Photo by Thomas Sanger
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This week we are talking about Anolis brunneus, the Crooked Island anole!
Like its name suggests, this anole is from Crooked Island in the Bahamas and can also be found on Acklins Islands.
Photo by S. Blair Hedges
This member of the A. carolinensis series isn’t bright green like the others, and can’t shift to it either. It’s brown and its colour change abilities consist of shifting to a darker brown or grey, some can shift to an olive tone, or they can enhance the prominence of blue on the heads of males.
They do have really nice marbling on their sides as well and the females are less conspicuous than the males.
It does have that pink dewlap consistent with its relatives though.
Photo by S. Blair Hedges
These anoles can get up to 76 mm (SVL) and, like the other members of the carolinensis Series, is a trunk-crown anole.
Like many other anoles, the males also have nuchal crest that they can erect.
This last picture is one taken by Michele Johnson of a fight between two males. She got to see this fight on Crooked Island with Thomas Sanger (and two students) on a trip to research these guys!
...And also like every other anole. Every week. #DidYouAnole?
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Rick Wallach
Why can’t we all just get along?
Handsome fellows, though…..
Benjamin
Wow so many thrilling species. And it IS fun to watch a fight. What is it about us humans–love fights, love fiery NASCAR wrecks–oh well. This one is beautiful. I wonder if the blue has to be refracting like it is in birds, or totally pigmented. Just like with girls, folks love to talk about the hair on red-heads, but talk less about the amazing browns with natural sunlit golden streaks / gradients and the equally dramatic midnight blacks, with surprise “flashes” of texture when the sun and wind catch those tresses. And again, us humans…look out for the purples, blues, pinks, and greens!