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- Norops abstract "Norops is the proposed generic name for 150 lizard species traditionally classified in the genus Anolis (family, Iguanidae). Guyer and Savage (1986) applied this name to a group that Etheridge (1959) designated the \"beta anoles\" on the basis of skeletal characters that distinguished them from all other anole species (i.e., \"the alpha anoles\"). Although Norops is clearly a distinct, monophyletic group, it renders the \"alpha anoles\" paraphyletic. Guyer and Savage's proposed remedy for this problem involved the designation of four additional genera within the \"alpha anoles\". However, three of these genera are not supported as monophyletic by recent phylogenetic studies (Jackman et al. 1998, Poe 2004, Nicholson et al. 2005). As a result, recognition of Norops as a genus is premature and likely to confound efforts to study and conserve anoles. This position is stated explicitly in recent phylogenetic studies:\"Four of the Guyer and Savage genera have been shown to be paraphyletic (Poe, 1998; Jackman et al., 1999), and recognition of their remaining genus Norops would necessitate an entirely new Anolis taxonomy. Thus, their generic-level taxonomy is not followed here.\" -- Poe 2004, p. 38\"The problem with recognizing Norops as a genus is that it necessarily renders Anolis (sensu lato) paraphyletic. Thus recognizing Norops as a genus is inappropriate...\" -- Nicholson 2002In spite of these recommendations, Norops remains widely accepted by workers in mainland Central and South America. However, it is universally rejected by West Indian workers. These differences may be due to the fact the mainland fauna is dominated by only two deeply divergent clades (Norops and Dactyloa in Guyer and Savage's terminology), whereas the West Indian radiation is much more taxomically diverse, and relationships less certain. As a result, some members of Savage and Guyer's Anolis on Cuba are actually more closely related to Cuban species placed in Norops than they are to other Anolis, thus reinforcing the earlier point that recognition of Norops is too problematic to warrant its continued recognition.".
- Norops class Reptile.
- Norops family Polychrotidae.
- Norops kingdom Animal.
- Norops order Iguania.
- Norops order Lizard.
- Norops order Squamata.
- Norops phylum Chordate.
- Norops phylum Vertebrate.
- Norops thumbnail Anolis_polylepis,_Costa_Rica.JPG?width=300.
- Norops wikiPageExternalLink 11151.php.
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- Norops wikiPageLength "7540".
- Norops wikiPageOutDegree "171".
- Norops wikiPageRevisionID "691651195".
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Animal.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Anolis.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Anolis_grahami.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Brown_anole.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Carpenters_anole.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Category:Anoles.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Chordate.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Costa_Rica.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Dewlap.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Genus.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Iguania.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Johann_Georg_Wagler.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Lizard.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Many-scaled_anole.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Monophyly.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_(clade).
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_ahli.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_allogus.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_altae.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_alvarezdeltoroi.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_amplisquamosus.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_anisolepis.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_annectens.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_antonii.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_aquaticus.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_auratus.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_baccatus.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_barkeri.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_bicaorum.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_biporcatus.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_birama.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_bitectus.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_bocourtii.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_bombiceps.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_bouvierii.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_breedlovei.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_bremeri.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_capito.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_cobanensis.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_compressicauda.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_concolor.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_confusus.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_conspersus.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_crassulus.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_cumingii.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_cupreus.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_cuprinus.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_cusuco.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_cymbops.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_damulus.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_delafuentei.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_dollfusianus.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_duellmani.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_dunni.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_exsul.
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- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_fungosus.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_fuscoauratus.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_gadovii.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_garmani.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_gibbiceps.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_gracilipes.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_granuliceps.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_guafe.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_guazuma.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_haguei.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_hobartsmithi.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_homolechis.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_humilis.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_ibague.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_imias.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_intermedius.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_isthmicus.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_johnmeyeri.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_jubar.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_kemptoni.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_kreutzi.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_laeviventris.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_lemniscatus.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_lemurinus.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_limifrons.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_lineatopus.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_lineatus.
- Norops wikiPageWikiLink Norops_liogaster.