Biology:List of Anolis lizards

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The large lizard genus Anolis contains around 436 accepted anole (US: /əˈn.li/ (About this soundlisten)) species,[1] which have been considered in a number of subgroups, or clades such as carolinensis and isolepis.[2]

Nota bene: In the following list, a taxon authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a different genus.

A

Anolis allisoni

File:Blue-Eyed Anole, Corcovado Natl Park, Costa Rica.ogv

  • Anolis acutus Hallowell, 1856 – St. Croix anole, sharp anole
  • Anolis aeneus Gray, 1840 – Grenada bush anole, bronze anole
  • Anolis aequatorialis F. Werner, 1898 – equatorial anole
  • Anolis agassizi Stejneger, 1900 – Agassiz's anole
  • Anolis agueroi (Díaz, Navarro & Garrido, 1998) – Cabo Cruz bearded anole, Aguero's anole
  • Anolis ahli Barbour, 1925 – Escambray blue-eyed anole, Ahl's anole
  • Anolis alayoni Estrada & Hedges, 1995 – Guantanamo twig anole, Alayon's anole
  • Anolis alfaroi Garrido & Hedges, 1992 – Small-fanned bush anole, Alfaro's anole
  • Anolis aliniger Mertens, 1939 – axillary spotted anole, northern green twig anole, La Vega anole
  • Anolis allisoni Barbour, 1928 – Cuban blue anole, Allison's anole
  • Anolis allogus Barbour & Ramsden, 1919 – Spanish Flag anole, Bueycito anole
  • Anolis alocomyos Köhler, Vargas, & Lotzkat, 2014
  • Anolis altae Dunn, 1930 – high anole
  • Anolis altavelensis Noble & Hassler, 1933 – Alto Velo gracile anole, Noble's anole
  • Anolis altitudinalis Garrido, 1985 – Turquino green-mottled anole
  • Anolis alumina Hertz, 1976 – Barahona grass anole, shiny anole
  • Anolis alutaceus Cope, 1861 – blue-eyed grass-bush anole, Monte Verde anole, blue-eyed twig anole
  • Anolis alvarezdeltoroi Nieto Montes de Oca, 1996 – Alvarez del Toro's Anole
  • Anolis amplisquamosus (McCranie, Wilson & K. Williams, 1993)
  • Anolis anatoloros Ugueto, Rivas, Barros, Sánchez-Pacheco & García-Pérez, 2007
  • Anolis anchicayae Poe, Velasco, Miyata & E. Williams, 2009
  • Anolis anfiloquioi Garrido, 1980 – brown-eyed bush anole, Anfiodlul anole
  • Anolis angusticeps Hallowell, 1856 – Cuban twig anole
  • Anolis anisolepis H.M. Smith, Burley & Fritts, 1968 – Chiapas ornate anole
  • Anolis annectens E. Williams, 1974 – annex anole
  • Anolis anoriensis Velasco, Gutiérrez-Cárdenas & Quintero-Angel, 2010
  • Anolis antioquiae E. Williams, 1985 – Antiodlula anole
  • Anolis antonii Boulenger, 1908 – San Antonio anole, Anton's anole
  • Anolis apletolepis Kohler & Hedges, 2016 – La Selle twig anole
  • Anolis apletophallus G. Köhler & Sunyer, 2008
  • Anolis apollinaris Boulenger, 1919 – Boulenger's anole
  • Anolis aquaticus Taylor, 1956 – water anole
  • Anolis arenal Köhler & Vargas, 2019
  • Anolis argenteolus Cope, 1861 – Cuban trunk anole, Guantanamo anole
  • Anolis argillaceus Cope, 1862 – Cuban dark bark anole, bay anole
  • Anolis aridius Köhler, Zimmer, McGrath, & Hedges, 2019
  • Anolis armouri (Cochran, 1934) – armoured anole, Armour's anole, black-throated stout anole
  • Anolis auratus Daudin, 1802 – grass anole
  • Anolis aurifer Schwartz, 1968
  • Anolis australis Köhler, Zimmer, McGrath, & Hedges, 2019 – southern stout anole

