{{short description|Species of lizard}} {{Speciesbox | image = | status = EN | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn">{{cite iucn |author=Ibáñez, R. |author2=Jaramillo, C. |author3=Köhler, G. |year=2020 |title=''Anolis gruuo'' |volume=2020 |article-number=e.T203092A2760210 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T203092A2760210.en |language=en |access-date= 29 March 2021}}</ref> | genus = Anolis | species = gruuo | authority = Köhler, Ponce, Sunyer, & Batista, 2007 | synonyms = | synonyms_ref = }}
'''''Anolis gruuo''''' is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. It is a moderately-sized anole for its genus, growing to a maximum snout–vent length of {{Convert|52|mm|in|abbr=on}}. It has a brownish back and dirty-white underside with brownish speckling. Males have orangish dewlaps with brownish gorgetal scales, while females have smaller dewlaps with whitish gorgetal scales. The anole is endemic to Panama, where it is found disjunctly in the Serranía de Tabasará mountain range of the Ngäbe-Buglé Comarca and in Veraguas Province. It is found in montane rainforests, woodland edges, and cultivated areas with tree cover at elevations of {{Convert|860-1630|m|ft|abbr=on}}. It is classified as being endangered by the IUCN on the basis of its limited range and ongoing deforestation in the Serranía de Tabasará..
== Taxonomy == ''Anolis gruuo'' was formally described in 2007 based on an adult male specimen collected from San Félix River in the Serranía de Tabasará mountain range in Panama. The species is named after the indigenous Ngäbere name for anoles.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Köhler |first=Gunther |last2=Ponce |first2=Marcos |last3=Sunyer |first3=Javier |last4=Batista |first4=Abel |date=2007 |title=Four new species of anoles (Genus ''Anolis'') from the Serranía de Tabasará, West-Central Panama (Squamata: Polychrotidae) |url=http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1655/0018-0831%282007%2963%5B375%3AFNSOAG%5D2.0.CO%3B2 |journal=Herpetologica |language=en |volume=63 |issue=3 |pages=375–391 |doi=10.1655/0018-0831(2007)63[375:FNSOAG]2.0.CO;2 |issn=0018-0831}}</ref> The anole is part of the ''A. auratus'' species group. The large genus ''Anolis'' is sometimes split into multiple smaller genera, in which case ''A. gruuo'' is placed in the genus ''Norops''.<ref name="NRDB">{{NRDB species|genus=Anolis|species=gruuo}}</ref>
== Description == ''Anolis gruuo'' is a moderately-sized anole for its genus, growing to a maximum snout–vent length of {{Convert|52|mm|in|abbr=on}}. Males have orangish dewlaps with grayish-brown gorgetal scales. Females have smaller dewlaps with whitish gorgetal scales. The back is brownish, while the underside of the body is dirty-white with brownish speckling. Tails have strongly contrasting gray-and-brown rings. The iris is rufous-brown.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Lotzkat |first=Sebastian |last2=Stadler |first2=Leonhard |last3=Batista |first3=Abel |last4=Hertz |first4=Andreas |last5=Ponce |first5=Marcos |last6=Hamad |first6=Nadim |last7=Köhler |first7=Gunther |date=2012-08-01 |title=Distribution extension for ''Anolis gruuo'' Köhler, Ponce, Sunyer and Batista, 2007 (Reptilia: Squamata: Dactyloidae) in the Comarca Ngöbe-Buglé of western Panama, and first records from Veraguas province |url=https://checklist.pensoft.net/article/18461/ |journal=Check List |volume=8 |issue=4 |pages=620 |doi=10.15560/8.4.620 |issn=1809-127X |doi-access=free}}</ref>
== Distribution and habitat == ''Anolis gruuo'' is endemic to Panama, where it occurs in the Ngäbe-Buglé Comarca and Veraguas Province. It was initially described from the Serranía de Tabasará mountain range, while subsequent surveys have expanded its range both within the range and east to the Santa Fe highlands and La Yeguada Forest Reserve in Veraguas. The species is found at elevations of {{Convert|860-1630|m|ft|abbr=on}}. It inhabits montane rainforests, woodland edges, gardens, and shaded plantations. The species is frequently encountered sleeping on vegetation up to a few meters high.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last=Flores |first=E. E. |last2=Peña |first2=B. |date=2017 |title=Geographic Distribution: ''Anolis gruuo'' |journal=Herpetological Review |volume=48 |issue=2 |pages=388}}</ref>
== Conservation == ''Anolis gruuo'' is classified as being endangered by the IUCN on the basis of its limited range and ongoing deforestation in the Serranía de Tabasará. The species is threatened by the setting of fires to clear land for agriculture. Although it can adjust somewhat to disturbed habitats, it is dependent on forested environments and thus is highly vulnerable to deforestation.<ref name="iucn" /> It occurs in two protected areas, the La Yeguada Forest Reserve and Santa Fe National Park.<ref name=":2" />
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Category:Dactyloidae Category:Endemic fauna of Panama Category:Reptiles of Panama Category:Reptiles described in 2007 Category:Taxa named by Gunther Köhler