Anolis ortonii Cope, 1868

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Anolis ortonii Cope, 1868
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Anolis ortonii Cope, 1868

Type-locality. Rio Napo or upper Rio Marañon, Ecuador / Peru.

Pertinent taxonomic references. Cope (1868), Bocourt (1870, 1873), Boulenger (1885), Cunha (1961), Vanzolini (1972), Hoogmoed (1973), Duellman (1978), Gasc (1981), Cunha et al. (1985), Dixon & Soini (1986), Savage & Guyer (1989), Ávila-Pires (1995), Frost et al. (2001a), Glor et al. (2001), Poe (2004), K ӧhler (2007), Nicholson et al. (2012).

Distribution and habitat. Anolis ortonii is widespread in the Amazonia, and in central–northern portion of the Atlantic Forest, occurring in Brazil, French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia ( Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 ). In Brazil, it is known from the states of Amapá, Pará, Maranhão, Amazonas, Roraima, Acre, Rondônia and Mato Grosso (Amazonian region), Paraíba, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Sergipe, Bahia, and Espírito Santo (Atlantic Forest). Anolis ortonii is arboreal and diurnal, inhabits primary and secondary terra firme forests, most commonly seen in sunny areas (natural clearings, forest edge and in some perianthropic situations—Cunha et al. 1985; Ávila-Pires 1995). It is also found in inundated areas around rivers ( Vitt et al. 2008a), on lichen-covered rocks in dry forest ( Barrio-Amorós & Brewer-Carías 2008), and dry restinga forest (coastal vegetation—Freire 1996; Couto-Ferreira et al. 2011). Anolis ortonii is usually found on lower parts of tree trunks and on logs, and occasionally on shrubs, tree branches, and on the ground ( Duellman 1978; Ávila-Pires 1995; Schlüter et al. 2004; Whitworth & Beirne 2011).

Cunha, O. R., Nascimento, F. P. & Avila-Pires, T. C. S. (1985) Os repteis da area de Carajas, Para, Brasil (Testudines e Squamata). I. Publicacoes Avulsas: Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, 40, 9 - 92.

Frost, D. R., Etheridge, R., Janies, D. & Titus, T. A. (2001 a) Total evidence, sequence alignment, evolution of Polychrotid lizards, and a reclassification of the Iguania (Squamata: Iguania). American Museum Novitates, 3343, 1 - 38. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1206 / 0003 - 0082 (2001) 343 <0001: TESAEO> 2.0. CO; 2

Glor, R. E., Vitt, L. J. & Larson, A. (2001) A molecular phylogenetic analysis of diversification in Amazonian Anolis lizards. Molecular Ecology, 10, 2661 - 2668. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1046 / j. 0962 - 1083.2001.01393. x

Nicholson, K. E, Crother, B. I, Guyer, C. & Savage, J. M. (2012) It is time for a new classification of anoles (Squamata: Dactyloidae). Zootaxa, 3477, 1 - 107.

Avila-Pires, T. C. S. (1995) Lizards of Brazilian Amazonia (Reptilia: Squamata). Zoologische Verhandelingen, 299, 1 - 706.

Barrio-Amoros, C. L. & Brewer-Carias, C. (2008) Herpetological results of the 2002 expedition to Sarisarinama, a tepui in Venezuelan Guayana, with the description of five new species. Zootaxa, 1942, 1 - 68.

Bocourt, M. F. (1870) Description de quelques sauriens nouveaux originaires de l'Amerique meridionale. Nouvelles Archives du Museum D'Histoire Naturelle De Paris, 6, 11 - 18.

Bocourt, M. F. (1873) Etudes sur les reptiles et les batraciens. In: Dumeril, A., Bocourt, M. F. & Mocquard, F. (1870 - 1909) (Eds.), Recherches Zoologiques pour servir a l'Histoire de Ia Faune de l'Amerique Centrale et du Mexique. Mission Scientifique au Mexique et dans l'Amerique Centrale, Recherches Zoologiques. Troisieme partie, 1 re section. Imprimerie Imperiale, Paris, pp. 33 - 860.

Boulenger, G. A. (1885) Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. II. Iguanidae, Xenosauridae, Zonuridae, Anguidae, Anniellidae, Helodermatidae, Varanidae, Xantusiidae, Teiidae, Amphisbaenidae. 2 nd Edition. Trustees of the British Museum, London, 497 pp.

Cope, E. D. (1868) An examination of the reptilia and batrachia obtained by the Orton Expedition to Equador and the upper Amazon, with notes on other species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 20, 96 - 140.

Couto-Ferreira, D., Tinoco, M. S., Oliveira, M. L. T., Browne-Ribeiro, H. C., Fazolato, C. P., Silva, R. M., Barreto G. S. & Dias, M. A. (2011) Restinga lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) at the Imbassai Preserve on the northern coast of Bahia, Brazil. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 3, 1990 - 2000. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.11609 / JoTT. o 2800.1990 - 2000

Cunha, O. R. (1961) Lacertilios da Amazonia. II. Os lagartos da Amazonia brasileira, com especial referenda aos representados na colecao do Museu Goeldi. Boletim do Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, Zoologia, 39, 1 - 189.

Dixon, J. R. & Soini, P. (1986) The reptiles of the upper Amazon Basin, Iquitos region, Peru. Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, 154 pp.

Duellman, W. E. (1978) The biology of an equatorial herpetofauna in Amazonian Ecuador. Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Natural History of University of Kansas, 65, 1 - 352.

Gasc, J. P. (1981) Quelques nouvelles donnees sur la repartition et l'ecologie des sauriens en Guyane francaise. Revue d'Ecologie, La Terre et la Vie, 35, 273 - 325.

Hoogmoed, M. S. (1973) Notes on the herpetofauna of Surinam. IV. The lizards and amphisbaenians of Surinam. Biogeographica, 4, 1 - 419.

Poe, S. (2004) Phylogeny of Anoles. Herpetological Monographs, 18, 37 - 89. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1655 / 0733 - 1347 (2004) 018 [0037: POA] 2.0. CO; 2

Savage, J. M. & Guyer, C. (1989) Infrageneric classification and species composition of the anole genera, Anolis, Ctenotus, Dactyloa, Norops and Semiurus (Sauria: Iguanidae). Amphibia-Reptilia, 10, 105 - 116. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1163 / 156853889 X 00142

Schluter, A., Icochea, J. & Perez, J. M. (2004) Amphibians and reptiles of the lower Rio Llullapichis, Amazonian Peru: updated species list with ecological and biogeographical notes. Salamandra, 40, 141 - 160.

Vanzolini, P. E. (1972) Miscellaneous notes on the ecology of some Brazilian lizards (Sauria). Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia, 26, 83 - 115.

Vitt, L. J., Magnusson, W. E., Avila-Pires, T. C. S. & Lima, A. P. (2008 a) Guia de lagartos da Reserva Adolpho Ducke, Amazonia central = Guide to the lizards of Reserva Adolpho Ducke, central Amazonia. Attema Design Editorial, Manaus, 176 pp.

Whitworth, A. & Beirne, C. (2011) Reptiles of the Yachana Reserve. Global Vision International, Exeter, 127 pp.

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FIGURE 4. Distribution of examined material of Anolis ortonii.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Dactyloidae

Genus

Anolis