Guadeloupean anole (Anolis marmoratus) feeding on the back of a Lesser Antillean iguana. Photo courtesy Jérôme Guerlotté.
Jérôme Guerlotté of the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris reports:
“As in a new Jean De la Fontaine fable “L’iguane et l’Anolis“, this intrepid anole (Anolis marmoratus marmoratus) on Guadeloupe had just hunted a fly on the back of this Lesser Antillean iguana (Iguana delicatissima) (top) and rids it of small insects on the snout (bottom).”
Who knows what yummy morsels reside on the snout of an iguana? Photo courtesy Jérôme Guerlotté.
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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Skip Lazell
Great! In all my decades of catching anoles and ‘guanas in the Antilles, I never saw this! Not at all surprised, though. I suspect I was just programmed to noose, not observe…. Thanks! Skip
Chris Thawley
Wow! Very cool! It would be great to know if there are continued interactions between these individuals.
NORMA MORA COLLADO
¿Tendrán alguna técnica para identificar los organismos de los cuales se alimentan las Anolis?
NORMA MORA COLLADO
¿Tendrán alguna técnica para identificar los organismos de los cuales se alimentan las Anolis?