Tag Archives: Anolis sagrei

A Second Front in the Sagrei-Cristatellus Wars: Anolis Sagrei Arrives in Costa Rica

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Jonathan Losos

Anole Annals has previously reported on the ongoing interactions between A. cristatellus and A. sagrei in Miami (for example, here and cool video here), as well as the invasion of Costa Rica by A. cristatellus. Now the plot has thickened. In a 2009 paper … Continue reading →

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A Little Worm “Told” Us …

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Gerrut Norval

Studying the brown anole (Anolis sagrei) in Taiwan has presented me with numerous new opportunities, one of which is an introduction into parasitology. The first parasites I found in A. sagrei in Taiwan were relatively large worm-like parasites that are … Continue reading →

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The Good Life For Green Anoles: Where No Browns Occur

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Jonathan Losos

Brown phase green anole. Photo by Janson Jones at Dust Tracks on the Web (http://dusttracks.com/) At Dust Tracks on the Web, Janson Jones posts some interesting observations on green anoles (A. carolinensis) in northern Florida and southern Georgia, where the brown … Continue reading →

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Orange sagrei

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Sean Giery

I saw the recent posts about orange/red sagrei and I thought I might contribute another observation of orange-colored brown anoles.  A few years ago while assisting another grad student with his dissertation work I spotted a few orange-colored brown anoles … Continue reading →

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Carolinensis – Sagrei Hanky Panky

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Jonathan Losos

Those rascals! I’ve heard reports of this before, but never seen a photo. I wonder if it’s always a male green anole, or whether both ways occur. In any case, it would be shocking if such liaisons led to the … Continue reading →

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Anole Research Cleans Up on Awards at JMIH

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Rich Glor

Two posters on anole evolution presented at JMIH last weekend were honored with SSAR poster awards.  Anthony Geneva, a PhD student at the University of Rochester took home the prize in the Evolution, Genetics, & Systematics category for his poster … Continue reading →

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JMIH 2011: More Anole Posters

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Rich Glor

The Sunday night poster session at JMIH 2011 had a few more anole offerings.  Melissa Moody from Iowa State reported on a laboratory experiment on the developmental and fitness consequences of varying Anolis sagrei egg incubation temperature and humidity.  Anolis … Continue reading →

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Anoles of the Florida Keys

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Jonathan Losos

Janson Jones is at it again. Having just driven about as cross-continent as you can get, from Alaska to the Florida Keys, he is now waxing eloquent on the lizards of that delightful island string. Today’s post is about introduced … Continue reading →

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Sagrei – Cristatellus Interactions in Miami

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Jonathan Losos

In his spare time, photographer and  film-maker extraordinaire Neil Losin doubles as a graduate student studying the ecological interactions between introduced trunk-ground anoles A. sagrei and A. cristatellus in Miami. He’s just begun his third field season, and you can … Continue reading →

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Evolution Meeting 2011: Environmental Effects on Offspring Growth and Survival

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Jonathan Losos

American Society of Naturalists’ Young Investigator Award winner Dan Warner presented a marvelous synthesis of studies of how external influences affect phenotype and survival in eggs and offspring of lizards and turtles. Among other things, he has demonstrated that some … Continue reading →

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Return to Staniel Cay

Posted on May 21, 2011 by Jonathan Losos

            Staniel Cay is one of the quaint Caribbean backwaters, populated by yachtsmen, expats, scalawags, locals and…scientists. For more than 30 years, Tom Schoener, David Spiller and associates have worked here, producing a series of textbook studies on food web … Continue reading →

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Gear review: the Fish Pen

Posted on May 17, 2011 by cybokat

“Are you sure you don’t want to take a lizard pole?” – “No way, we’re on vacation, not field work”. But once arrived on the lovely Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico I just couldn’t get any of the anoles perching on … Continue reading →

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Introduced Herps of the Caribbean

Posted on May 14, 2011 by Jonathan Losos

 A new, two-volume set on the conservation of Caribbean herps has just been published. More on that in a minute, but let’s cut to the important stuff. There’s a great summary of the record of anole introductions (discussed previously a … Continue reading →

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Not All Lizards Attended That Lesson

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Gerrut Norval

The Lizard Keeper’s Handbook. p 101 In his book, The Lizard Keeper’s Handbook (1997. Advanced Vivarium Stystems, Inc.), Philippe de Vosjoli explains at length how to select prey items of appropriate sizes to feed to pet lizards. I agree 100% … Continue reading →

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Great Tales of Florida Anoles

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Jonathan Losos

In a recent post, AA mentioned Janson Jones’ (Dust Tracks on the Web) report on catching a magnificent knight anole. Turns out that Jones is not only a kindred spirit, but a keen observer and an excellent photographer. Over the … Continue reading →

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Anoles Respond to Robotic Lizards

Posted on April 17, 2011 by Jonathan Losos

Photo from Partan et al. (2011) For about a decade now, several researchers have used remarkably realistic looking robotic lizards to study lizard behavior. A pioneer in this approach—especially with regard to studying anoles—is Terry Ord, now at the University … Continue reading →

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Nature’s Lunch Box

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Jonathan Losos

In the West Indies and southeastern U.S., the enormous population size of anole species makes them an important component of the ecosystem.  In the rainforest of Puerto Rico, for example, the three most common anole species consume an estimated 450,000 … Continue reading →

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NOLA ANOLE

Posted on January 30, 2011 by Gregory C. Mayer

During a visit to New Orleans last month , I came across this little fellow. He was about 2 feet up on some broad-leaved plants planted around a tree in Washington Park, at the corner of Frenchmen and Royal Streets … Continue reading →

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