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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]
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.
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
Emerald anole X Anolis stratulus: Barred anole X X X X : Anolis gundlachi: Yellow-chinned anole X Anolis cristatellus: Crested anole X X X X : Anolis desechensis: Desecheo anole X : Anolis cooki: Cook's anole X X : Anolis monensis: Mona anole X X : Anolis pulchellus: Puerto Rican anole X X X X : Anolis krugi: Upland grass anole X
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 .
This is a checklist of American reptiles found in Northern America, based primarily on publications by the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR). [1] [2] [3] It includes all species of Bermuda, Canada, Greenland, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and the United States including recently introduced species such as chameleons, the Nile monitor, and the Burmese python.