As Skip Lazell showed nearly a half century ago, Anolis roquet on Martinique is extraordinarily variable in color across its range. This variation has been the subject of much recent work by Roger Thorpe’s lab.
In a recent paper in Herpetological Review, Anderson et al. report on finding an unusual color variant during their recent fieldwork on Martinique.
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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James Stroud
That is awesome!
Amanda Piatt
This could be akin to the color variant visible in Mosquitofish populations along the Rainbow River in Dunnellon, FL. In each school along the bank of the river can be found one black and white mottled fish; it is not their normal coloration. Could this be a sign of populations with lower genetic diversity?