B

A. barbatus
A. bartschi
A. biporcatus, neotropical green anole, in the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
  • Anolis bahorucoensis Noble & Hassler, 1933 – Baoruco long-snouted anole, Bahoruco long-snouted anole
    • Anolis bahorucoensis bahorucoensis Noble & Hassler, 1933
    • Anolis bahorucoensis southerlandi Schwartz, 1978
Holotype specimens of A. b. southernlandi
  • Anolis baleatus (Cope, 1864) – Dominican giant anole, Puerto Plata anole
    • Anolis baleatus altager Schwartz, 1975
    • Anolis baleatus baleatus (Cope, 1864)
    • Anolis baleatus caeruleolatus Schwartz, 1974
    • Anolis baleatus fraudator Schwartz, 1974
    • Anolis baleatus lineatacervix Schwartz, 1978
    • Anolis baleatus litorisilva Schwartz, 1974
    • Anolis baleatus multistruppus Schwartz, 1974
    • Anolis baleatus samanae Schwartz, 1974
Holotype specimens of A. b. samanae
    • Anolis baleatus scelestus Schwartz, 1974
    • Anolis baleatus sublimis Schwartz, 1974
Holotype specimens of A. b. sublimis
  • Anolis baracoae Schwartz, 1964 – Baracoa anole
  • Anolis barahonae E. Williams, 1962 – Baracoa giant anole, Barahona anole
    • Anolis barahonae albocellatus Schwartz, 1974
    • Anolis barahonae barahonae E. Williams, 1962
    • Anolis barahonae ininquinatus Cullom & Schwartz, 1980
    • Anolis barahonae mulitus Cullom & Schwartz, 1980
  • Anolis barbatus (Garrido, 1982) – western bearded anole
  • Anolis barbouri (Schmidt, 1919) – Hispaniolan hopping anole
  • Anolis barkeri (Schmidt, 1939) – Barker's anole
  • Anolis bartschi (Cochran, 1934) – Pinar Del Rio cliff anole, western cliff anole, West Cuban anole
  • Anolis beckeri Boulenger, 1881 – Becker's lichen anole
  • Anolis bellipeniculus (Myers & Donnelly, 1996)
  • Anolis benedikti Lotzkat, Bienentreu, Hertz & G. Köhler, 2011[3]
  • Anolis bicaorum (G. Köhler, 1996) – Bay Islands anole
  • Anolis bimaculatus (Sparrman, 1784) – Statia Bank tree anole, panther anole
  • Anolis binotatus W. Peters, 1863 – two-marked anole
  • Anolis biporcatus (Wiegmann, 1834) – giant green anole, neotropical green anole
  • Anolis birama Garrido, 1980 – Cuban big-eared anole, branch anole
  • Anolis bitectus Cope, 1864 – roof anole
  • Anolis blanquillanus Hummelinck, 1940 – La Blanquilla anole, Hummelinck's anole
  • Anolis boettgeri Boulenger, 1911 – Boettger's anole
  • Anolis bombiceps Cope, 1876 – surprise anole, blue-lipped forest anole
  • Anolis bonairensis Ruthven, 1923 – Bonaire anole, Ruthven's anole
  • Anolis boulengerianus Thominot, 1887 – Tehuantepec anole
  • Anolis brasiliensis Vanzolini & Williams, 1970 – Brazilian anole
  • Anolis bremeri Barbour, 1914 – Cuban variegated anole, Herradura anole
    • Anolis bremeri bremeri Barbour, 1914
    • Anolis bremeri insulaepinorum Garrido, 1972
  • Anolis breslini Schwartz, 1980 - Northwest Haitian stout anole
  • Anolis brevirostris Bocourt, 1870 – desert gracile anole, shortnose anole
    • Anolis brevirostris brevirostris Bocourt, 1870
    • Anolis brevirostris deserticola D. Arnold, 1980
    • Anolis brevirostris wetmorei Cochran, 1931
  • Anolis brianjuliani Köhler, Petersen, & Méndez de la Cruz, 2019
  • Anolis brooksi Barbour, 1923
  • Anolis brunneus Cope, 1894 – Crooked-Acklins green anole, Crooked Island anole

C

Male A. carolinensis with partially expanded dewlap
A. cybotes in a garden in Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic
  • Anolis caceresae Hofmann & Townsend, 2018 – Berta's anole
  • Anolis calimae Ayala, Harris & E. Williams, 1993 – Ayala's anole
  • Anolis callainus Köhler & Hedges, 2020 – Dominican green anole, Northern Hispaniolan green anole, Hispaniolan green anole
  • Anolis campbelli (G. Köhler & E.N. Smith), 2008
  • Anolis capito W. Peters, 1863 – bighead anole
  • Anolis caquetae E. Williams, 1974 – Caqueta anole
  • Anolis carlliebi G. Köhler et al., 2014 – Carl Lieb's anole
  • Anolis carlostoddi (E. Williams, Praderio & Gorzula, 1996) – Carlos Todd's anole
  • Anolis carolinensis Voigt, 1832 – green anole, North American green anole, Carolina anole
  • Anolis carpenteri A.A. Echelle, A.F. Echelle & Fitch, 1971 – Carpenter's anole
  • Anolis casildae Arosemena, Ibáñez & De Sousa, 1991 – Casilda's anole
  • Anolis caudalis Cochran, 1932 – Gonave gracile anole, Cochran's gianthead anole
  • Anolis centralis J. Peters, 1970 – central pallid anole, central anole
    • Anolis centralis centralis J. Peters, 1970
    • Anolis centralis litoralis Garrido, 1975
  • Anolis chamaeleonides A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837 – short-bearded anole
  • Anolis charlesmyersi Köhler, 2010
  • Anolis chloris Boulenger, 1898 – Boulenger's green anole
  • Anolis chlorocyanus A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837 – Tiburon green anole, Hispaniolan green anole, Jeremie anole
  • Anolis chlorodius Kohler & Hedges, 2016 – Pedernales green anole
  • Anolis christophei E. Williams, 1960 – big-fanned trunk anole, King Christophe anole
  • Anolis chrysolepis A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837 – goldenscale anole
  • Anolis chrysops Lazell, 1964
  • Anolis clivicola Barbour & Shreve, 1935 – Turquino fern anole, mountain anole
  • Anolis cobanensis L. Stuart, 1942 – Stuart's anole
  • Anolis compressicauda Smith & Kerster, 1955 – Malposo scaly anole
  • Anolis concolor Cope, 1863 – Isla San Andres anole
  • Anolis confusus Estrada & Garrido, 1991 – Cabo Cruz trunk anole
  • Anolis conspersus Garman, 1887 – Cayman Islands blue-fanned anole, Grand Cayman blue-fanned anole, Grand Cayman anole
    • Anolis conspersus conspersus Garman, 1887
    • Anolis conspersus lewisi Grant, 1940
  • Anolis cooki Grant, 1931 – Guanica pallid anole, Cook's pallid anole, Cook's anole
  • Anolis crassulus Cope, 1864 – ornate anole
  • Anolis cristatellus A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837 – crested anole
    • Anolis cristatellus cristatellus A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837 – Puerto Rican crested anole
    • Anolis cristatellus wileyae Grant, 1931
  • Anolis cristifer H.M. Smith, 1968 – crested lichen anole, Cristifer anole
  • Anolis cryptolimifrons G. Köhler & Sunyer, 2008
  • Anolis cupeyalensis J. Peters, 1970 – stripe-bellied grass anole, Cupeyal anole
  • Anolis cupreus Hallowell, 1860 – copper anole
    • Anolis cupreus cupreus Hallowell, 1860
    • Anolis cupreus dariense Fitch & Seigel, 1984
    • Anolis cupreus hoffmani W. Peters, 1863
    • Anolis cupreus spilomelas Fitch, A.A. Echelle & A.F. Echelle, 1972
  • Anolis cuprinus H.M. Smith, 1964 – copper anole, Chiapas anole
  • Anolis cuscoensis (Poe, Yañez-Miranda & Lehr, 2008)
  • Anolis cusuco (McCranie, G. Köhler & Wilson, 2000)
  • Anolis cuvieri (Merrem, 1820) – Cuvier's anole, green giant anole or Puerto Rican giant anole
  • Anolis cyanopleurus Cope, 1861 – green fern anole, Yateras anole
    • Anolis cyanopleurus cyanopleurus Cope, 1861
    • Anolis cyanopleurus orientalis Garrido, 1975
  • Anolis cyanostictus Mertens, 1939 – Santo Domingo green anole
  • Anolis cybotes (Cope, 1862) – Hispaniolan stout anole, large-headed anole
    • Anolis cybotes cybotes Cope, 1862
    • Anolis cybotes doris Barbour, 1925
    • Anolis cybotes ravifaux Schwartz & Henderson, 1982
  • Anolis cymbops (Cope, 1864) – Cope's Veracruz anole

