Anolis altae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Iguania
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Reptilia Subclassis: Diapsida Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Sauria Infraordo: Iguania

Familia: Polychrotidae
Genus: Anolis
Species: Anolis altae

Name

Anolis altae Dunn, 1930: 22

Type locality: Finca Acosta, Volcán Barba, Costa Rica, 7000 ft. elevation [= in the Cantón de Santa Barbara, Provincia de Heredia, at 2,133 m. elevation on the southwestern slope of Volcán Barba on main road from Alajuela to Varablanca via the Desengaño pass].

Holotype: MCZ, 29385.

Synonyms

• Anolis altae Dunn 1930: 22
• Anolis achilles Taylor 1956
• Anolis altae — Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970: 47

References

• Dunn, E.R. 1930: Notes on Central American Anolis. Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club, 12: 15-24
• Taylor, E.H. 1956: A review of the lizards of Costa Rica. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 38 (part 1): 3-322
• Peters, James A. & Donoso-Barros, Roberto 1970: Catalogue of the Neotropical Squamata: Part II. Lizards and Amphisbaenians. Bull. US Natl. Mus. 297: 293 pp.
• Köhler, G. 2003: Reptiles of Central America. Herpeton Verlag, 367 pp. [review in Copeia, 2004: 429]
• IUCN link: Anolis altae Dunn, 1930 (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

English: High Anole