Anolis loysianus, Cocteau, 1836

Nicholson, Kirsten E., Crother, Brian I., Guyer, Craig & Savage, Jay M., 2012, 3477, Zootaxa 3477, pp. 1-108 : 37

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32126D3A-04BC-4AAC-89C5-F407AE28021C

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5257485

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scientific name

Anolis loysianus
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Anolis loysianus Species Group

Diagnosis. —S upport for this group is provided by 68 apomorphies including 13 morphological and 55 molecular ones. There are five unequivocal morphological apomorphies: mean number of scales across the snout decreased (29: e to c); supraorbital semicircles in contact, (32: a to z); circumnasal separated from rostral by one scale, not in contact with supralabial (modal condition) (39: 3 to 2); black pigment over most bones on surface of skull (76: a to z); and posteriormost tooth usually completely anterior to the mylohyoid foramen (81: z to n). There are 29 unequivocal molecular apomorphies (see Appendix II).

Definition. — Lizards of this species group are small anoles (maximum snout-to-vent length in adult males 33 to 54 and 36 to 44 mm in adult females) sharing the following combinations of characters: 1) no transparent scales in lower eyelid; 2) interparietal scale small, about same size as adjacent scales; 3) head stubby, length slightly shorter or equal to width; 4) arms and legs short; 5) tail very short, about 1.5 times snout-to-vent length; 6) dewlap absent in females; 7) four or five lumbar vertebrae; 8) six or seven aseptate caudal vertebrae anterior to first autotomic vertebra.

Content. — Six species are referred to this species group (see Appendix III).

Distribution. — Cuba and its satellite islands ( Fig. 22).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Dactyloidae

Genus

Anolis

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