D

  • Anolis damulus Cope, 1864 – Cope's smooth anole
  • Anolis danieli E. Williams, 1988 – Daniel's anole
  • Anolis darlingtoni (Cochran, 1935) – La Hotte twig anole, Darlington's anole
  • Anolis datzorum (Köhler, Ponce, Sunyer, & Batista, 2007)
  • Anolis delafuentei Garrido, 1982 –Escambray crested anole, Guamuhaya anole
  • Anolis deltae E. Williams, 1974 – delta anole
  • Anolis demissus Schwartz, 1969 – Île Grande Cayemite green anole
  • Anolis desechensis (Heatwole, 1976) – Desecheo anole, Heatwole's anole
  • Anolis desiradei Lazell, 1964 – La Desirade anole
  • Anolis dissimilis E. Williams, 1965 – odd anole
  • Anolis distichus (Cope, 1861) – bark anole
    • Anolis distichus biminiensis Oliver, 1948
    • Anolis distichus dapsilis Schwartz, 1968
    • Anolis distichus distichoides Rosén, 1911
    • Anolis distichus distichus Cope, 1861 – common bark anole
    • Anolis distichus floridanus H.M. Smith and McCauley, 1948 – Florida bark anole
    • Anolis distichus juliae Cochran, 1934
    • Anolis distichus ocior Schwartz, 1968
    • Anolis distichus patruelis Schwartz, 1968
    • Anolis distichus sejunctus Shwartz, 1968
    • Anolis distichus suppar Schwartz, 1968
    • Anolis distichus tostus Schwartz, 1968
  • Anolis divius Kohler & Hedges, 2016 – Baoruco blue anole
  • Anolis dolichocephalus E. Williams, 1963 – La Hotte long-snouted anole, Place Negre anole
    • Anolis dolichocephalus dolichocephalus E. Williams, 1963,
    • Anolis dolichocephalus portusalus Schwartz, 1978
    • Anolis dolichocephalus sarmenticola Schwartz, 1978
  • Anolis dollfusianus (Bocourt, 1873) – coffee anole
  • Anolis dominicensis Reinhardt and Lütken, 1863 – Dominican Republic bark anole
  • Anolis doris Barbour, 1925 – Gonave stout anole
  • Anolis dracula (Yánez-Muñoz et al., 2018) – Dracula anole
  • Anolis duellmani Fitch & Henderson, 1973 – Duellman's pigmy anole
  • Anolis dunni Smith, 1936 – Dunn's anole

E

  • Anolis eladioi Kohler & Hedges, 2016 – Baoruco green anole
  • Anolis elcopeensis Poe, Scarpetta, & Schaad, 2015
A. equestris at Boston Museum of Science
  • Anolis equestris (Merrem, 1820) – Cuban giant anole, knight anole
    • Anolis equestris brujensis Garrido, 2001
    • Anolis equestris buidei Schwartz and Garrido, 1972
    • Anolis equestris cincoleguas Garrido, 1981
    • Anolis equestris cyaneus Garrido and Estrada, 2001
    • Anolis equestris equestris Merrem, 1820
    • Anolis equestris juraguensis Schwartz and Garrido, 1972
    • Anolis equestris persparsus Schwartz and Garrido, 1972,
    • Anolis equestris potior Schwartz and Thomas, 1975
    • Anolis equestris sabinalensis Garrido and Moreno, 2001
    • Anolis equestris thomasi Schwartz, 1959
    • Anolis equestris verreonensis Schwartz and Garrido, 1972
  • Anolis ernestwilliamsi (Lazell, 1983) – Carrot Rock anole, Carrot Rock's anole, Ernest's anole
  • Anolis etheridgei E. Williams, 1962 – montane bush anole, Etheridge's anole
  • Anolis eugenegrahami (Schwartz, 1978) – Eugene's anole, black stream anole
  • Anolis eulaemus (Boulenger, 1908) – good anole
  • Anulis euskalerriari (Barros, E. Williams, and Viloria, 1996)
  • Anolis evermanni (Stejneger, 1904) – emerald anole, Evermann's anole,[4] or small green anole
  • Anolis extremus (Garman, 1887) – Barbados anole

