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ID Grass anole
Hi anoles enthusiast! It’s a recurrent problem in pet shop, the identification of the animals which are less common. In France a pet shop announce “Anolis hendersoni” for this anole? I need your opinion, in my mind it’s an Anolis … Continue reading
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Orange Anolis in South Florida
New minor color variants appear every once in a while, but it’s always interesting to find something completely different. This, to the best of my knowledge, is something completely different. I’ve found a few of these guys running around, and … Continue reading
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Odd Behavior in Captive Anoles – Notes from an Anolis cybotes breeding project
This summer I have been breeding several populations of cybotoids to assess egg stage at laying in this environmentally-varied clade of anoles. The cybotoids are trunk-ground anoles from Hispaniola, which includes Anolis cybotes and related species. Captive animals often exhibit … Continue reading
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Non-native Anoles on Canouan in the Grenadines
Any reason to think these anoles, which arrived on Canouan in a container, presumably from Florida, are anything other than Anolis carolinensis?
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The ‘ii’s Have It: The Correct Scientific Name for Ricord’s Giant Anole
If I had a nickel for each time I’ve been asked whether the correct spelling of the scientific name for Ricord’s Giant Anole is Anolis ricordii with two ‘i’s or Anolis ricordi with one ‘i,’ I’d have at least 15 … Continue reading
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Anole Annals Challenge: Create a New Dewlap Collage
Over the years, many talks on anole dewlaps have featured an image from Nicholson et al.’s 2007 paper from PLoS One on anole dewlap evolution (I saw this image at least once at JMIH this year). Now that its been … Continue reading
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A Primer on Filming Anole Behavior – Part 1(b)
Back in my first post on this topic, I described some of the equipment I use to film anole behavior. I ended with a promise of a second entry replete with example videos to outline specific techniques I use to … Continue reading
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Vitamin A for Anolis and Chamaeleolis
Does anyone out there have good info or maybe a paper or two about the vitamin A requirement for Anolis lizards? We are having minor eye issues in our collection from time to time and when given vitamin A supplements, … Continue reading
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Light up my life
Have you ever tried to collect elusive twig anoles? What about small juveniles living in the leaf litter or dense foliage? If you are interested in these or many other hard to find species you have almost undoubtedly gone searching … Continue reading
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The Best Poles for Anole Noosing
An avid AA reader writes: “Since you’re always on the cutting edge of everything, are Cabela’s Panfish Poles still your favorite noosing implement, or has something better shown up on the market?” Indeed, this reporter is still a fan of said … Continue reading
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What Does “Anoline” Mean?
I was recently reading a paper in which the phrase “anoline lizards” was frequently used, and it got me thinking: Just what does “anoline” mean? Is it synonymous with “anole”? And is it correct usage? Needless to say, the word … Continue reading
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Name That Anole (x2)!
I’ve enjoyed this type of post and figured I would contribute myself. On a trip to Costa Rica in early 2010, I had the pleasure of wandering around catching all the anoles I could see. Although most of my photos … Continue reading
Name That Anole!
I recently received an email from UC Davis undergraduate and lizard enthusiast, Kirk Sato. On a recent trip to Belize, Kirk snapped a great photograph of this anole and he wants to know what species it is. What are your … Continue reading
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Information Requested on Anolis aequatorialis
José Ernesto Pérez Villota, a Colombian student, is looking for information on the population structure of A. aequatorialis, or of any other Colombian anole. He is particularly interested if some populations have sex ratios deviating from 1:1. If you have … Continue reading
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ID the Anole
This photograph was taken by a colleague visiting some of Belize’s offshore islands. I’m pretty sure I recognize this species from my time in mainland Belize, but I thought I’d open it up to the community for additional opinions. What … Continue reading
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Information Sought on Anole Playing Dead Behavior
My name is John Phillips. I am an undergraduate in Kirsten Nicholson’s lab at Central Michigan. Kirsten and I were discussing some interesting behavior I observed by A. laeviventris and A. cupreus during our Nicaragua trip last summer. Multiple individuals upon capture appeared to … Continue reading
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Ecuadorian Anole Advice Needed
My name is Frederik Sachser and I am studying Biology at the Heinrich-Heine-University of Düsseldorf, Germany and at the moment I am about to start writing my Bachelor thesis. I want to study the influences of the eyespots of Caligo … Continue reading
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