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Guía Dinámica De Los Reptiles Del Bosque Húmedo Tropical Del Chocó guía dinámica de los reptiles del bosque húmedo tropical del chocó omar torres coordinador editorial Anolis bitectus Anolis Cope (1864) Orden: Squamata: Sauria | Familia: Iguanidae: Dactyloinae Nombres comunes Lagartijas arborícolas , Roof anoles , Anolis Identificación Esta especie se distingue de otras especies de Anolis por la combinación de los siguientes caracteres: (1) escamas entre las segundas cantales 8-13; (2) postrostrales 4-9; (3) escamas entre los semicírculos supraorbitales 1-2; (4) escamas agrandadas en el disco supraocular 3-30; (5) escamas superciliares alargadas 1-4; (6) superciliares seguidas de series de escamas granulares o escamas pequeñas; (7) interparietal más pequeña a mucho más grande que el tímpano; (8) hileras de escamas dorsales agrandadas 8-30; (9) pliegue gular anaranjado; (10) escamas del pliegue gular amarillas o blancas en ambos sexos; (11) cresta dorsomedial ausente; (12) escamas de los flancos ligeramente separadas o yuxtapuestas; (13) lamelas en la la segunda y tercera falanges del IV dígito del pie 12-17 (Williams et al., 1995). Lepidosis (1) Escamas de la cabeza lisas, rugosas, unicarinadas o multicarinadas; (2) escamas entre las segundas cantales 8-13; (3) postrostrales 4- 9; (4) circumnasal, nasal anterior, nasal anterior dividida o nasal inferior presente; (5) nasal y rostral separadas por 0-2; (6) escamas entre los semicírculos supraorbitales 1-2; (7) escamas agrandadas en el disco supraocular 3-30; (8) escamas superciliares agrandadas 1-4; (9) seguidas de una serie de escamas superciliares granulares o escamas pequeñas; (10) hileras de escamas loreales 5-9; (11) número de loreales 25-40; (12) interparietal más pequeña, igual, más grande o mucho más grande que el tímpano; (13) escamas entre la interparietal y los semicírculos supraorbitales 1-4; (14) entre la interparietal y las escamas de la nuca 0-5; (15) suboculares y supralabiales separadas por 0-1 hileras de escamas; (16) supralabiales hasta el centro del ojo 7-10; (17) postmentales 4-7; (18) series de sublabiales 0-2; (19) sublabiales en contacto con las infralabiales 0-1; (20) escamas dorsales unicarinadas; (21) hileras de escamas dorsales 8-30; (22) cresta dorsomedial ausente; (23) escamas de los flancos ligeramente separadas a yuxtapuestas; (24) ventrales más grandes que las dorsales; (25) ventrales fuertemente quilladas; (26) ventrales separadas, yuxtapuestas, subimbricadas o imbricadas; (27) almohadillas solapan la primera falange; (28) lamelas del segundo y tercer falange del IV dígito del pie 12-17; (29) escamas supradigitales multicarinadas; (30) cola redonda, ligeramente o fuertemente comprimida; (31) cresta caudal ausente a aserrada; (32) escamas postanales presentes, incospicuas o ausentes (Williams et al., 1995). Color en vida Pliegue gular anaranjado, escamas claras amarillas o blancas en ambos sexos. Color en preservacion Dorso café claro y amarillo bajo y sobre el hocico; flancos del cuerpo con una banda café desde el ojo hasta el muslo en hembras, la cual está delineada de café claro a café medio; pliegue gular anaranjado con escamas claras, amarillas o blancas, en ambos sexos (Cope, 1864). Distribución y Hábitat Anolis bitectus se distribuye en las estribaciones occidentales de Ecuador (Peters y Donoso-Barros, 1970). Regiones naturales Bosque Húmedo Tropical del Chocó Pisos Altitudinales Tropical occidental Estado de conservación Lista Roja IUCN: No evaluada. Lista Roja Carrillo: Preocupación menor. Literatura Citada 1. Boulenger, G. A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Taylor y Francis, London, 497 pp. 2. Carrillo, E., Aldás, S., Altamirano-Benavides, M. A., Ayala-Varela, F., Cisneros-Heredia, D. F., Endara, A., Márquez, C., Morales, M., Nogales-Sornosa, F., Salvador, P., Torres, M. L., Valencia, J., Villamarín-Jurado, F., Yánez-Muñoz, M. H. y Zárate, P. 2005. Lista roja de los reptiles del Ecuador. Fundación Novum Milenium, UICN-Sur, UICN-Comité Ecuatoriano, Ministerio de Educación y Cultura, Serie Proyecto Peepe, Quito, Ecuador, 46 pp. 3. CITES. 2017. Apéndices I, II y III. https://cites.org/esp/app/appendices.php (Consultado: 2017). 4. Cope, E. D. 1864. Contributions to the herpetology of tropical America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 16:166-181. PDF 5. IUCN. 2017. The IUCN red list of threatened species. http://www.iucnredlist.org/search. (Consultado: 2017). 6. Nicholson, K. E. 2002. Phylogenetic and a test of the current infrageneric classification of Norops (Beta Anolis). Herpetological Monographs 16:93-120. 7. Nicholson, K. E., Harmon, L. J. y Losos, J. B. 2007. Evolution of Anolis lizard dewlap diversity. Plos One 2(3):1-12. 