F

  • Anolis fairchildi Barbour & Shreve, 1935 – Cay Sal anole, Fairchild's anole
  • Anolis fasciatus (Boulenger, 1885) – banded anole
  • Anolis favillarum Schwartz, 1968
  • Anolis ferreus (Cope, 1864) – Morne Constant anole
  • Anolis festae (Peracca, 1904) – Veronica's anole
  • Anolis fitchi (Williams & Duellman, 1984) – Fitch's anole
  • Anolis forresti Barbour, 1923
  • Anolis fortunensis (Arosemena & Ibanez, 1993)
  • Anolis fowleri (Schwartz, 1973) – green-banded anole, Fowler's anole
  • Anolis fraseri (Günther, 1859) – Fraser's anole[4]
  • Anolis frenatus (Cope, 1899) – bridled anole
  • Anolis fugitivus Garrido, 1975 – green-headed grass anole, Moa anole
  • Anolis fungosus Myers, 1971 – Myers's anole
  • Anolis fuscoauratus (D'Orbigny, 1837) – brown-eared anole, slender anole

G

  • Anolis gadovii (Boulenger, 1905) – Gadow's anole
  • Anolis gaigei Ruthven, 1916 – Gaige's anole
  • Anolis garmani (Stejneger, 1899) – Jamaican giant anole, Jamaican anole, Jamaica giant anole
  • Anolis garridoi Diaz, Estrada & Moreno, 1996 – Escambray twig anole, Garrido's anole
  • Anolis gemmosus (O'Shaughnessy, 1875)) – Andes anole, O'Shaughnessy's anole
  • Anolis gibbiceps (Cope, 1864) – hook anole
  • Anolis ginaelisae (Lotzkat, Bienentreu, Hertz & G. Köhler, 2013)
  • Anolis gingivinus (Cope, 1864) – Anguilla bank tree anole, Anguilla bank anole, Anguilla anole
  • Anolis gonavensis Kohler & Hedges, 2016 – Gonave twig anole
  • Anolis gorgonae (Barbour, 1905) – blue anole
  • Anolis gracilipes (Boulenger, 1898) – charm anole
  • Anolis grahami (Gray, 1845) – Jamaican turquoise anole, Graham's anole
    • Anolis grahami aquarum Underwood & Williams, 1959
    • Anolis grahami grahami Gray, 1845
  • Anolis granuliceps (Boulenger, 1898) – granular anole
  • Anolis griseus (Garman, 1887) – St. Vincent's tree anole
  • Anolis gruuo (Köhler, Ponce, Sunyer & Batista, 2007)
  • Anolis guafe (Estrada & Garrido, 1991) – Cabo Cruz banded anole
  • Anolis guamuhaya (Garrido, Pérez-Beato, & Moreno, 1991) – Escambray bearded anole
  • Anolis guazuma Garrido, 1984 – Turquino twig anole, Sierra anole
  • Anolis gundlachi (Peters, 1877) – yellow-chinned anole, Gundlach's anole, yellow-bearded anole

H

  • Anolis haguei (L. Stuart, 1942) – Hague's Anole
  • Anolis hendersoni (Cochran, 1923) – La Selle long-snouted anole, Henderson's anole
    • Anolis hendersoni hendersoni Cochran, 1923
    • Anolis hendersoni ravidormitans Schwartz, 1978
  • Anolis heterodermus (A.H.A. Duméril, 1851) – flat Andes anole
  • Anolis heteropholidotus Mertens, 1952
  • Anolis higuey Köhler, Zimmer, McGrath, & Hedges, 2019 – Cordillera Oriental stout anole
  • Anolis hispaniolae Köhler, Zimmer, McGrath, & Hedges, 2019
  • Anolis hobartsmithi (Nieto-Montes de Oca, 2001) – Hobart Smith's anole
  • Anolis homolechis (Cope, 1864) – Habana anole, Cuban white-fanned anole
    • Anolis homolechis homolechis Cope, 1864
    • Anolis homolechis turquinensis Garrido, 1973
  • Anolis huilae (Williams, 1982) – Huila anole
  • Anolis humilis (Peters, 1863) – humble anole
  • Anolis hyacinthogularis Torres-Carvajal, Ayala-Varela, Lobos, Poe, & Narvaez, 2017 – blue dewlap anole

