Help Identify Haitian Anoles

IMG_9308Ron Savage, who works for USAID and is currently posted in Haiti, reports “I haven’t been getting out herping in Haiti much since I sold my car but today I managed to go out and check out some relictual forest (at about 2,700 ft elev.) not too far from Port au Prince and photographed these two anoles. This is the first time that I’ve seen this species in Haiti or the DR come to think of it. They were both up a tree about 15-20 feet and I would say that they were both about 8-9” long including their tails. As you can see, one has a stump tail. He was higher in the tree keeping his eye on the greener one. I honestly don’t know what these are, do you have any idea? It could actually be two species. I’m not familiar with A. ricordii, but I suppose this could be one.”

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2 Comments

  1. Cristian Marte

    Anolis ricordii, please can you give the locality where it was collected to be sure..

  2. Hi Cristian,

    Please see this link for more info..
    http://www.inaturalist.org/projects/petionville-ravines-area

    I’ll have to get the coordinates off my GPS tomorrow. I observed these just NE of Petionville, Haiti. They were not collected, just photographed. Hope this helps. Best regards, Ron

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