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Baoruco Long-snouted Anole

Baoruco Long-Snouted Anole

Description: Scientific name: Anolis bahorucoensis     Life span: Unknown  The Baoruco long-snouted anole, sometimes known as the Bahoruco long-snouted anole, is a species of lizard in the Dactyloidae family. Size is diminutive (SVL for males is 51 mm, for females is 44 mm); habits are attenuated; 4 to 8 rows of loreals, 0 to […]

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Green-blotched-Giant Anole

Green-Blotched Giant Anole

Description: Scientific name: Anolis smallwoodi     Life span: 8-12 years The green-blotched giant anole, also known as the Smallwood’s anole, is a type of lizard that belongs to the Dactyloidae family. The coloring of the Smallwood’s anole varies regionally. They can have blue specks and are normally deep green in color. Native Region/Habitat Both

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neotropical green anole

Neotropical Green Anole

Description: Scientific name: Anolis biporcatus or   Anolis parvauritus  Life span: 3-5 years It’s frequently challenging to distinguish between different anole species because there are more than two dozen of them in Costa Rica alone. Thankfully, there is only one species of vivid green plant. This one was concealed by flowing palm leaves on the

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Pinar-Del Rio cliff Anole

Pinar Del Rio Cliff Anole

Description: Scientific name: Anolis bartschi     Life span: Not known Anolis bartschi is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae, popularly known as the Pinar Del Rio cliff anole, western cliff anole, and west Cuban anole. Adult males of the medium-sized anole A. bartschi typically measure 7.5 cm (3 in) from snout to

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Jamaican-Anole

Jamaican Anole

Description: Scientific name: Anolis garmani    Life span: 8–12 years The Jamaican giant anole, Anolis garmani, is a species of anole, a lizard in the family Dactyloidae. It is often referred to as the Jamaican anole or the Jamaica large anole. The Jamaican giant anole, with adult males having a snout-vent length (SVL) of 10-13.1

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Blue Beauty Anole

Blue Beauty Anole

Description: Scientific name: Anolis equestris potior     Life span: 4+ years While under pressure or experiencing “emotion,” it would turn a stunning shade of blue, just like other anole species do when they go through a dark phase. Long and wedge-shaped, the snout. The upper edge of the tail’s tail is serrated and slightly

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Dominica-Anole

Dominica Anole

Description: Scientific name: Anolis oculatus    Life span: Unknown The Dominican anole is a medium-sized anole. Females are smaller in all populations. Mature males have an extended, conspicuous throat fan that is frequently brilliant yellow or orange, as well as a tail crest. In females, the throat fan is only little and less vividly colored.

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Barbados-Anole

Barbados Anole

Description: Scientific name: Anolis extremus    Life span: 2 years A. extremus is a medium-sized snout-vent anole (Anolis lizard) (body excluding tail). Males have heads that range in color from a light blue-gray to a pale lavender. Their bellies are golden, while their dorsal surfaces are deep green with dark markings and occasionally white patches.

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Bark Anole lizard

Bark Anole

Description: Scientific name: Anolis distichus  Life span: Up to 5 years The medium-sized bark anole, Anolis distichus, can range in body color from gray to brown to green, depending on the population. With yellow banding on their tails, they have a brown-gray mottled skin that gives them their name and allows them to blend in

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Red-Chili Pepper Anoles

Red Chili Pepper Anole

Description: Scientific name: Anolis sagrei     Life span: 5-8 years The backgrounds of Anolis sagrei commonly range from light gray to brown or even black. They frequently have irregular dots, chevrons, patches, and lines of light hue. They have a large dewlap, often known as a neck fan, that can range in hue from yellow to

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