The Amazon Green Anole, Anolis punctatus Daudin 1802 (Squamata: Dactyloidae): A new geographic and elevational record in Bolivia

Abstract

At 2200 h on 15 January 2022, while conducting diurnal and nocturnal standard visual encounter surveys (Crump and Scott 1994) in a mature secondary forest and abandoned fallow crop, we encountered an adult male Anolis punctatus (76 mm SVL) on a leaf of a Tree Begonia (Begonia cf. parviflora) 1.90 m above the ground (Fig. 1) in an abandoned fallow crop near Yanamayu, Carrasco National Park, Cochabamba, Bolivia (1723'13.14"S, 6515'23.30"W; 1,005 m asl; Fig. 2) in the Yungas Boliviano-Peruanos ecoregion (Ibisch and Merida 2003). We collected the anole under permit MMAYANMABCCGDF/DGBAP/MEG N 0053/2019, extracted and preserved muscle tissue in 96% ethanol, and deposited the specimen in the Museo de Historia Natural Alcide d'Orbigny (MHNC-R 3200).