In a recent post on the newly described Anolis triumphalis, I stated that the Reptile Database listed 400 anole species. It turns out I was mistaken. Fortunately, Claus Petesen and Peter Uetz have set the record straight in the comments: A. triumphalis makes 396. Four to go! Everyone get out there and find some new ones!
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Peter Uetz
Gunter Köhler and colleagues actually just produced another 2, Norops (A.) alocomyos and Norops (A.) leditzigorum from Costa Rica, which makes 398 anoles, i.e. 2 to go 🙂
http://www.mesoamericanherpetology.com/uploads/3/5/0/0/3500871/kohler_et_al_paper.pdf
Peter Mudde
I might be a bit cynical, but sometimes I can’t get past thinking some species are a result of data-mining.