taxonID	type	description	language	source
8CC6148CCF86591595DC0EF5EBDBD672.taxon	description	Figures 5, 6, 7 A – C; Table 1	en	Marín, Carlos M., Bocanumenth, Daniel, Daza, Juan M. (2025): The colorful giants: Revisiting the systematics of the Anolis latifrons series (Squamata: Anolidae). Vertebrate Zoology 75: 441-457, DOI: 10.3897/vz.75.e162071
8CC6148CCF86591595DC0EF5EBDBD672.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. We assign Anolis cyanophthalmus sp. nov. to the Dactyloa clade within Anolis based on our phylogenetic results. Anolis cyanophthalmus sp. nov. differs from species in the punctatus and heterodermus series (Castañeda and de Queiroz 2011) by having smaller head scales; from species in the nasofrontalis and roquet series (Poe et al. 2017; Prates et al. 2020) by having supraorbital semicircles separated from each other and the interparietal separated from the supraorbital semicircles; and from species in the aequatorialis series (Castañeda and de Queiroz 2011; Prates et al. 2020) by having wider toepads and larger dorsal head scales.	en	Marín, Carlos M., Bocanumenth, Daniel, Daza, Juan M. (2025): The colorful giants: Revisiting the systematics of the Anolis latifrons series (Squamata: Anolidae). Vertebrate Zoology 75: 441-457, DOI: 10.3897/vz.75.e162071
8CC6148CCF86591595DC0EF5EBDBD672.taxon	description	Description of holotype (paratypes variation in parentheses). Frontal depression present; head dorsal scales small, rugose to keeled in the nasal and frontal region; rugose to keeled internasals; deep parietal depression; parietal region with juxtaposed, mostly hexagonal scales; postrostrals six (5 – 9); supraorbitals larger than adjacent scales, polygonal, smooth to rugose (smooth to keeled), and separated by two (0 – 2) scales from supraorbital semicircles; some enlarged and keeled scales in the supraocular disc, the remaining smooth; scales between interparietal and supraorbital semicircles heterogeneous in size; interparietal longer than wide, slightly rectangular, much larger than adjacent scales, smaller than ear opening, and separated by four small scales from supraorbital semicircles (3 – 6); parietal scales slightly rugose; canthals keeled; circumnasal rounded; prenasal single contacting two rostral scales (lower prenasal in MHUA - R: 11293, 11302, 11564, 11567, 11570, 11594, 12834, 15833); canthal scales ten (8 – 11); anterior canthals contacting circumnasals; scales between second canthals twelve (9 – 14); loreal rows eight (6 – 8), keeled, upper contacting the first and second canthals; three suboculars in broad contact with the supralabials, no scales rows between suboculars and supralabials; temporals small and granular; supralabials to the center of the eye eight (8 – 10); ear opening oval-shaped, surrounded by small granular scales; anterior edge of rostral ventrally visible; mental semicircular, concave and divided; infralabials in eight rows; sublabial scales not enlarged; postmentals eight (6 – 9).	en	Marín, Carlos M., Bocanumenth, Daniel, Daza, Juan M. (2025): The colorful giants: Revisiting the systematics of the Anolis latifrons series (Squamata: Anolidae). Vertebrate Zoology 75: 441-457, DOI: 10.3897/vz.75.e162071
8CC6148CCF86591595DC0EF5EBDBD672.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific epithet cyanophthalmus is derived from the Greek kyanos (blue) and ophthalmos (eye) and is used as a latinized adjective referring to the remarkable iris coloration of the new species, which ranges from blue to blue-green hues.	en	Marín, Carlos M., Bocanumenth, Daniel, Daza, Juan M. (2025): The colorful giants: Revisiting the systematics of the Anolis latifrons series (Squamata: Anolidae). Vertebrate Zoology 75: 441-457, DOI: 10.3897/vz.75.e162071
8CC6148CCF86591595DC0EF5EBDBD672.taxon	distribution	Distribution and natural history. Anolis cyanophthalmus sp. nov. inhabits the premontane forests of the northern Central Cordillera in the department of Antioquia, Colombia, at elevations between approximately 1500 and 2000 m a. s. l. (Fig. 1). Additionally, there is a photographic record on the iNaturalist platform (https: // www. inaturalist. org / observations / 5625949) from the eastern versant of the Central Cordillera in the department of Tolima, Colombia, at 1200 m a. s. l., representing a specimen that we assign to this species. Only two specimens are known from the municipality of Yarumal, collected in 2018, and two additional specimens were recorded during recent fieldwork in the municipality of San Rafael. These two individuals were found perched on bush branches at a height of approximately 1.5 meters. The small number of specimens observed in the Yarumal and San Rafael municipalities suggests that local populations of this species occur at low densities, as previously reported for the population in Anori (Molina-Zuluaga and Gutiérrez-Cárdenas 2007). The population of Anolis cyanophthalmus sp. nov. from the municipality of San Rafael occurs within the protected areas surrounding the Peñol-Guatapé reservoir in the department of Antioquia, which may contribute positively to the future conservation status of the species.	en	Marín, Carlos M., Bocanumenth, Daniel, Daza, Juan M. (2025): The colorful giants: Revisiting the systematics of the Anolis latifrons series (Squamata: Anolidae). Vertebrate Zoology 75: 441-457, DOI: 10.3897/vz.75.e162071