I

  • Anolis ibague (Williams, 1975) – Ibague anole
  • Anolis ibanezi (Poe, Latella, Ryan, & Schaad, 2009)
  • Anolis ignigularis Mertens, 1939 – brown bark anole
  • Anolis imias (Ruibal & Williams, 1961) – Imias rock anole, Imias anole
  • Anolis immaculogularis Köhler et al., 2014
  • Anolis impetigosus Cope, 1864
  • Anolis incredulus Garrido & Moreno, 1998 – Turquino emerald anole
  • Anolis inderenae (Rueda & Hernández-Camacho, 1988)
  • Anolis inexpectatus Garrido & Estrada, 1989 – pineland bush anole
  • Anolis insignis (Cope, 1871) – decorated anole
  • Anolis insolitus (Williams & Rand, 1969) – Cordillera central twig anole, La Palma anole
  • Anolis isolepis (Cope, 1861) – dwarf green anole, Jatibonico anole

J

  • Anolis jacare (Boulenger, 1903) – Jacare anole
  • Anolis johnmeyeri (Wilson & McCranie, 1982) – Meyer's anole
  • Anolis juangundlachi Garrido, 1975 – yellow-lipped grass anole, Finca Ceres anole
  • Anolis jubar (Schwartz, 1968) – Cuban coast anole, Cubitas anole
    • Anolis jubar albertschwartzi Garrido, 1973
    • Anolis jubar balaenarum Schwartz, 1968
    • Anolis jubar cocoensis Estrada & Garrido, 1990
    • Anolis jubar cuneus Schwartz, 1968
    • Anolis jubar gibarensis Garrido, 1973
    • Anolis jubar jubar Schwartz, 1968
    • Anolis jubar maisiensis Garrido, 1973
    • Anolis jubar oriens Schwartz, 1968
    • Anolis jubar santamariae Garrido, 1973
    • Anolis jubar yagujayensis Garrido, 1973

K

  • Anolis kahouannensis (Lazell, 1964) – Kahouanne anole
  • Anolis kathydayae Poe & Ryan, 2017
  • Anolis kemptoni (Dunn, 1940) – Kempton's anole
  • Anolis koopmani (Rand, 1961) – Haitian brown red-bellied anole, Koopman's anole
  • Anolis kreutzi (McCranie, Köhler, & Wilson, 2000)
  • Anolis krugi (Peters, 1877) – olive bush anole, Krug's anole, orange dewlap anole
  • Anolis kunalayae (Hulebak, Poe, Ibánez, & Williams, 2007)

L

  • Anolis laevis (Cope, 1876) – smooth anole
  • Anolis laeviventris (Wiegmann, 1834) – white anole
  • Anolis lamari (Williams, 1992)
  • Anolis landestoyi[5] Mahler et al. (2016) – Hispaniolan chamaeleon anole
  • Anolis latifrons (Berthold, 1846)
  • Anolis leachii (Duméril & Bibron, 1837) – Antigua Bank tree anole, Barbuda Bank tree anole, panther anole
  • Anolis leditzigorum Köhler, Vargas, & Lotzkat, 2014
  • Anolis lemniscatus (Boulenger, 1898)
  • Anolis lemurinus (Cope, 1861) – ghost anole
  • Anolis leucodera Kohler & Hedges, 2016 – Bombardopolis green anole
  • Anolis limifrons (Cope, 1871) – slender anole, border anole
  • Anolis limon Velasco & Hurtado-Gomez, 2014
  • Anolis lineatopus Gray, 1840 – Jamaican gray anole, stripefoot anole
    • Anolis lineatopus ahenobarbus] Underwood & Williams, 1959
    • Anolis lineatopus lineatopus Gray, 1840
    • Anolis lineatopus merope Underwood & Williams, 1959
    • Anolis lineatopus neckeri Grant, 1940
  • Anolis lineatus (Daudin, 1802) – striped anole
  • Anolis liogaster (Boulenger, 1905) – Guerreran anole
  • Anolis lionotus (Cope, 1861) – lion anole
  • Anolis litoralis Garrido, 1975 – Oriente pallid anole
  • Anolis lividus (Garman, 1888) – Plymouth anole, Montserrat anole
  • Anolis longiceps Schmidt, 1919 – Navassa anole
  • Anolis longitibialis (Noble, 1923) – Barahona stout anole, Isla Beata anole
    • Anolis longitibialis longitibialis Noble, 1923
    • Anolis longitibialis specuum Schwartz, 1979
  • Anolis lososi Torres-Carvajal, Ayala-Varela, Lobos, Poe, & Narvaez, 2017 – Losos's anole
  • Anolis loveridgei (Schmidt, 1936) – Loveridge's anole
  • Anolis loysiana Duméril & Bibron, 1837 – spiny anole, peach anole
  • Anolis luciae (Garman, 1888) – St. Lucia anole, Saint Lucian anole
  • Anolis lucius Duméril & Bibron, 1837 – cave anole, slender cliff anole
A. luteogularis
  • Anolis luteogularis (Noble & Hassler, 1935) – western giant anole, white-throated anole
    • Anolis luteogularis calceus Schwartz & Garrido, 1972
    • Anolis luteogularis coctilis Schwartz & Garrido, 1972
    • Anolis luteogularis delacruzi Schwartz & Garrido, 1972
    • Anolis luteogularis hassleri Barbour & Shreve, 1935
    • Anolis luteogularis jaumei Schwartz & Garrido, 1972
    • Anolis luteogularis luteogularis Noble & Hassler, 1935
    • Anolis luteogularis nivevultus Schwartz & Garrido, 1972
    • Anolis luteogularis sanfelipensis Garrido, 1975
    • Anolis luteogularis sectilis Schwartz & Garrido, 1972
  • Anolis luteosignifer (Garman, 1888) – Cayman Brac anole
  • Anolis lynchi (Miyata, 1985) – Lynch's anole
  • Anolis lyra (Poe, Velasco, Miyata, & Williams, 2009)

