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Anolis transversalis, the banded tree anole or transverse anole, is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is found in Venezuela , Ecuador , Peru , Colombia , Brazil , and Bolivia .
There are two species of lizard named banded anole: Anolis stratulus, found in Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, and the British Virgin Islands;
Banded tree anole (A. transversalis) Anolis toldo Fong & Garrido, 2000 – gray-banded green anole; Anolis tolimensis (Werner, 1916) Anolis townsendi (Stejneger, 1900) – Townsend's anole, Cocos Island anole; Anolis trachyderma (Cope, 1876) – common forest anole, roughskin anole; Anolis transversalis (Duméril, 1851) – banded tree 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.
The names "saddled anole" and "barred anole" are likely taken from the 1862 description by Edward Drinker Cope, although it is not really true, Cope believed that the lizards were characteristically saddled with brown transverse bars on their back. The name "banded anole" may also refer to that. [3] "St.
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 ...
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]
Anolis fasciatus, the banded anole, is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is found in Ecuador and Colombia. [2] References