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Issue: Vol. 4303 No. 2: 9 Aug. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-08-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4303.2.2
Page range: 213–230
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The taxonomic and phylogenetic status of some poorly known Anolis species from the Andes of Colombia with the description of a nomen nudum taxon

Grupo Herpetológico de Antioquia, Instituto de Biología, Universidad de Antioquia, Calle 67 # 53–108, Bloque 7–121, A.A. 1226, Medellín, Colombia. Servicios Ambientales y Geográficos S.A., Calle 11B # 40A-130, Piso 4, Medellín, Colombia.
Museo de Zoología “Alfonso L. Herrera”, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico city, Mexico.
Grupo de Ecología Animal, Departamento de Biología, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia
Williams is included as posthumous author as this paper includes part of his unpublished manuscript.
Grupo Herpetológico de Antioquia, Instituto de Biología, Universidad de Antioquia, Calle 67 # 53–108, Bloque 7–121, A.A. 1226, Medellín, Colombia.
Reptilia Geographic distribution molecular phylogenetics morphology Neotropical region taxonomy

Abstract

We studied the phylogenetic status, morphological variation, dewlap color variation, and geographic distribution of four poorly known Anolis species nested in the Norops clade, particularly in the A. fuscoauratus group from the Andes of Colombia. In addition, we also describe a nomen nudum species based on morphological and molecular evidence. This nomen nudum taxa differ from other fuscoauratoids species in a combination of dewlap color, meristic traits, and molecular evidence. Our integrative analysis (molecular phylogenetics, morphology, and dewlap color) revealed the non-monophyletic status of these Andean taxa. We also confirmed the occurrence of A. fuscoauratus in the Magdalena valley in Colombia (a trans-Andean region). Our findings show that the evolution of Andean anoles is more complex than previously thought and more research is necessary to understand the diversity in this cryptic group.

 

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