M

  • Anolis macilentus Garrido & Hedges, 1992 – black-cheeked bush anole
  • Anolis macrinii (H.M. Smith, 1968) – Macrinius's anole
  • Anolis macrolepis (Boulenger, 1911) – big-scaled anole
  • Anolis macrophallus (F. Werner, 1917)
  • Anolis maculigula (E. Williams, 1984) – Rueda's anole
  • Anolis maculiventris (Boulenger, 1898) – blotchbelly anole
  • Anolis magnaphallus (Poe & Ibánez, 2007)
  • Anolis maia Batista, Vesely, Mebert, Lotzkat & G. Köhler, 2015
  • Anolis marcanoi (E. Williams, 1975) – red-fanned stout anole, Marcano's anole
  • Anolis mariarum (Barbour, 1932) – blemished anole
A. marmoratus
  • Anolis marmoratus (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837) – Guadeloupe anole, Guadeloupean anole, leopard anole
  • Anolis marron (Arnold, 1980) – Jacmel gracile anole, Jacmel anole
  • Anolis marsupialis Taylor, 1956
  • Anolis matudai (H.M. Smith, 1956) – Matuda's anole
  • Anolis maynardii Garman, 1888 – Maynard's anole
  • Anolis mccraniei (G. Köhler, Townsend & Petersen, 2016)
  • Anolis medemi (Ayala & E. Williams, 1988)
  • Anolis megalopithecus (Rueda-Almonacid, 1989) – Ruida's anole
  • Anolis megapholidotus Smith, 1933 – large-scaled anole
  • Anolis menta (Ayala, Harris & E. Williams, 1984) – mixed anole
  • Anolis meridionalis (Boettger, 1885)
  • Anolis mestrei Barbour & Ramsden, 1916 – red-fanned rock anole, Pinar del Rio anole
  • Anolis microlepidotus (Davis, 1954) – Guerreran oak anole
  • Anolis microtus (Cope, 1871) – tiny anole
  • Anolis milleri (H.M. Smith, 1950) – Miller's anole
  • Anolis mirus (E. Williams, 1963)
  • Anolis monensis (Stejneger, 1904) – Mona anole
  • Anolis monteverde (G. Köhler, 2009)
  • Anolis monticola (Shreve, 1936) – La Hotte bush anole, foothill anole
    • Anolis monticola monticola Shreve, 1936
    • Anolis monticola quadrisartus (Thomas & Schwartz, 1967)
  • Anolis morazani (Townsend & Wilson, 2009)
  • Anolis muralla (Köhler, McCranie & Wilson, 1999)

N

  • Anolis nasofrontalis (Amaral, 1933) – nose anole
  • Anolis naufragus (Campbell, Hillis, & Lamar, 1989) – Hidalgo anole
  • Anolis neblininus (Myers, Williams, & McDiarmid, 1993)
  • Anolis nebuloides (Bocourt, 1873) – false clouded anole
  • Anolis nebulosus (Wiegmann, 1834) – clouded anole
  • Anolis neglectus Prates, Melo-Sampaio, de Queiroz, Carnaval, Rodrigues, & Oliveira-Drummond, 2019. – Serra dos Órgãos anole
  • Anolis nelsoni (Barbour, 1914) – Swan Islands anole, Nelson's anole
  • Anolis nemonteae Ayala-Varela, Valverde, Poe, Narvaez, Yanez-Munoz, & Torres-Carvajal, 2021
  • Anolis nicefori (Dunn, 1944) – Niceforo's Andes anole
  • Anolis nietoi Köhler et al., 2014
  • Anolis nigrolineatus (Williams, 1965)
  • Anolis noblei (Barbour & Shreve, 1935) – Oriente giant anole, Holguin anole
  • Anolis notopholis (Boulenger, 1896) – scalyback anole
  • Anolis nubilis (Garman, 1888) – Redonda anole

O

Male A. oculatus the montanus colour phase
Male A. oculatus the winstoni colour phase
  • Anolis occultus (Williams & Rivero, 1965) – Puerto Rican twig anole, limestone anole, dwarf anole
  • Anolis ocelloscapularis (Köhler, McCranie & Wilson, 2001)
  • Anolis oculatus (Cope, 1879) – Dominican anole, eyed anole
  • Anolis oligaspis Cope, 1894 – Bahama anole
  • Anolis olssoni (Schmidt, 1919) – desert grass anole, Monte Cristi anole, Olsson's anole
    • Anolis olssoni alienus Schwartz, 1981
    • Anolis olssoni dominigensis Schwartz, 1981
    • Anolis olssoni extentus Schwartz, 1981
    • Anolis olssoni ferrugicauda Schwartz, 1981
    • Anolis olssoni insulanus Schwartz, 1981
    • Anolis olssoni montivagus Schwartz, 1981
    • Anolis olssoni olssoni Schmidt, 1919
    • Anolis olssoni palloris Schwartz, 1981
  • Anolis omiltemanus (Davis, 1954) – Omilteme anole
  • Anolis onca (O'Shaughnessy, 1875) – bulky anole
  • Anolis opalinus (Gosse, 1850) – Jamaican opal-bellied anole, Bluefields anole
  • Anolis ophiolepis (Cope, 1862) – five-striped grass anole, snakescale anole
  • Anolis oporinus Garrido & Hedges, 2001 – Pimienta green anole
  • Anolis orcesi (Lazell, 1969) – Orces's Andes anole
  • Anolis ortonii (Cope, 1868) – bark anole, Orton's anole[4]
  • Anolis osa (Köhler, Dehling, & Köhler, 2010)
  • Anolis otongae (Ayala-Varela & Velasco, 2010)
  • Anolis oxylophus (Cope, 1868) – stream anole

