Anolis meridionalis Boettger, 1885

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Anolis meridionalis Boettger, 1885

Type-locality. Paraguay, restricted by neotype designation by Motte & Cacciali (2009) to Colonia Ybycui, Estancia Ybycui (about 5 km NE of principal house), Departamento Canindeyú, Paraguay.

Pertinent taxonomic references. Boettger (1885a, b), Boulenger (1895, 1903), Griffin (1917), Amaral (1932), Hellmich (1960), Vanzolini & Williams (1970), Frost et al. (2001a), Poe (2004), Langstroth (2006), Motte & Cacciali (2009), Nicholson et al. (2012).

Distribution and habitat. Anolis meridionalis is widespread in the Brazilian Cerrado and Pantanal, occurring in Brazil and Bolivia ( Fig. 2 ). In Brazil, it is known from the states of Maranhão, Piauí, Bahia, Tocantins, Rondônia, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Goiás, Minas Gerais, São Paulo, and in the Distrito Federal. It was described from Paraguay, from where there are some recent records ( Langstroth 2006; Motte & Cacciali 2009). In Amazonia it occurs in enclaves of open vegetation in northwestern Mato Grosso and southern Rondônia states, in Brazil, and in northern Bolivia. Anolis meridionalis is predominantly terrestrial and diurnal, inhabits open grassy habitats (Nogueira et al. 2009), gallery forests ( Langstroth 2006), rocky outcrops ( Uetanabaro et al. 2007), seasonally flooded open areas (Chaco—Souza et al. 2010), and perianthropic areas ( Vaz-Silva et al. 2007), where it is found on the ground, and on lower vegetation (lower than 1 meter high—Vitt 1991a).

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FIGURE 2. Distribution of examined material of Anolis chrysolepis, A. dissimilis and A. meridionalis.