Mythic lizard rediscovered: redescription of Anolis laevis Cope 1876 (Squamata: Anolidae) from recent collections in Peru Author Ayala-Varela, Fernando Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Agronomía, Universidad UTE, Av. Mariscal Sucre s / n y Mariana de Jesús, Quito 170147, Ecuador & Fundación Great Leaf, calle de las Azucenas N 47 - 60 y Av. Eloy Alfaro, Quito, Ecuador & Unidad de Investigación, Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INABIO), Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador Author Venegas, Pablo J. Rainforest Partnership, 4005 Guadalupe St., Austin, Texas 78751, USA & Instituto Peruano de Herpetología (IPH), Augusto Salazar Bondy 136, Urb. Higuereta, Surco, Lima, Perú Author García-Ayachi, Luis Alberto Rainforest Partnership, 4005 Guadalupe St., Austin, Texas 78751, USA & Instituto Peruano de Herpetología (IPH), Augusto Salazar Bondy 136, Urb. Higuereta, Surco, Lima, Perú Author Poe, Steven Department of Biology and Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA text Zootaxa 2026 2026-01-29 5752 4 516 530 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5752.4.4 journal article 315011 10.11646/zootaxa.5752.4.4 aa1fa62d-3471-4c18-aeba-56e3bb0d6357 1175-5326 19172365 5DF9EA6C-509B-4381-80DC-245C0108EC67

TABLE 2. Sumary of lepidosis, ratios, measurements (mm), coloration and sexual variation in Anolis laevis; range and sample size (in parentheses) followed by mean and standard deviation are given.

Character	Males	Females	Anolis laevis
Scales between second canthals	5–6 (2) 5.5 ± 0.7	3–5 (2) 4 ± 1.4	3–6 (4) 4.8 ± 1.3
Postrostrals	4 (2) 4 ± 0	3–4 (2) 3.5 ± 0.7	3–4 (4) 3.8 ± 0.5
Scales between supraorbital semicircles	0 (2) 0 ± 0	0 (2) 0 ± 0	0 (4) 0 ± 0
Loreal rows	2–3 (2) 2.5 ± 0.7	2 (2) 2 ± 0	2–3 (4) 2.3 ± 0.5
Scales between interparietal and semicircles	1 (2) 1 ± 0	0 (2) 0 ± 0	0–1 (4) 0.5 ± 0.6
Supralabials to below center of eye	7–9 (2) 8 ± 1.4	7–8 (2) 7.5 ± 0.7	7–9 (4) 7.8 ± 1.0
Postmentals	4 (2) 4 ± 0	4 (2) 4 ± 0	4 (4) 4 ± 0
Lamellae under phalanges II–III of fourth toe	18–19 (2) 18.5 ± 0.7	18 (2) 18 ± 0	18–19 (4) 18.3 ± 0.5
Middorsals in 5% SVL	8–9 (2) 8.5 ± 0.7	7–9 (2) 8 ± 1.4	7–9 (4) 8.3 ± 1.0
Midventrals in 5% SVL	7 (2) 7 ± 0	6 (2) 6 ± 0	6–7 (4) 6.5 ± 0.6
Head length/SVL	0.3 (2) 0.3 ± 0	0.3 (2) 0.3 ± 0	0.3 (4) 0.3 ± 0
Head width/SVL	0.1 (2) 0.1 ± 0	0.1 (2) 0.1 ± 0	0.1 (4) 0.1 ± 0
Head height/SVL	0.1 (2) 0.1 ± 0	0.1 (2) 0.1 ± 0	0.1 (4) 0.1 ± 0
Snout length/SVL	0.2 (2) 0.2 ± 0	0.1 (2) 0.1 ± 0	0.1–0.2 (4) 0.2 ± 0
Interorbital length/SVL	0.1 (2) 0.1 ± 0	0.04–0.1 (2) 0.1 ± 0	0.04–0.1 (4) 0.1 ± 0
Interparietal length/SVL	0.03–0.04 (2) 0.04 ± 0	0.04 (2) 0.04 ± 0	0.03–0.04 (4) 0.04 ± 0
Ear height/SVL	0.02 (2) 0.02 ± 0	0.02 (2) 0.02 ± 0	0.02 (4) 0.02 ± 0
Humerus length/SVL	0.2 (2) 0.2 ± 0	0.1 (2) 0.1 ± 0	0.1–0.2 (4) 0.2 ± 0
Ulna length/SVL	0.1 (2) 0.1 ± 0	0.1 (2) 0.1 ± 0	0.1 (4) 0.1 ± 0
Hand length/SVL	0.1 (2) 0.1 ± 0	0.1 (2) 0.1 ± 0	0.1 (4) 0.1 ± 0
Femur length/SVL	0.2 (2) 0.2 ± 0	0.2 (2) 0.2 ± 0	0.2 (4) 0.2 ± 0
Tibia length/SVL	0.1 (2) 0.1 ± 0	0.1–0.2 (2) 0.2 ± 0	0.1–0.2 (4) 0.1 ± 0
Foot length/SVL	0.2 (2) 0.2 ± 0	0.2 (2) 0.2 ± 0	0.2 (4) 0.2 ± 0
4th toe length/SVL	0.1 (2) 0.1 ± 0	0.1 (2) 0.1 ± 0	0.1 (4) 0.1 ± 0
4th toe width/SVL	0.02 (2) 0.02 ± 0	0.02 (2) 0.02 ± 0	0.02 (4) 0.02 ± 0
Tail length/SVL	1.2–1.3 (2) 1.3 ± 0.1	1.3 (1) 1.3	1.2–1.3 (3) 1.3 ± 0
Snout-vent length	57.4–58.7 (2) 58.1 ± 0.9	58.5–64.4 (2) 61.5 ± 4.2	57.4–64.4 (4) 59.8 ± 3.2
Maximum SVL	59	64	64
Dewlap color	Pinkish white skin with pale blue edge, pinkish white scales	Black skin, white scales