Crown-giant habitat overlap

Equestris is a heavier bodied more powerful Anolis, however, from my field observations it is also clumsier and less agile than garmani. I’m not sure that it would be accurate to describe equestris as dominant. I can say from personal observations that it is difficult for garmani to spread into areas where equestris are present and established. This is true for most species of Anolis that share the same habitat type, but I believe it is magnified with garmani – equestris. Garmani starts its life out at a distinct disadvantage, when hatched they are scarcely larger than hatchling sagrei, whereas equestris are five or six times larger with a disproportionally sized head. On the other hand, garmani are excellent, agile predators that grow and mature quickly. Additionally, adult garmani can coexist together in higher concentrations than equestris. These are excellent traits for colonizing new environments, however, here in south Florida where both species exist and have existed for years; equestris are abundant while garmani are isolated to pockets where they are entrenched with numbers of large males present. Large male garmani are just as formidable as large equestris, but the females and young are a different story.