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The Alluring Anoles of Alto Velo Although I have not been a prolific poster on AA, I have enjoyed contributing articles about the obscure and rarely seen anoles of the Greater Antilles and Lucayan archipelagos, such as Anolis ernestwilliamsi, Anolis fairchildi (1,2,3), and Anolis scripts (1,2,3,4,5). Here is another post in that series, focused on…

The Alluring Anoles of Alto Velo

Although I have not been a prolific poster on AA, I have enjoyed contributing articles about the obscure and rarely seen anoles of the Greater Antilles and Lucayan archipelagos, such as Anolis ernestwilliamsi, Anolis fairchildi (1,2,3), and Anolis scripts…

19.07.2025 15:10 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Non-native Herps Still Increasing in the Most Heavily Invaded Herp Community in the World. There truly is never a dull moment in South Florida, especially for those of us who love herps. South Florida is a herper’s paradise with at least 63 exotic herps recorded in the state in addition to some unique and endemic native species. In fact, South Florida is the global hotspot for non-native herps, and the world’s most invaded continental ecoregion…

Non-native Herps Still Increasing in the Most Heavily Invaded Herp Community in the World.

There truly is never a dull moment in South Florida, especially for those of us who love herps. South Florida is a herper’s paradise with at least 63 exotic herps recorded in the state in addition to some…

06.07.2025 10:38 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

How I built a 6 foot long stainless steel anole lizard sculpture: the Movie Read about Steve Nielsen, the artist, here.

How I built a 6 foot long stainless steel anole lizard sculpture: the Movie

Read about Steve Nielsen, the artist, here.

03.06.2025 10:57 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Dewlap Drama in the Slender Anole: a Tale of Two Throats Color us intrigued! In the world of Anolis lizards, the dewlap—a colorful throat fan used for communication—is one of the most iconic features. It’s been flaunted, flashed, and filmed in countless studies of behavior and adaptive radiation. But for all the attention it gets, we still know surprisingly little about how this flashy ornament is inherited at the genetic level.

Dewlap Drama in the Slender Anole: a Tale of Two Throats

Color us intrigued! In the world of Anolis lizards, the dewlap—a colorful throat fan used for communication—is one of the most iconic features. It’s been flaunted, flashed, and filmed in countless studies of behavior and adaptive radiation.…

01.06.2025 16:40 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

A Three-Legged Lizard Mystery Anole Annals has featured a series of posts on three-legged lizards over the years (e.g., here and here). Now we need help. Some time around 2017, April Brown contributed a photo of a brown anole missing both of its forelegs. The photo was taken in Winter Park, FL. We'd like to contact April, but can't locate her. Can anyone solve the mystery?

A Three-Legged Lizard Mystery

Anole Annals has featured a series of posts on three-legged lizards over the years (e.g., here and here). Now we need help. Some time around 2017, April Brown contributed a photo of a brown anole missing both of its forelegs. The photo was taken in Winter Park, FL.…

25.05.2025 14:52 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Inter-island hostilities A clip of a much longer video: Two anoles, the ubiquitous Jamaican (Graham’s, Anolis grahami), which adorns every wall in Bermuda, and the seldom seen Barbados (A. extremus), just an occasional shadow in the shade, somehow finding themselves on the desirable territory of my bedroom window. They never came to blows, but the latter was definitely the winner, the Jamaican eventually retreating with his tail between his legs (metaphorically) after 8 minutes of posturing. For more on the introduced anoles of Bermuda, see previous AA posts (here and here).

Inter-island hostilities

A clip of a much longer video: Two anoles, the ubiquitous Jamaican (Graham’s, Anolis grahami), which adorns every wall in Bermuda, and the seldom seen Barbados (A. extremus), just an occasional shadow in the shade, somehow finding themselves on the desirable territory of…

20.05.2025 11:09 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Anolis cannibalis I live in Bermuda. Many years ago, my daughter and I witnessed a large male Graham’s anole devour a small female, same species. We were horrified as we had watched these particular individuals so often we’d named them…the male was Pat Rafter as he spent much of his time up by the porch ceiling light catching bugs there; the victim was Porsche, because she was always on the porch wall railing.

