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 1. Comparison of species similar to Anolis laevis. Mean and range are shown for measurements and counts.

Character	A. laevis	A. lososi	A. orcesi	A. peruensis	A. williamsmittermeierorum
Ear height/head length	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
No. scales across snout between second canthals	4.8 (3–6)	5.1 (4–6)	3.8 (3–5)	4.3 (4–5)	5.3 (5–6, one juvenile with 3)
No. loreals	13.3 (12–14)	9.9 (5–15)	7.3 (6–8)	18.7 (17–21)	15.1 (10–21)
Length of dewlap/ SVL males	0.3 (0.3–0.4)	0.5 (0.4–0.5)	0.3	0.3	0.4 (0.3–0.4)
Length of dewlap/ SVL females	0.3	0.4	0.3 (0.2–0.3)	0.3	0.3
Enlarged middorsal crest scales	present	absent	present	absent	absent
Color of male dewlap skin	pinkish white with pale blue edge, pinkish white rows	white or cream	dull yellow with bluish at base, white rows	yellow, white rows	pale tan and distally peach-orange, white rows
Color of female dewlap skin	black solid, white rows	yellow and black blotches	yellow-orange, white rows	black solid, white rows	white with border yellow, black blotches
Color of throat	cream yellowish	black, edges of mouth yellow-orange	black	gray	black, edges of mouth yellow-orange
Color of iris	brown or reddish brown	almond brown or orange	reddish brown	reddish brown	brown