Anolis ortonii Cope, 1868

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Anolis ortonii Cope, 1868

Type-locality. Rio Napo or upper Rio Marañon, Ecuador / Peru.

Pertinent taxonomic references. Cope (1868), Bocourt (1870, 1873), Boulenger (1885), Cunha (1961), Vanzolini (1972), Hoogmoed (1973), Duellman (1978), Gasc (1981), Cunha et al. (1985), Dixon & Soini (1986), Savage & Guyer (1989), Ávila-Pires (1995), Frost et al. (2001a), Glor et al. (2001), Poe (2004), K ӧhler (2007), Nicholson et al. (2012).

Distribution and habitat. Anolis ortonii is widespread in the Amazonia, and in central–northern portion of the Atlantic Forest, occurring in Brazil, French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia ( Fig. 4 ). In Brazil, it is known from the states of Amapá, Pará, Maranhão, Amazonas, Roraima, Acre, Rondônia and Mato Grosso (Amazonian region), Paraíba, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Sergipe, Bahia, and Espírito Santo (Atlantic Forest). Anolis ortonii is arboreal and diurnal, inhabits primary and secondary terra firme forests, most commonly seen in sunny areas (natural clearings, forest edge and in some perianthropic situations—Cunha et al. 1985; Ávila-Pires 1995). It is also found in inundated areas around rivers ( Vitt et al. 2008a), on lichen-covered rocks in dry forest ( Barrio-Amorós & Brewer-Carías 2008), and dry restinga forest (coastal vegetation—Freire 1996; Couto-Ferreira et al. 2011). Anolis ortonii is usually found on lower parts of tree trunks and on logs, and occasionally on shrubs, tree branches, and on the ground ( Duellman 1978; Ávila-Pires 1995; Schlüter et al. 2004; Whitworth & Beirne 2011).

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FIGURE 4. Distribution of examined material of Anolis ortonii.