The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, MéxicoDuellman, William Edward
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The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, México
Duellman, William Edward
Amphibians -- Mexico -- Michoacán de Ocampo; Reptiles -- Mexico -- Michoacán de Ocampo
Acahuato (3); Agua Cerca; Apatzingán (4); Araparicuaro (3);
29 km. S of Ario de Rosales (3); 20 km. S of Arteaga (2);
Barranca de Bejuco; Cascada Tzararacua (5); Cerro Tancítaro
(13); Cherán; Chupio (5); Coalcomán (10); Cofradía; Dos
Aguas (10); 18 km. E of Dos Aguas (3); El Diezmo; El Sabino
(43); El Ticuiz; Jiquilpan (2); La Orilla; La Placita; La
Playa (3); Los Conejos (2); Los Pozos; Nogueleras (2);
Ostula; 8 km. W of Pátzcuaro (2); 8 km. NE of Pátzcuaro;
Playa Azul (3); Río Cachán; Río Marquez, 10 km. S of
Lombardia; Río Tepalcatepec, 27 km. S of Apatzingán; San
Juan de Lima (6); San Pedro Naranjestila; Temazcal; Tuxpan
(2); Tzitzio; Uruapan (74); 11 km. N of Uruapan (2); Volcán
Jorullo; 16 km. E of Zacapu (2); 18 km. W of Zamora;
Ziracuaretiro.
Even with the abundance of material the assignment of a specific name to
these anoles is only tentative, for definite determination between
_Anolis nebulosus_ Wiegmann and _A. nebuloides_ Bocourt is uncertain.
Bocourt (1873:75) distinguished _A. nebuloides_ from _A. nebulosus_ by
the following characters: (1) head scales keeled, not smooth; (2) snout
narrower; (3) ear opening larger; (4) supraorbital semicircles separated
by a row of small scales and not in contact; (5) dorsal scales larger
and subequal in size to the belly scales. Boulenger (1885:77) used the
same characters; Smith and Taylor (1950b:58) in their key to the Mexican
species of _Anolis_ stated that the dorsal scales are slightly smaller
than the ventrals in _A. nebulosus_ and markedly smaller in _A.
nebuloides_. Smith (_in litt._) stated that the characters of the
relative sizes of the dorsal and ventral scales were incorrect in that
key.
The application of the above criteria to specimens from Michoacán has
not resulted in the recognition of two species. The majority of the
specimens have the supraorbital semicircles separated by at least one
small scale; the head scales, with the exception of those on the snout
in a few individuals, are smooth; the dorsal scales are only slightly
smaller than the ventrals. In other characters of scutellation the
specimens are highly variable. The males in life have an orange throat
fan. Anoles of this kind have been found in Michoacán, Colima, Jalisco,
Nayarit, and southern Sinaloa. Near Oaxaca, Oaxaca, specimens were
collected that superficially resemble those from Michoacán and farther
north. These have low keels on the snout scales, dorsals somewhat larger
than the ventrals, and a pink throat fan. In ten males from Oaxaca the
size of the dorsal scales relative to that of the ventrals is 1.00:0.83;
the same ratio for 25 males from Michoacán is 1.00:1.08. In both samples
there are specimens in which the dorsal and ventral scales are about
equal in size.
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