Two Male Anolis Sagrei Face-Off!

        Two male Anole lizards pose and posture in a mock fight display. One individual is distinguished by the regrowth of his tail lost in some previous incident. In this incident, no physical contact seemed to have occurred, but biting and locking of jaws in actual combat has been observed between males of this species. These still photos do not convey the rapid change of posture, circling and feinting of attacks. Finally in the last photo the lizard with the regrown tail is seen alone in a victory pose with legs fully extended and tail held straight off the ground. It should also be noted that while I photographed at no time did I observe either male display its dewlap. This may have occurred in a prelude to their face-off on this urban sidewalk arena.

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4 Comments

  1. Pat Shipman

    Fabulous series of photos! Thanks for sharing.

  2. Martha Munoz

    Interesting! I’ve never seen sagrei fighting on the ground. Is that common? I’ve seen them launch at each other on house sides and fences. They were always at least somewhat off the ground.

  3. Awesome, Philip! I’ve seen sagrei duke it out on ground level, but never snagged photos this clear. These are fantastic!

  4. Bill Bateman

    They’ll fight anywhere – I’ve seen them chasing each other into roads. There are some on rocks right next to a busy intersection near me and every one is a stumptail.

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