Norops ortonii (Cope, 1869)

Barrio-Amorós, César L. & Brewer-Carías, Charles, 2010, Venezuelan Guayana, with the description of five new species, Zootaxa 1942, pp. 1-68 : 48-49

Norops ortonii (Cope, 1869)

Orton’s beta anole, Anolis de Orton, no Ye’kwana name

Camp II. 15 March 2002. EBRG 4254 (juvenile) .

Inside Sima Mayor only one juvenile anoline lizard was observed and caught. It was on lichen-covered rocks in the driest zone. Norops ortonii was mentioned as part of the Venezuelan herpetofauna by La Marca (1997, following Hoogmoed 1973) without voucher specimens. This is the second confirmed record of this species from Venezuela after Molina et al. (2003). The animal, although a juvenile of only 27 mm SVL,

agrees well with the description given by Avila-Pires (1995). The coloration in life was light gray, with a conspicuous interorbital dark bar, and some black paravertebral spots; the posterior part of the tail with alternate

blackish and whitish bands. Ventrally the specimen was dirty white with scattered small gray and black spots. The dewlap was small and pinkish.