BREVIORA leseiiiini of Comtipsirative Zoology Cambridge, Mass. 10 August, 1970 Number 353 Anolis iacare Boulenger, a "solitcry" anole from the Andes of Venezuela Ernest E. Williams,^ Osvaldo A. Reig,!^-Pablo Kiblisky,-and Carlos Rivero-Blanco'^ Abstract. Anolis jacare Boulenger is the sole member of its genus in the Andes of Merida in Venezuela. In external morphology, size, and to some extent in behavior, it resembles its congeners on the one anole islands of the Lesser Antilles. The karyotype of A. jacare. however, demonstrates that it is not closely related to either of the two Lesser Antillean stocks which it resembles and these we know not to be closely related to each other. The similarity of A. jacare to the two Lesser Antillean stocks and of these to each other seems to be due to selection for a similar ecological type. In 1903 Boulenger described Anolis jacare from several speci-mens in a collection made by S. Briceno at Merida, Venezuela, at an elevation of 1 600 meters. As all too frequently happens in Boulenger's work, the description was altogether without com-parison or note on relationship. Since its description additional specimens have been taken, all in the Venezuelan Andes, but there has been little discussion of the species. There has never been any question of its validity. 1 Museum of Comparative Zoology. Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 02138 2 Institute de Zoologia Tropical, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Aptdo. 59058. Caracas. Venezuela ■= Jardin Zoologico "El Pinar." Cota 905, Caracas, Venezuela
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