We’ve been privileged to see a number of great videos of Cuban anoles recently [1,2], and here’s another, an hour-long documentary on Cuban wildlife in Spanish entitled “Cuba. La Isla Salvaje del Caribe.” It goes without saying that the anoles steal the show. There’s an excellent 2.5 minutes of anole footage beginning at the 38:46 mark, highlighted by lovely shots of a male A. allisoni and video of Chamaeleolis (also homolechis, sagrei or a close relative, a pale-dewlapped grass anole, porcatus and lucius). In addition, just before this, there’s a nice depiction of how Cuba was split into three islands when sea-levels were higher.
Professor of Biology and Director of the Living Earth Collaborative at Washington University in Saint Louis. I've spent my entire professional career studying anoles and have discovered that the more I learn about anoles, the more I realize I don't know.
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Liam Revell
Terrific! I watched a little bit less than 1/2 of this. The land crab migration footage is amazing. Thanks for sharing this.
Ray Tripp
The English version, http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/cuba-wild-island-of-the-caribbean/introduction/1243/
Liam Revell
@Jonathan – as per our discussion in PR, there is a video of a boa tactile hunting bats at around 30:15 in.
Yasel U. Alfonso
Nice video, some Cuban anoles species are definitely awesome.