I’m not sure if I’m doing this correctly, but here goes….
I recently photographed this anole in the bird blind at Laguna Cartagena NWR in southwestern Puerto Rico ( 18.012577, -67.107464).
Anyone know which taxon this might be?
Thanks in advance
Chris Harrison
San Antonio, Texas
I am a Associate Professor of Biology at Northwest Vista College (San Antonio, Texas).
My interest is really trying to get some identifications of some Anole images I have.
My interest is really trying to get some identifications of some Anole images I have.
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- Puerto Rican Anole identification - June 16, 2013
Kevin de Queiroz
It looks like Anolis gundlachi (based on shape and color pattern), though I can’t see the blue iris.
Chris Harrison
Here is a crop of the head. I don’t believe the iris was blue in any of the three photos I got. I did see photograph gundlachi in El Yunque and its blue iris was obvious.
Liam Revell
Not Anolis gundlachi. Could only be A. cristatellus or A. cooki. Based on the shape of the eye, I would guess A. cooki – but I find these species difficult to distinguish even in hand. The locality is also right for A. cooki, but A. cristatellus also occurs there. It is not unusual for A. cristatellus to be very light in color (as is this individual) in that part of the island.
Matt McElroy
Looks like cristatellus. Anolis cooki is even lighter and has is more slender – that chunky head definitely indicates cristatellus to me.
Liam Revell
I wouldn’t bet against it!
Chris Harrison
Thanks for all the feedback. We did see A. cristatellus nearby (of course), but this anole had a more distinct pattern than the cristatellus we saw. I would, however, characterize this individual as a large, “chunky” anole.
So I guess it will be A. cf. cristatellus on my image notes.
Thanks all.