, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2015 (395), pp. 1-155 : 30-31

Anolis gracilis Wied, 1821

Plate 9

1821 Reise 2: 131.

1824 Isis : 663 (diagnosis and reference to Reise 2). 1824 Abbildungen: Lief. 6 ( fig. 2 of composite pl.). 1825 Beitra¨ge: 108.

PRESENT STATUS: Anolis punctatus Daudin, 1802 [v. 2].

REMARKS: In Reise 2 (pp. 131–132) there is an extensive footnote, comparing the new species with ‘‘Daudin’s Anolis a` points blancs ’’ ( A. punctatus ). In the Isis for 1824 there is a diagnosis, but the earlier date of the second volume of the Reise prevails for the original description.

The upper figure (no. 2) of Anolis gracilis in the composite Abbildungen plate is of a male displaying with extended dewlap,

20 Wied’s original studies for this plate ( Bosch, 1991: 238, not illus.) were redrawn by Hermann Beckers. The prepublication layout of the plate is shown in Bosch (1991: 243). painted from life; the lower figure (no. 1) of Anolis viridis is of a female. Both are Anolis punctatus Daudin. The sexual dimorphism in this lizard misled Wied into thinking he had two species on hand.

In the Beitra¨ge, Wied notes that he had only one specimen of Anolis gracilis , from Rancho do Veado (at 14 ° 479S, 39 ° 199W) (Bokermann, 1957). The specimen shows as species no. 38 in Wied’s 1860 manuscript catalog, but there is no evidence that it ever reached the American Museum.

Figures

Fig. 2. Pen-and-watercolor sketches dated 1815 and attributed to Prince Maximilian. Top: Gesamtansicht der Expedition (‘‘General View of the expedition’’), showing pack mules, handlers, and military guard. Bottom: Prinz Maximilian mit Teilnehmern seiner Expedition (‘‘Prince Max with members of his expedition’’). From Bosch, 1991: 84–85. (Courtesy of Brazilian Library of Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart)