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Short Notes Application of anole lizard generic names proposed by Wagler, 1830 and Fitzinger, 1843 Jay M. Savage 1 , Craig Guyer 2 1 Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92182-4614, USA 2 Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 36849, USA Recent publications restrict the limits of the lizard family Polychrotidae to Polychrus and Anolis (sensu lato) (Frost et al., 2001) and provide additional support for the partition of Anolis (Jackman et al., 1999), although not exactly along the lines proposed by us (Guyer and Savage, 1986, 1992; Savage and Guyer, 1989, 1991). Most workers have followed our lead in utilizing the generic name Norops Wagler, 1830 (type species by monotypy Anolis auratus Daudin, 1802) for the beta section of Anolis Daudin, 1802 sensu Etheridge (1959) and Williams (1976a). However, a nomenclatural problem exists regarding the precedence of Norops over one available name proposed by Wagler (1830). As we attempted to resolve this issue it became apparent that similar questions of precedence are involved in the anole generic names proposed by Fitzinger (1843). The present paper aims to clarify these nomenclatural matters in the interest of stability. Wagler (1830) proposed three generic names
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Published: Jan 1, 2004
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