Anolis cannibalis

I live in Bermuda. Many years ago, my daughter and I witnessed a large male Graham’s anole devour a small female, same species. We were horrified as we had watched these particular individuals so often we’d named them…the male was Pat Rafter as he spent much of his time up by the…

17.05.2025 21:15 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Understanding Animal Behaviour, a Non-Fiction Graphic Novel I dislike textbooks. I still remember the dismay as an undergraduate student of spending all that money to buy hugely expensive textbooks. And if there was any sense of excitement on cracking the cover of a textbook for a new course, it was soon scuttled by pages and pages of dense, dry text. Now, as an educator, the cost of textbooks is still concerning but it’s their dubious pedagogical value that has led me to ditch them entirely from the courses I teach.

Understanding Animal Behaviour, a Non-Fiction Graphic Novel

I dislike textbooks. I still remember the dismay as an undergraduate student of spending all that money to buy hugely expensive textbooks. And if there was any sense of excitement on cracking the cover of a textbook for a new course, it…

16.05.2025 17:34 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

What is the Proper Scientific Name of a Lizard when the Original Latin Is Incorrect? Peter Mudde writes: I am chairman of Lacerta, the Dutch Herpetological society. I also am a regular contributor to the magazine Lacerta. Lacerta recently made an "Anolis special." We are preparing a printed English version and we have an internal discussion about the matter below. In 1962 the late Skip Lazell, a regular contributor to Anole Annals described…

What is the Proper Scientific Name of a Lizard when the Original Latin Is Incorrect?

Peter Mudde writes: I am chairman of Lacerta, the Dutch Herpetological society. I also am a regular contributor to the magazine Lacerta. Lacerta recently made an "Anolis special." We are preparing a printed…

05.05.2025 10:56 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Anything New on Time Budgets in Anoles? A couple of my REU students from 2008 "rediscovered" their field notes and want to finish what they didn't get done that summer. We were on St. Vincent and their project involved time allotment throughout the day by the anoles (Anolis trinitatis and A. griseus) at their study site on the grounds of the botanical gardens in Kingstown. They had done a solid literature review but now need to update it.

Anything New on Time Budgets in Anoles?

A couple of my REU students from 2008 "rediscovered" their field notes and want to finish what they didn't get done that summer. We were on St. Vincent and their project involved time allotment throughout the day by the anoles (Anolis trinitatis and A.…

03.05.2025 10:13 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Singapore National Parks Studying Impact of Introduced Brown Anoles (and the Greenhouse Frog) From the pages of The Straits Times: NParks monitoring whether brown anole, greenhouse frog pose threat to native species Nparks said that it is aware of the presence of the brown anole (left) and greenhouse frog in Singapore and is monitoring the situation.PHOTO: DESMOND WEE, COURTESY OF ROBBIN TAN SINGAPORE - In many areas across Singapore, one may find small, slender lizards – sometimes displaying a yellow or reddish orange flap under their throats – if one looks intently enough.

Singapore National Parks Studying Impact of Introduced Brown Anoles (and the Greenhouse Frog)

From the pages of The Straits Times: NParks monitoring whether brown anole, greenhouse frog pose threat to native species Nparks said that it is aware of the presence of the brown anole (left) and…

02.05.2025 10:26 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

New Introduced Population of Anolis carolinensis (Green Anole) in Norfolk, Virginia Growing up in Florida, I was used to seeing Green Anoles, so when I moved to Virginia to start my PhD at Old Dominion University, I wasn’t surprised to see Green Anoles venturing around Norfolk. If anything, seeing the familiar anoles for the first time in the Summer of 2021 gave me a warm feeling of home. However, several months later, I began to realize that I was only seeing these anoles in one specific location.

New Introduced Population of Anolis carolinensis (Green Anole) in Norfolk, Virginia

Growing up in Florida, I was used to seeing Green Anoles, so when I moved to Virginia to start my PhD at Old Dominion University, I wasn’t surprised to see Green Anoles venturing around Norfolk. If anything, seeing…

09.04.2025 13:12 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Sorry About Those Odd Posts — We’re on It! Hello Anole Annals community, We apologize for any strange or unexpected posts you may have received via email in the last hour or so. We're currently looking into the issue, but it appears that either WordPress or the Anole Annals blog may have been hacked. We have taken down these confusing posts and hope to get to the bottom of the issue soon. Thank you for your understanding.

