Anolis Tropidogaster Sundered

Squares are A. gaigei; circles are A. tropidogaster; triangles are locations of members of the species complex for which specimens were not examined and thus determination to species has not yet been accomplished.

Gunther Köhler’s at it again! This time with a merry band of colleagues he’s split Anolis tropidogaster, a little brownjob of an anole widespread in southern Central America and Colombia, into two species, A. tropidogaster in Colombia and eastern Panama and A. gaigei sandwiching it in western panama and the Santa Clara Mountains of Colombia.

Like a number of recently differentiated mainland anoles, the species differ markedly in the shape of their hemipenes. However, in contrast to some other cases, they also differ in dewlap color and a number of scale characters. Further, a limited genetic analysis suggests that the two forms may be substantially differentiated genetically.

Jonathan Losos

Previous

News Flash: New Study Proposes Splitting Anolis Into Eight Genera

Next

Cuban Owls Eat Big Anoles – New Research by Yudisleidy López Ricardo

1 Comment

  1. Laury Gutiérrez

    Nice job, excellent web page, just a little comment, I think you meant Santa Marta Mountains of Colombia instead of Santa Clara.

    Cheers,

    Laury from Colombia, of course

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published.

Subscribe to Anole Annals!

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 620 other subscribers

Powered by WordPress & Theme by Anders Norén