P

A. polylepis in the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica, bobbing its head and extending a large yellow dewlap
A. porcatus in a garden in northwest Cuba
A. pulchellus in a garden in northwest Cuba
  • Anolis pachypus (Cope, 1876)
  • Anolis parilis (Williams, 1975) – Ecuador anole
  • Anolis parvauritus (Williams, 1966) – giant green anole, neotropical green anole
  • Anolis parvicirculatus (Álvarez del Toro & H.M. Smith, 1956) – Berriozabal anole
  • Anolis paternus Hardy, 1967 – ashy bush anole, Nueva Gerona anole
    • Anolis paternus paternus Hardy, 1967
    • Anolis paternus pinarensis Garrido, 1975
  • Anolis pecuarius Schwartz, 1969 – Île-à-Vache green anole
  • Anolis pentaprion (Cope, 1863) – lichen anole
  • Anolis peraccae (Boulenger, 1898)
  • Anolis peruensis Poe, Latella, Ayala-Varela, Yañez-Miranda, & Torres-Carvajal, 2015
  • Anolis petersii (Bocourt, 1873) – Peters's anole
  • Anolis peucephilus Kohler, Trejo-Perez, Petersen, & Mendez De La Cruz, 2014
  • Anolis peynadoi Mertens, 1939 – western Hispaniola green anole, northern Hispaniolan green anole, Hispaniolan green anole
  • Anolis phyllorhinus (Myers & Carvalho, 1945) – leaf-nosed anole, bat anole
  • Anolis pigmaequestris (Garrido, 1975) – pygmy giant anole, Cayo Francés anole
  • Anolis pijolense (McCranie, Wilson, & Williams, 1993)
  • Anolis pinchoti Cochran, 1931 – Crab Cay anole
  • Anolis placidus Hedges & Thomas, 1989 – Neiba twig anole, placid anole
  • Anolis planiceps Troschel, 1848 – golden-scaled anole, orange-fanned leaf-litter anole, goldenscale anole
  • Anolis podocarpus (Ayala-Varela & Torres-Carvajal, 2010)
  • Anolis poecilopus (Cope, 1862) – dappled anole
  • Anolis poei Ayala-Varela, Troya-Rodríguez, Talero-Rodríguez, & Torres-Carvajal, 2014 – Telimbela anole
  • Anolis pogus (Lazell, 1972) – Anguilla Bank bush anole, Watts's anole
  • Anolis polylepis (Peters, 1874) – many-scaled anole, Golfo-Dulce anole
  • Anolis poncensis (Stejneger, 1904) – Ponce anole
  • Anolis porcatus |Gray, 1840 – Cuban green anole
    • Anolis porcatus aracelyae Perez-Beato, 1996
    • Anolis porcatus porcatus Gray, 1840
  • Anolis porcus (Cope, 1864) – Oriente bearded anole
  • Anolis prasinorius Kohler & Hedges, 2016 – Baoruco green twig anole
  • Anolis princeps (Boulenger, 1902) – first anole
  • Anolis proboscis (Peters & Orces, 1956) – horned anole, Pinocchio lizard
  • Anolis properus Schwartz, 1968 – Hispaniolan gracile anole, bark anole
  • Anolis propinquus (Williams, 1984)
  • Anolis pseudokemptoni (Köhler, Ponce, Sunyer, & Batista, 2007)
  • Anolis pseudopachypus (Köhler, Ponce, Sunyer, & Batista, 2007)
  • Anolis pseudotigrinus (Amaral, 1933) – false tiger anole
  • Anolis pulchellus Duméril & Bibron, 1837 – Puerto Rican bush anole, Puerto Rican anole, snake anole
  • Anolis pumilus Garrido, 1988 – Cuban spiny-plant anole
  • Anolis punctatus (Daudin, 1802) – spotted anole, Amazon green anole
    • Anolis punctatus boulengeri O'Shaughnessy, 1881
    • Anolis punctatus punctatus Daudin, 1802
  • Anolis purpurescens (Cope, 1899) – purple anole
  • Anolis purpurgularis (McCranie, Cruz, & Holm, 1993)
  • Anolis purpuronectes Gray, Meza-Lazaro, Poe, & Nieto-Montes De Oca, 2016
  • Anolis pygmaeus (Álvarez del Toro & H.M Smith, 1956) – Chiapis pygmy anole

Q

  • Anolis quadriocellifer (Barbour & Ramsden, 1919) – Cuban eyespot anole, peninsula anole
  • Anolis quaggulus (Cope, 1885)
  • Anolis quercorum (Fitch, 1979) – Oaxacan oak anole, gray anole
  • Anolis quimbaya Moreno-Arias, Méndez-Galeano, Beltrán, & Vargas-Ramírez, 2023 – Quimbaya anole