Sorry About Those Odd Posts — We’re on It!

Hello Anole Annals community, We apologize for any strange or unexpected posts you may have received via email in the last hour or so. We're currently looking into the issue, but it appears that either WordPress or the Anole Annals blog may have been…

02.04.2025 20:07 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Evolution in Real Time on Lizard Island from the pages of The Washington Post: What the secret lives of lizards tell us about evolution Scientists are studying natural selection in real time on a small Florida island. March 23, 2025 at 7:00 a.m. EDTToday at 7:00 a.m. EDT

Evolution in Real Time on Lizard Island

from the pages of The Washington Post: What the secret lives of lizards tell us about evolution Scientists are studying natural selection in real time on a small Florida island. March 23, 2025 at 7:00 a.m. EDTToday at 7:00 a.m. EDT

23.03.2025 14:49 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Spider Snags Adult Anolis osa Turns out that for anoles, predation by spiders is a very real threat. What a horrible way to go! We've reported on this phenomenon many times in the past. Here's another example.

Spider Snags Adult Anolis osa

Turns out that for anoles, predation by spiders is a very real threat. What a horrible way to go! We've reported on this phenomenon many times in the past. Here's another example.

22.03.2025 14:10 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

An Homage to the Green Anoles of New Orleans from the pages of Louisiana Illuminator: It’s not easy being a green anole The South’s iconic green lizard, threatened by an encroaching cousin, symbolizes hope in an age of environmental crisis By: Elise Plunk - September 1, 2024 5:00 am Green anoles are less frequently seen near the ground as brown anoles become more prolific, instead evolving to a better suited life in the tree canopy.

An Homage to the Green Anoles of New Orleans

from the pages of Louisiana Illuminator: It’s not easy being a green anole The South’s iconic green lizard, threatened by an encroaching cousin, symbolizes hope in an age of environmental crisis By: Elise Plunk - September 1, 2024 5:00 am Green anoles…

21.03.2025 13:40 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Looking for Simple Anole Marking Methods Hello fellow anole enthusiasts! Last year I marked Green Anoles (Anolis carolinensis) in my backyard using a permanent marker to chart their population size. I’m looking to do a similar thing this summer and was wondering if anyone has any marking tools they recommend. I’ve heard about methods like toe clipping, or giving them a micro chip, but I’m not qualified for those sorts of methods and I’d rather do something simple.

Looking for Simple Anole Marking Methods

Hello fellow anole enthusiasts! Last year I marked Green Anoles (Anolis carolinensis) in my backyard using a permanent marker to chart their population size. I’m looking to do a similar thing this summer and was wondering if anyone has any marking tools…

20.03.2025 14:27 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Untitled from the pages of Phys.org: How a turf war between lizards in Florida impacts mosquitoes and maybe human health by Denise Hruby Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Mosquitoes might be the bane of a summer barbecue in Kendall or a stroll on Miami Beach, but researchers in Florida are now also looking at the insects' more obscure targets—and how even a tiny, orange-flapped lizard could play a role in protecting our health.

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from the pages of Phys.org: How a turf war between lizards in Florida impacts mosquitoes and maybe human health by Denise Hruby Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Mosquitoes might be the bane of a summer barbecue in Kendall or a stroll on Miami Beach, but researchers in Florida are now…

09.03.2025 15:08 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Anoles of South America Part 4: Threats, Conservation, and the Path Forward Now that I have reviewed the diversity of South American anoles north and south of the Andes, I will discuss conservation issues in this region. I will start by identifying some of the major threats to anoles, attempt to identify what makes particular anole species vulnerable, and conclude with discussion of the path forward for work with these species. Threats…

Anoles of South America Part 4: Threats, Conservation, and the Path Forward

Now that I have reviewed the diversity of South American anoles north and south of the Andes, I will discuss conservation issues in this region. I will start by identifying some of the major threats to anoles, attempt to…

02.03.2025 15:35 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Green Anole Perches Near Ground to Take Advantage of a Mosquito Trap Green anoles usually perch high in the vegetation, especially in the presence of brown anoles. But here one female braved the brown bullies, presumably to prey on mosquitoes lured to the trap.

