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Close up of a Puerto Rican Crested Anole. Compared to many other anoles, it is a stocky, muscular and aggressive, [13] although it is a small (compared to Central American anoles) [14] to moderately-sized species (compared to insular Caribbean anoles). Measurements in 2015 found the animals to have a snout-vent length (SVL) which can reach to ...
Anolis cristatellus cristatellus A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837 – Puerto Rican crested anole; Anolis cristatellus wileyae Grant, 1931 Large-headed anole (A. cybotes) in a garden in Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic; Anolis cristifer H.M. Smith, 1968 – crested lichen anole, Cristifer anole; Anolis cryptolimifrons G. Köhler & Sunyer, 2008
Anoles will eat pest insects, like this crested anole with a cockroach. Anoles are model organisms often studied in fields such as ecology, behavior, physiology and evolution. [3] [7] [17] The Carolina (or green) anole is the most-studied anole species, with the earliest dedicated studies being more than 100 years old, from the late 1800s. [97]
Cuban brown anole: Cuba, Little Cayman and the Bahamas, Introduced to Florida, Texas, Costa Rica, Hawaii, Jamaica, Singapore, St. Maarten, Barbados,Grenada and the Grenadines, Aruba and Taiwan Anolis cybotes: Large-headed anole: The Hispaniolan island bank, introduced to Florida and Suriname Anolis cristatellus: Puerto Rican crested anole
This species of anole is a small lizard (or moderately-sized for an anole), adults measuring 40 to 44 mm (1.6 to 1.7 in) from snout to vent in males, [6] [19] in females to 46 mm (1.8 in). [ 19 ] The male does not have a dorsal crest or tail fin which is common in many of the anole lizards of Puerto Rico.
Anolis garmani, also known commonly as the Jamaican giant anole, the Jamaican anole, and the Jamaica giant anole, is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is endemic to Jamaica , but has been introduced to Florida .
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]
Anolis poncensis (commonly known as Ponce small-fanned anole, Ponce anole and dryland grass anole; [4]) is a species of lizard of the family of Dactyloidae. [5] The species is endemic to Puerto Rico. [6] It was first identified in Ponce, in the hills three miles east [a] of the city. [7]