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Variation in Anolis equestris

On December 3, 2013

In All Posts, Anole Photographs, Ask the Experts

Last week, while going through some old pictures I had stored on my computer , I happened upon a few photos of A. equestris that I must have saved back when I used to surf the web for pictures of anoles. Taking a second to glance through the pictures for old times sake, I realized something: A. equestris is actually a quite variable species. Now I’m sure others besides myself have realized this before, the people who went about naming the long list of subspecies that I just found out this species has for example, but I can’t seem to find pictures of some of these subspecies so as to identify the animals in the photos, if they are indeed different subspecies that is, so I decided to post them here in hopes of getting an ID. I have chosen one photo for each of the different forms that I have noticed. I have my guesses about many of them and I’m pretty sure about a couple others. I have written my guess, if any, under each photo along with the photo reference; could anyone who knows the ID of a particular animal post their opinion in the comments? Thanks in advance!

Anolis equestris potior

Anolis equestris equestris
(introduced to Miami)

Photo from:http://www.fotos.org/galeria/showphoto.php/photo/76326 ? probably Anolis equestris equestris

Photo from:http://www.fotos.org/galeria/showphoto.php/photo/76326
?
probably Anolis equestris or A.luteogularis
Photo apparently taken at La Habana.
two other photos: (1,2)

Anois equestris, photo by Henk Wallays. license:CC BY-NC photo from http://calphotos.berkeley.edu Anolis equestris thomasi

Anolis equestris, photo by Henk Wallays.
license:CC BY-NC
photo from http://calphotos.berkeley.edu
Anolis equestris thomasi

photo from this pdf.
?
Other photos of this form (1, 2)
And another one taken near Playa Larga.

Ecuadorian Sweep of 2013 Anole Annals Photo Contest

By Jonathan Losos

On November 25, 2013

In Anole Photographs

Goldenscale Anole (Anolis chrysolepis) small

Anolis chrysolepis. © Lucas M. Bustamante-Enríquez/TROPICAL HERPING

It’s over, it’s all over! After more than 50 fabulous submissions, 600 votes, and detailed review of the finalists by an all-star team of anole photography experts, Anole Annals is pleased to unveil this year’s winners. Last year’s theme was blue anoles, this year’s: Ecuador!

The Grand Prize winner (above) is a lovely photo of Anolis chrysolepis taken in Amazonian Ecuador by Lucas Bustamante (check out Lucas’ photography on the Tropical Herping website or in his new book on the herpetofauna of Mindo, Ecuador). Lucas reports that the photo was taken in Yachana Lodge, an ecotourism lodge located on the Napo River in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Says Lucas: “I was walking in the morning to the viewpoint and I found this male Goldenscale Anole (Anolis chrysolepis) making a display. I took my camera as soon as possible but I couldn’t photograph it “red-handed.” However, he maintained an elegant posture and I was happy with the picture. This anole lives in low vegetation and litter. Males, females and juveniles are very territorial.”

Second prize goes to Diana Troya for her fabulous photo (below) of two Anolis gemmosus males displaying to each other, tongues out, bodies raised and compressed. What a gorgeous dewlap, especially when backlit! Diana’s reports that the photo was taken “in the Natural Reserve Rio Guajalito in Santo Domingo de los Tsachilas-Ecuador. I was a field assistant of Andrea Narvaez, who is doing her doctoral thesis on the ecology of Anolis and as part of her project we had to film the display of Anolis species.”

Congratulations to both winners!

Anolis gemmosus. Photo by Diana Troya.

Help Identify a Mystery Lizard

By Rich Glor

On November 10, 2013

In Anole Annals Trivia, Anole Photographs, Ask the Experts

We found the lizard depicted above in the herpetological collection at the University of Kansas. We have no information about where it is from or who collected it. Can anybody help us identify what species it is?

Another Blue Anole!

By K.Ra

On November 5, 2013

In Anole Photographs, Natural History Observations

There’s been discussion about blue anoles previously on Anole Annals, but I’ve come across yet another on the internet. The anole in the above picture is a species from the Sierra de Bahoruco in the Dominican republic. Apparently it has not been formally described yet and so does not yet have a name, but from the looks of it I would say it was related to A.alliniger or singularis. This actually leaves Puerto Rico as the only island without a blue trunk-crown anole. I have found one other picture of this species on Flickr (though it does not allow for posting on other web pages).

Below is another photo from the Anolis Contact Group, of yet another new species that appears to be related to singularis.

Anole Photo Contest 2013–Time To Vote!

By Melissa Aja

On November 2, 2013

In Anole Art, Literature, and Humor, Anole Photographs

Name That Anole

By Jonathan Losos

On October 15, 2013

In Anole Photographs

Here’s one almost no one out there has ever seen. What is it?

Territorial Dispute

By Brian Hillen

On October 6, 2013

In Anole Photographs, Introduced Anoles, Natural History Observations

I observed this (full size image) interaction in my backyard one afternoon while I was hunting for good pictures. All anoles tend to flee as I walk around my backyard, but some only retreat partially or temporarily. These two stayed relatively out in the open until I moved a little closer, causing one to flee in to the vicinity of the other one causing the event seen in the picture.

Diversity Within Lesser Antillean Anoles – Name The Species!

By Gregor Weidlich

On October 2, 2013

In Anole Photographs

Hey Folks,

Here is just a little task for you to get rid of unnecessary time. I made a collection of some Lesser Antillen Anoles from pictures, I took over the years or that hav ebeen given to me.

Can you name the species, or even the local morph/subspecies?

additional information: two of the pictures show females.

and here again with higher resolution.

Viele Grüße from Germany

Request For Brown Anole (A. Sagrei) Photographs

By Veronica Gomez-Pourroy

On September 22, 2013

In Anole Photographs

Brown anoles. Photo courtesy Bob Reed

Hello fellow scientists and photography aficionados!

My name is Veronica Gomez-Pourroy and this is week has been laden with firsts for me: first time living in the US, first week at the Losos Lab, and now… the first post in this brilliant blog!! I am a zoologist on my third semester of my Evolutionary Biology masters, and I’ve begun working on my first (of two) Master’s thesis. I will be investigating phenotypic variation in the widespread and very cool Brown Anole (Anolis sagrei), working with Jonathan Losos and Marta López Darias.

One of the elements we’d like to look into is variation in skin patterning and dewlap colouration – but at the moment I’m using specimens from museum collections and as we know, colour gets corrupted soon after an animal is “pickled.” For this reason, I am asking for your help to compile a comprehensive collection of pictures of A. sagrei–both males and females–that span most of their range. If you’d like to share your pictures with us, please email them to:

veronica.gomez-pourroy@evobio.eu

and include the location and, if possible, date when the photo was shot. I will be forever grateful for any help, and will acknowledge you in my thesis, of course!!
A huge thank you in advance, I’ll keep you posted on the progress made.