Anolis tequendama

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Iguania

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Lacertilia Infraordo: Iguania

Familia: Dactyloidae
Subfamilia: Anolinae
Genus: Anolis
Species: Anolis tequendama

Name

Anolis tequendama Moreno-Arias, Méndez-Galeano, Beltrán & Vargas-Ramírez, 2023: 179

• Holotype: ICN 4548, adult ♂, collected by Henry Zuñiga and Jane R. Rodríguez in 1981.
• Type locality: “Vereda Sabaneta, San Francisco municipality, Cundinamarca department, Colombia (4.891173°N –74.289925°W, 2850 m)”.

References

Primary references

• Moreno-Arias, R.A., Méndez-Galeano, M.A., Beltrán, I. & Vargas-Ramírez, M. 2023. Revealing anole diversity in the highlands of the Northern Andes: New and resurrected species of the Anolis heterodermus species group. Vertebrate Zoology 73: 161–188. DOI: 10.3897/vz.73.e94265 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Anolis tequendama. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 4 July 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Tequendama Anole