Photo: Pedro Genaro Rodriguez, iNaturalist
This week we are going back up the tree to a trunk-crown anole, Anolis chlorocyanus.
The Hispaniolan green anole is endemic to the island of Hispaniola and has been introduced to Florida. The males are bright green, sometimes being mistaken for the American green anole, but dewlaps that have black. Females and juveniles are the same shade of green, but often have darker green lateral stripes.
Photo: sricher, iNaturalist
Hispaniolan green anoles inhabit orchards and gardens, in addition to forests. They are one of the few species of anoles that have been reported to vocalise (as noted in this past post and another found here). Like many other anoles, they are capable of rapid colour change to brown, depending on temperature, mood or other factors.
This anole is also part of an eponymous series with several closely related anoles, and there has been some talk of renaming them as new research is done about their genetics.
Photo: Yolanda M. Leon, iNaturalist