8. Peters, J. A. y Donoso-Barros, R. 1970. Catalogue of the neotropical Squamata: Part II. Lizards and Amphisbaenians. United States National Museum Bulletin 297(2):1-293. PDF 9. Torres-Carvajal, O. 2001. Lizards of Ecuador: Checklist, distribution, and systematic references. Smithsonian Herpetological Information Service 131:1-35. 10. Uetz, P., Hallermann, J. y Hôsek, J. 2017. The Reptile Database. http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/ (Consultado: 2017). 11. Williams, E. E., Rand, H., Rand, A. S. y O’Hara, R. J. 1995. A computer approach to the comparision and identification of species in diicult taxonomic groups. Breviora, 502:1-47. Autor(es) Fernando Ayala-Varela, Amaranta Carvajal-Campos Editor(es) Omar Torres-Carvajal y Estefany Guerra-Correa Fecha Compilación Miércoles, 2 de Junio de 2010 Fecha Edición Jueves, 9 de Noviembre de 2017 Actualización Jueves, 9 de Noviembre de 2017 ¿Cómo citar esta ficha? Ayala-Varela, F., Carvajal-Campos, A. 2017. Anolis bitectus En: Torres-Carvajal, O. y Salazar-Valenzuela, D. 2017. Reptiles del Ecuador. Version 2018.0. Museo de Zoología, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. , acceso . Enlaces Relacionados The JCVI/TIGR Reptile Database Wikispecies Global Biodiversity Information Facility Anolis chloris Anolis sudamericados gema del Chocó Boulenger (1898) Orden: Squamata: Sauria | Familia: Iguanidae: Dactyloinae Nombres comunes Camaleones sudamericanos gema del Chocó , Lagartijas arborícolas , Boulenger's green anoles , Lagartos verdes , Anolis sudamericados gema del Chocó Identificación Esta especie se distingue de otras especies de Anolis por la combinación de los siguientes caracteres: (1) escamas entre las segundas cantales 10-16; (2) postrostrales 5-9; (3) escamas entre los semicírculos supraorbitales 1-4; (4) escamas agrandadas en el disco supraocular graduales; (5) escamas superciliares alargadas 1-3; (6) superciliares seguidas de series de escamas granulares; (7) interparietal más pequeña o más grande que el tímpano; (8) hileras de escamas dorsales agrandadas 0-2; (8) pliegue gular blanco en machos con escamas blancas y celestes; (9) pliegue gular en hembras ausente; (10) cresta dorsomedial ausente; (11) escamas de los flancos ligeramente separadas o yuxtapuestas; (12) lamelas en la segunda y tercera falanges del IV dígito del pie 16-20; (13) nasal inferior en contacto con el sulcus entre la rostral y la primera supralabial (Williams et al., 1995). Lepidosis (1) Escamas de la cabeza lisas, rugosas o unicarinadas; (2) escamas entre las segundas cantales 10-16; (3) postrostrales 5-9; (4) inferior nasal presente; (5) nasal y rostral en contacto; (6) escamas entre los semicírculos supraorbitales 1-4; (7) escamas agrandadas en el disco supraocular graduales; (8) escamas superciliares agrandadas 1-3; (9) seguidas de series de escamas superciliares granulares; (10) hileras de escamas loreales 4-6; (11) número de escamas loreales 25-40; (12) interparietal mucho más pequeña, más pequeña, igual o más grande que el tímpano; (13) escamas entre la interparietal y semicírculos supraorbitales 4-8; (14) escamas entre la interparietal y la nuca 0-10; (15) suboculares y supralabiales en contacto; (16) supralabiales hasta el centro del ojo 5-8; (17) postmentales 5-8; (18) series de escamas sublabiales 0-2; (19) sublabiales en contacto con las infralabiales 0-5; (20) escamas dorsales lisas, protuberantes, o unicarinadas; (21) hileras de escamas dorsales agrandadas 0-2; (22) cresta dorsomedial ausente; (23) escamas de los flancos ligeramente separadas o yuxtapuestas; (24) ventrales más grandes que las dorsales; (25) ventrales lisas, ligeramente quilladas o fuertemente quilladas; (26) ventrales separadas, yuxtapuestas, subimbricadas o imbricadas; (27) almohadillas adherentes solapan la primera falange; (28) lamelas del segundo y tercer falange del IV dígito del pie 16-20; (29) escamas supradigitales multicarinadas; (30) cola redonda o ligeramente comprimida; (31) cresta caudal ausente; (32) escamas postanales presentes, incospicuas o ausentes (Williams et al., 1995). Color en vida Región dorsal de la cabeza, cuerpo, cola y extremidades verde esmeralda; pliegue gular blanco con escamas blancas (en machos); iris azul; lengua anaranjada. Color en preservacion Región dorsal de la cabeza, cuerpo, cola y extremidades azulado (Williams et al., 1995). Historia natural Esta especie es diurna. Como mecanismo de escape usa el mimetismo o trepa por los troncos de árboles (Fitch et al., 1976; Williams et al., 1995). Distribución y Hábitat Anolis chloris se distribuye en las estribaciones occidentales de Colombia, Panamá y Ecuador. Se ha reportado para las provincias de Pichincha, Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas y Los Ríos (com. pers. Poe, 2009). Regiones naturales Bosque Húmedo Tropical del Chocó, Bosque Piemontano Occidental, Bosque Montano Occidental, Bosque Deciduo de la Costa Pisos
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