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A well-camouflaged aquarit anole An aquatic anole in Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica. Anolis aquaticus, commonly known as the water anole, is a semi-aquatic species of anole, a lizard in the family Dactyloidae, native to southwestern Costa Rica and far southwestern Panama. [2]
Other names include the Carolina anole, Carolina green anole, American anole, American green anole, North American green anole and red-throated anole. It is commonly called chameleon in the southeastern United States and sometimes referred to as the American chameleon (typically in the pet trade) due to its color-changing ability; however, it ...
[53] [54] [55] Semi-aquatic anoles tend to have relatively tall, vertically flattened tails that aid in swimming, [56] and their skin has certain microstructures that make it hydrophobic, resulting in a thin film of air on the skin surface when submerged and preventing water from staying on when exiting the water. [57] Underneath an anole's ...
Anolis evermanni, also known commonly as the emerald anole, Evermann's anole, and the small green anole, is a species of lizard included within the family Dactyloidae. [2] [3] A. evermanni is native to Puerto Rico, where it is mainly found in wet forests. A. evermanni is a medium-sized lizard and bright emerald-green in color.
Anolis is a genus of anoles (US: / ə ˈ n oʊ. l i z / ⓘ), iguanian lizards in the family Dactyloidae, native to the Americas. With more than 425 species, [ 1 ] it represents the world's most species-rich amniote tetrapod genus, although many of these have been proposed to be moved to other genera, in which case only about 45 Anolis species ...
Anolis callainus Köhler & Hedges, 2020 – Dominican green anole, Northern Hispaniolan green anole, Hispaniolan green anole; Anolis campbelli (G. Köhler & E.N. Smith), 2008; Anolis capito W. Peters, 1863 – bighead anole; Anolis caquetae E. Williams, 1974 – Caqueta anole; Anolis carlliebi G. Köhler et al., 2014 – Carl Lieb's anole
As suggested by its common names, the neotropical green or giant green anole is mostly green in color and relatively large, among the largest anoles in the mainland of the Americas. Males have a snout–vent length of about 7.0–10.3 cm (2.8–4.1 in) and the females, which grow slightly larger, about 7.0–10.8 cm (2.8–4.3 in).
Anolis smaragdinus, also known commonly as the Bahamian green anole, is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. [2] The species is native to the Bahamas . There are two recognized subspecies .