Systematics of Ecuadorian anoles: Anolis bitectus Cope, 1864 and A. lemniscatus Boulenger, 1898, two junior synonyms of A. binotatus Peters, 1863 (Reptilia: Squamata: Anolidae) Author Ayala-Varela, Fernando 0000-0003-0199-7554 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. vpossesar@gmail.com Author Poe, Steven 0000-0002-7020-4741 Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, 219 Yale Boulevard NE, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA. anolis@unm.ed Author Posse-Sarmiento, Valentina 0000-0003-0199-7554 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. & Unidad de Investigación, Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad. Rumipamba 341 y Av. de los Shyris. Casilla postal: 17 - 07 - 8976. Quito, Ecuador. & Integrative Biology Laboratory, Universidad Regional Amazónica Ikiam, Tena, Napo, Ecuador. vpossesar@gmail.com Author Fläschendräger, Axel 0009-0006-1189-2851 Botanical Garden, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg. Am Kirchtor 3, D- 06108 Halle / Saale, Germany. axel.flaeschendraeger@t-online.de Author Köhler, Gunther 0000-0002-2563-5331 Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt a. M., Germany. gkoehler@senckenberg.de Author Torres-Carvajal, Omar 0000-0003-0199-7554 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. vpossesar@gmail.com text Zootaxa 2025 2025-06-12 5647 1 27 50 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5647.1.2 journal article 311392 10.11646/zootaxa.5647.1.2 975aae87-c147-4746-84f7-a0757c345592 1175-5326 15819487 38D35714-A3C7-414A-9B15-9E5B2C870E4C

TABLE 5. Sexual variation in meristic characters, ratios, and measurements (mm) in Anolis binotatus. Range and size (in parentheses) followed by mean ± standard deviation are given.

Character	Males	Females
Scales between second canthals	7–13 (47) 9.41 ± 1.28	8–15 (34) 10.00 ± 1.40
Postrostrals	5–7 (47) 5.94 ± 0.71	4–8 (34) 6.50 ± 0.86
Scales between supraorbital semicircles	1–3 (47) 1.24 ± 0.52	1–3 (34) 1.51 ± 0.60
Loreal rows	5–8 (47) 6.55 ± 0.74	6–8 (34) 7.17 ± 0.73
Scales between interparietal and semicircles	1–3 (47) 1.89 ± 0.38	1–4 (34) 1.95 ± 0.75
Supralabials to below center of eye	7–10 (47) 8.49 ± 0.83	7–10 (34) 8.29 ± 0.77
Postmentals	4–7 (47) 5.18 ± 0.87	4–7 (34) 5.30 ± 0.92
Lamellae under phalanges II–III of fourth toe	10–15 (47) 12.97 ± 1.37	11–15 (34) 13.16 ± 1.07
Middorsal rows	7–14 (47) 10.10 ± 1.43	8–12 (34) 10.31 ± 1.26
Middorsals in 5% SVL	5–7 (47) 5.34 ± 0.53	4–6 (34) 4.83 ± 0.44
Midventrals in 5% SVL	3–7 (47) 4.72 ± 0.81	3–5 (34) 4.06 ± 0.45
Head length/SVL	0.22–0.30 (47) 0.26 ± 0.018	0.23–0.29 (34) 0.26 ± 0.013
Head width/SVL	0.12–0.16 (47) 0.14 ± 0.007	0.13–0.15 (34) 0.14 ± 0.006
Head height/SVL	0.11–0.14 (47) 0.12 ± 0.007	0.10–0.12 (34) 0.11 ± 0.005
Snout length/SVL	0.10–0.13 (47) 0.11 ± 0.007	0.09–0.12 (34) 0.11 ± 0.006
Interorbital length/SVL	0.03–0.05 (47) 0.03 ± 0.004	0.02–0.04 (34) 0.03 ± 0.005
Interparietal length/SVL	0.02–0.05 (47) 0.03 ± 0.005	0.02–0.03 (4) 0.03 ± 0.003
Ear height/SVL	0.01–0.03 (47) 0.02 ± 0.005	0.03–0.04 (34) 0.03 ± 0.005
Humerus length/SVL	0.13–0.22 (47) 0.18 ± 0.019	0.15–0.22 (34) 0.18 ± 0.015
Ulna length/SVL	0.13–0.26 (47) 0.16 ± 0.026	0.11–0.17 (34) 0.14 ± 0.014
Hand length/SVL	0.13–0.19 (47) 0.16 ± 0.013	0.14–0.18 (34) 0.15 ± 0.011
Femur length/SVL	0.27–0.36 (47) 0.32 ± 0.020	0.27–0.35 (34) 0.30 ± 0.017
Tibia length/SVL	0.24–0.31 (47) 0.28 ± 0.016	0.23–0.29 (34) 0.26 ± 0.015
Foot length/SVL	0.29–0.41 (47) 0.35 ± 0.024	0.31–0.38 (34) 0.34 ± 0.015
4th toe length/SVL	0.17–0.28 (47) 0.21 ± 0.023	0.17–0.33 (34) 0.21 ± 0.025
4th toe width/SVL	0.01–0.02 (47) 0.01 ± 0.003	0.01–0.02 (34) 0.01 ± 0.002
Snout-vent length	45.0–54.1 (47) 48.57 ± 2.40	45.3–55.2 (34) 49.65 ± 2.62
Dewlap color	Solid orange skin; scales white	Absent dewlap
Maximum SVL	54	55