Museo de Zoología, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Avenida 12 de Octubre 1076 y Roca, Apartado 17-01-2184, Quito, Ecuador..
Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA. .
Zootaxa. 2021 Jun 24;4991(2):295-317. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4991.2.4.
We describe a new species of Anolis lizard from the Pacific slopes of the Andes of southwestern Ecuador at elevations between 3721,000 m. The new species belongs to the Dactyloa clade and may be distinguished from other Anolis by size, external anatomy, mitochondrial DNA divergence, and dewlap color. Based on phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequence data, we found that the new species is sister to A. fraseri in a clade composed primarily of large Dactyloid species. The new species is known from a protected area in southern Ecuador, Buenaventura Reserve, which suggests that at least some its populations are well protected.
我们描述了一种来自厄瓜多尔西南部安第斯山脉太平洋坡地、海拔在 3721.000 米之间的新的壁虎物种。这个新物种属于 Dactyloa 进化枝，可能通过大小、外部解剖结构、线粒体 DNA 分化和颈垂颜色与其他壁虎物种区分开来。基于线粒体和核 DNA 序列数据的系统发育分析，我们发现这个新物种是主要由大型 Dactyloid 物种组成的一个进化枝中 A. fraseri 的姐妹种。这个新物种已知分布于厄瓜多尔南部的一个保护区——布埃纳文图拉保护区，这表明至少有一些种群受到了很好的保护。
