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Issue: Vol. 5319 No. 2: 25 Jul. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-07-25
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5319.2.6
Page range: 249-262
Abstract views: 504
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Two new species of semiaquatic Anolis (Squamata: Dactyloidae) from Costa Rica

Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Ecología Tropical (Museo de Zoología) de la Universidad de Costa Rica
Department of Biology; University of New Mexico; Albuquerque; NM; 87131; USA; Arizona Game and Fish Department; 5000 W Carefree Hwy; Phoenix; Arizona 85086
Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Ecología Tropical (Museo de Zoología) de la Universidad de Costa Rica; Escuela de Biología; Universidad de Costa Rica; San Pedro; Costa Rica
Direccion; Conservacion; Restauracion y Desarrollo Sustentable de Ecosistemas Insulares; Parque Nacional Galapagos; Ecuador
Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum; Senckenberganlage 25; 60325 Frankfurt a.M.; Germany
Department of Biology; University of New Mexico; Albuquerque; NM; 87131; USA
Reptilia anoles taxonomy phylogenetics

Abstract

We describe two new species of Draconura-clade semiaquatic anoles from the central Pacific versant of Costa Rica. The two new species are similar to Anolis aquaticus in external appearance and ecology but differ from this species in male dewlap coloration and scalation. Anolis robinsoni sp. nov. and A. riparius sp. nov. differ from each other mainly in male dewlap color. All three species are distinct according to diagnostic morphological traits and a phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial DNA sequences (669 bases of COI gene). We discuss the distribution and ecology of Anolis aquaticus and the new species.

 

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