Green Anole Perches Near Ground to Take Advantage of a Mosquito Trap

Green anoles usually perch high in the vegetation, especially in the presence of brown anoles. But here one female braved the brown bullies, presumably to prey on mosquitoes lured to the trap.

26.02.2025 14:37 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

SICB 2025: Fitness Consequences of Natural Incubation Environments: A Test of the EMH Hurricanes and anoles often go hand in hand. You’ve likely come across reports of the infamous wind tunnel experiments mimicking hurricane-force winds or stories about anoles surviving—or not surviving—these intense storms. But what do hurricanes and the environmental matching hypothesis (EMH) have to do with each other? In this case, they’re not directly linked, but they leave room for an intriguing story.

SICB 2025: Fitness Consequences of Natural Incubation Environments: A Test of the EMH

Hurricanes and anoles often go hand in hand. You’ve likely come across reports of the infamous wind tunnel experiments mimicking hurricane-force winds or stories about anoles surviving—or not surviving—these…

31.01.2025 21:11 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

SICB 2025: How Hormones Enhance Anole Communication Green anoles (Anolis carolinensis) are known for their bold visual displays—vibrant dewlaps and dramatic head bobs dominate their social interactions. But at SICB 2025, Dr. Stephanie Campos highlighted an overlooked aspect of their behavior: chemical communication. Her research explores how the hormone arginine vasotocin (AVT) influences the production and interpretation of chemical signals, revealing a fascinating layer of complexity in how these lizards interact.

SICB 2025: How Hormones Enhance Anole Communication

Green anoles (Anolis carolinensis) are known for their bold visual displays—vibrant dewlaps and dramatic head bobs dominate their social interactions. But at SICB 2025, Dr. Stephanie Campos highlighted an overlooked aspect of their behavior:…

31.01.2025 21:04 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

An accurate representation of #SICB2025. Loved @princetonvaughn.bsky.social’s talk on anole morphological differences in urban vs. rural settings!

06.01.2025 07:19 — 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

A doodle of two lizards, the chameleon is thinking “victor thinks I’m not agile wow” and the anole with its mouth open saying “this is fine this is fine”

Victor Munteanu is studying animals who live in trees and what happens when they fall! This is an obvious risk to animals that live their whole lives in trees.

Cats? Great at falling.
Pandas? God bless them, not so much.

Victor’s focusing on lizards for this project.

#SICB2025

06.01.2025 14:40 — 👍 110 🔁 10 💬 7 📌 0

@alliemartin.bsky.social Gives an excellent talk on the balance male and female Anolis lizards have to maintain between staying warm, escaping predators, and capturing mating opportunities! #SICB2025

05.01.2025 14:58 — 👍 9 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0

Anoles at SICB 2025! The annual meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) is almost here! This year’s meeting will take place in Atlanta, Georgia from January 3-7, 2025. Excitingly (al…

Many great anole talks and posters between today, tomorrow, and Tuesday! Figure out where/when they all take place here:
www.anoleannals.org/2024/12/22/a...

05.01.2025 18:14 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Anoles at SICB 2025! The annual meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) is almost here! This year’s meeting will take place in Atlanta, Georgia from January 3-7, 2025. Excitingly (al…

Sad to have missed some great talks yesterday, but today there is another great lineup of #Anolis talks at #SICB2025! Check out the list curated by @anoleannals.bsky.social : www.anoleannals.org/2024/12/22/a...

05.01.2025 11:52 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Figured I couldn’t miss out on all the cool science happening on this app so… here I am!

Also, shameless plug for my #SICB2025 talk on Tuesday… Come learn about cool brown anole skin color science at 1:45 in International Salon 4 (and also see some cool ovary data 👀)!

05.01.2025 00:13 — 👍 11 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Program entry for Shannans poster

Gunderson lab (including collaborations) roll call for #sicb2025

Let’s start with PhD candidate Shannan Yates poster testing for replicated thermal evolution in urban #anolis on Sunday

03.01.2025 15:42 — 👍 10 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0

Image of program for the poster

Next a poster about effects of urbanization on #anolis sperm thermal tolerance by undergrads Britta Pellegrin and Ben Pethe also on Sunday #sicb2025

03.01.2025 15:47 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

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