. Bonner zoologische Beiträge : Herausgeber: Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn. Biology; Zoology. 31 (1980) Heft 3-4 Notes on Anolis notopholis 321 Following the taxonomic key developed by Peters & Donoso-Barros (1970: 45, 46) leads either to A. macrolepis or to A. notopholis. A. macrolepis, how- ever, may readily be distinguished by its different scalation (interparietal very large, dorsals with feeble keels, supraorbital semicircles in contact with the interparietal) and a slightly different colour pattern. Little, if anything, is known on the ecology of t
. Bonner zoologische Beiträge : Herausgeber: Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn. Biology; Zoology. 31 (1980) Heft 3-4 Notes on Anolis notopholis 321 Following the taxonomic key developed by Peters & Donoso-Barros (1970: 45, 46) leads either to A. macrolepis or to A. notopholis. A. macrolepis, how- ever, may readily be distinguished by its different scalation (interparietal very large, dorsals with feeble keels, supraorbital semicircles in contact with the interparietal) and a slightly different colour pattern. Little, if anything, is known on the ecology of this species. Narrow toe pads are characteristic of some anoles that are not arboreal but are grass or ground dwellers. A low lamellae number tends to indicate species which spend most of their lives on or slightly above the ground. But, as Williams (1975:3) indicates for both A. mirus and , which belong to the larger sized anoles, these species have the first phalanx of each digit remarkably enlarged and strengthened thus implying active climbing by the use of claws, becoming independent of toe pads. A. notopholis seems, by what is known, to be a low-vegetation specialist, keeping to herbaceous cover. Its small size and colour coupled with a mod- erate number of lamellae make it appear admirably adapted to the habitat colonised. Further collecting and observation of the species in the field is necessary to gain a more complete understanding of the anoles of the Pa- cific Fig. 1: Anolis notopholis, adult d\ snout-vent length mm, tail length 107 mm (H. Unte phot.).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig. Bonn : Das Forschungsinstitut
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