Zootaxa 3862 (1): 001–210 ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition) www.mapress.com/zootaxa/ Monograph ZOOTAXA Copyright © 2014 Magnolia Press ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition) http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3862.1.1 http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3FA375FE-E4E0-4509-BE02-EE5E786B07C6 ZOOTAXA 3862 A revision of the Mexican Anolis (Reptilia, Squamata, Dactyloidae) from the Pacific versant west of the Isthmus de Tehuantepec in the states of Oaxaca, Guerrero, and Puebla, with the description of six new species GUNTHER KÖHLER1,5, RAÚL GÓMEZ TREJO PÉREZ2, CLAUS BO P. PETERSEN1,3 & FAUSTO R. MÉNDEZ DE LA CRUZ4 1 Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt a.M., Germany 2Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Avenida de los Barrios 1, Los Reyes Iztacala, C.P. 54090, Estado de México, México 3Zoological Museum, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark 4Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), A.P. 70-153, C.P. 04510, México D.F. México 5Correspondence: [email protected] Magnolia Press Auckland, New Zealand Accepted by S. Carranza: 9 Jul. 2014; published: 19 Sept. 2014 GUNTHER KÖHLER, RAÚL GÓMEZ TREJO PÉREZ, CLAUS BO P. PETERSEN & FAUSTO R. MÉNDEZ DE LA CRUZ A revision of the Mexican Anolis (Reptilia, Squamata, Dactyloidae) from the Pacific versant west of the Isthmus de Tehuantepec in the states of Oaxaca, Guerrero, and Puebla, with the description of six new species (Zootaxa 3862) 210 pp.; 30 cm. 19 Sept. 2014 ISBN 978-1-77557-485-9 (paperback) ISBN 978-1-77557-486-6 (Online edition) FIRST PUBLISHED IN 2014 BY Magnolia Press P.O. Box 41-383 Auckland 1346 New Zealand e-mail: [email protected] http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/ © 2014 Magnolia Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored, transmitted or disseminated, in any form, or by any means, without prior written permission from the publisher, to whom all requests to reproduce copyright material should be directed in writing. This authorization does not extend to any other kind of copying, by any means, in any form, and for any purpose other than private research use. ISSN 1175-5326 (Print edition) ISSN 1175-5334 (Online edition) 2 · Zootaxa 3862 (1) © 2014 Magnolia Press KÖHLER ET AL. Table of contents Table of contents . 3 Abstract . 3 Resumen . 4 Introduction . 4 Materials and methods . 4 The Environment . 7 Results . 12 The taxonomic status of Anolis forbesi Smith & Van Gelder 1955 and Anolis microlepidotus Davis 1954 . 12 Anolis microlepidotus Davis 1954 . 16 Taxonomy of the Mexican anoles related to Anolis nebuloides Bocourt 1873 . 24 Anolis nietoi sp. nov. 33 Anolis stevepoei sp. nov. 40 Anolis zapotecorum sp. nov. 48 Anolis megapholidotus Smith 1933 . 55 Anolis nebuloides Bocourt 1873 . 61 Taxonomy of the Mexican anoles related to Anolis quercorum Fitch 1978 . 67 Anolis carlliebi sp. nov. 70 Anolis sacamecatensis sp. nov. 77 Anolis quercorum Fitch 1978 . 85 Taxonomy of the Mexican anoles related to Anolis boulengerianus Thominot 1887 . 92 Anolis immaculogularis sp. nov. 96 Anolis boulengerianus Thominot 1887 . 103 Anolis subocularis Davis 1954 . 111 Taxonomy of the Mexican anoles related to Anolis nebulosus (Wiegmann 1834) . 117 Anolis nebulosus (Wiegmann 1834) . 117 Taxonomy of the Mexican anoles related to Anolis liogaster Boulenger 1905 . 126 Anolis dunni Smith 1936 . 137 Anolis taylori Smith and Spieler 1945 . 144 Anolis gadovii Boulenger 1905 . 150 Anolis liogaster Boulenger 1905 . 158 Anolis omiltemanus Davis 1954 . 168 Anolis peucephilus Köhler, Gómez Trejo Pérez, Petersen & Méndez de la Cruz 2014 . 174 Taxonomy of the Mexican anoles related to Anolis macrinii Smith 1968 . 180 Anolis macrinii Smith 1968 . 181 Taxonomy of the Pacific versant Mexican anoles related to Anolis sericeus Hallowell 1856 . 190 Anolis unilobatus Köhler & Vesely 2010 . 190 Key to species of Mexican Anolis from the Pacific versant west of the Isthmus de Tehuantepec in the states of Oaxaca, Guerrero, and Puebla . 198 Discussion . 200 Acknowledgments . 201 References . 202 Abstract We revise the species of anoles occurring along the Pacific versant of Mexico west of the Isthmus de Tehuantepec in the states of Oaxaca, Guerrero, and Puebla. Based on our analyses of morphological and molecular genetic data, we.