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Anolis carolinensis or green anole (US: / ə ˈ n oʊ. l i / ⓘ) (among other names below) is a tree-dwelling species of anole lizard native to the southeastern United States and introduced to islands in the Pacific and Caribbean.
The Anolis carolinensis series is a proposed clade or subgroup of closely related mid-sized trunk crown anoles (US: / ə ˈ n oʊ. l i z / ⓘ) within the genus Anolis. It was created by Nicholson et al . in 2012 and defined as containing 13 species, a few examples are listed below.
Anolis carolinensis Voigt, 1832 – green anole, North American green anole, Carolina anole Anolis carpenteri A.A. Echelle , A.F. Echelle & Fitch , 1971 – Carpenter's anole Anolis casildae Arosemena , Ibáñez & De Sousa , 1991 – Casilda's anole
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 remain.
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Langerhans, Knouft & Losos call the set of Anolis lizard ecomorphs of the Greater Antilles "a classic example of convergent evolution." [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Jonathan Losos defined six Anolis ecomorphs according to the predominant microhabitat (e.g. grasses, open ground, different parts of trees) of the respective Anolis : crown giant, trunk-crown, trunk ...
The brown anole belongs to the family and genus, Datyloidae and Anolis, respectively. [26] The most closely related species to Anolis sagrei is Anolis nelsoni, also called Nelson's anole. [26] [27] The brown anole has a shorter snout length than the green anole. [16] The green anole, or Anolis carolinensis, is green or light brown patterned. [16]