TABLE 1. Comparison of species similar to Anolis laevis. Mean and range are shown for measurements and counts. CharacterA. laevisA. lososiA. orcesiA. peruensisA. williamsmittermeierorumEar height/head length0.10.10.10.10.1No. scales across snout between second canthals4.8 (3–6)5.1 (4–6)3.8 (3–5)4.3 (4–5)5.3 (5–6, one juvenile with 3)No. loreals13.3 (12–14)9.9 (5–15)7.3 (6–8)18.7 (17–21)15.1 (10–21)Length of dewlap/ SVL males0.3 (0.3–0.4)0.5 (0.4–0.5)0.30.30.4 (0.3–0.4)Length of dewlap/ SVL females0.30.40.3 (0.2–0.3)0.30.3Enlarged middorsal crest scalespresentabsentpresentabsentabsentColor of male dewlap skinpinkish white with pale blue edge, pinkish white rowswhite or creamdull yellow with bluish at base, white rowsyellow, white rowspale tan and distally peach-orange, white rowsColor of female dewlap skinblack solid, white rowsyellow and black blotchesyellow-orange, white rowsblack solid, white rowswhite with border yellow, black blotchesColor of throatcream yellowishblack, edges of mouth yellow-orangeblackgrayblack, edges of mouth yellow-orangeColor of irisbrown or reddish brownalmond brown or orangereddish brownreddish brownbrown

Published as part of Ayala-Varela, Fernando, Venegas, Pablo J., García-Ayachi, Luis Alberto & Poe, Steven, 2026, Mythic lizard rediscovered: redescription of Anolis laevis Cope 1876 (Squamata: Anolidae) from recent collections in Peru, pp. 521 in Zootaxa 5752 (4) on page 521, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5752.4.4, http://zenodo.org/record/19172365