R

  • Anolis ravifaux Schwartz & Henderson, 1982 - Saona stout anole
  • Anolis ravitergum Schwartz, 1968 - Hispaniolan gracile anole, bark anole
  • Anolis reconditus (Underwood & Williams, 1959) – Blue Mountains anole
  • Anolis rejectus Garrido & Schwartz, 1972 – Santiago grass anole
  • Anolis richardii (Duméril & Bibron, 1837) – Grenada tree anole
  • Anolis richteri (Dunn,1944) – flat Andes anole
  • Anolis ricordii (Duméril & Bibron, 1837) – Haitian giant anole, Haitian green anole
    • Anolis ricordi leberi Williams, 1965
    • Anolis ricordi ricordi Duméril & Bibron, 1837
    • Anolis ricordi subsolanus Schwartz, 1974
    • Anolis ricordi viculus Schwartz, 1974
  • Anolis rimarum (Thomas & Schwartz, 1967) – Artibonite bush anole, marmelade anole
  • Anolis riparius Chaves, Ryan, Bolaños, Márquez, Köhler & Poe, 2023
  • Anolis rivalis (Williams, 1984) – neighbor anole
  • Anolis roatanensis (Köhler & McCranie, 2001) – Roatan anole
  • Anolis robinsoni Chaves, Ryan, Bolaños, Márquez, Köhler & Poe, 2023
  • Anolis rodriguezii Bocourt, 1873 – Middle American smooth anole, Rodriguez's anole
  • Anolis roosevelti Grant, 1931 – Virgin Islands giant anole, Culebra Island giant anole
  • Anolis roquet (Lacépède, 1788) – savannah anole, Martinique anole, Martinique's anole
    • Anolis roquet majolgris Lazell, 1972
    • Anolis roquet roquet (Lacépède, 1788)
    • Anolis roquet salinei Lazell, 1972
    • Anolis roquet summus Lazell, 1972
    • Anolis roquet zebrilus Lazell, 1972
  • Anolis rubiginosus Bocourt, 1873 – Sierra Juarez anole
  • Anolis rubribarbaris (Köhler, McCranie, & Wilson 1999)
  • Anolis rubribarbus (Barbour & Ramsden, 1919) – Sagua de Tánamo anole
  • Anolis ruibali Navarro & Garrido, 2004 – Cabo Cruz pallid anole
  • Anolis ruizi (Rueda & Williams, 1986)
  • Anolis rupinae (Williams & Webster, 1974) – Haitian banded red-bellied anole, Castillon anole

S

  • Anolis sabanus Garman, 1887 – Saban anole
  • Anolis sacamecatensis G. Köhler et al., 2014
Anolis sagrei, brown anole
  • Anolis sagrei Duméril & Bibron, 1837 – Cuban brown anole, brown anole
    • Anolis sagrei mayensis H.M. Smith & Burger, 1949
    • Anolis sagrei sagrei Duméril & Bibron, 1837
  • Anolis salvini Boulenger, 1885 – Salvin's anole
  • Anolis santamartae E. Williams, 1982 – Santa Marta anole
  • Anolis savagei Poe & Ryan, 2017
  • Anolis saxatilis Mertens, 1938 – palid stout anole, Whiteman's anole
    • Anolis saxatilis lapidosus Schwartz, 1980
    • Anolis saxatilis saxatilis Williams, 1963
  • Anolis schiedei (Wiegmann, 1834) – Schiede's anole
  • Anolis schwartzi Lazell, 1972 – Saint Kitts Bank bush anole, Schwartz's anole, Statia Bank bush anole
  • Anolis scriptus Garman, 1887 – southern Bahamas anole, Silver Key anole
    • Anolis scriptus leucophaeus Garman, 1888
    • Anolis scriptus mariguanae Cochran, 1931
    • Anolis scriptus scriptus Garman, 1887
    • Anolis scriptus sularum Barbour & Shreve, 1935
  • Anolis scypheus Cope, 1864 – yellow-tongued anole
  • Anolis semilineatus Cope, 1864 – Hispaniolan grass anole, Santo Domingo anole, half-lined Hispaniolan grass anole
  • Anolis sericeus Hallowell, 1856 – silky anole
  • Anolis serranoi (G. Köhler, 1999)
  • Anolis sheplani Schwartz, 1974 – Baoruco gray twig anole, Cabral anole
  • Anolis shrevei (Cochran, 1939) – Cordillera central stout anole, Shreve's anole
  • Anolis sierramaestrae Holáňová, Rehák & Frynta, 2012 – Sierra Maestrae bearded anole
  • Anolis singularis E. Williams, 1965 – Macaya green twig anole, porcupine anole
  • Anolis smallwoodi Schwartz, 1964 – green-blotched giant anole, Smallwood's anole
    • Anolis smallwoodi palardis Schwartz, 1964
    • Anolis smallwoodi saxuliceps Schwartz, 1964
    • Anolis smallwoodi smallwoodi Schwartz, 1964
  • Anolis smaragdinus Barbour & Shreve, 1935 – Bahamian green anole
    • Anolis smaragdinus lerneri Oliver, 1948
    • Anolis smaragdinus smaragdinus Barbour & Shreve, 1935
  • Anolis sminthus Dunn & Emlen, 1932 – mouse anole
  • Anolis soinii Poe & Yañez-Miranda, 2008
  • Anolis solitarius Ruthven, 1916 – solitaire anole
  • Anolis spectrum Peters, 1863 – black-shouldered ground anole, Matanzas anole, ghost anole
  • Anolis spilorhipis (Alvarez Del Toro & Smith, 1956)
  • Anolis squamulatus Peters, 1863 – small-scaled anole
  • Anolis stevepoei G. Köhler et al., 2014
  • Anolis strahmi Schwartz, 1979 – Baoruco stout anole, Strahm's anole
    • Anolis strahmi abditus Schwartz, 1979
    • Anolis strahmi strahmi Schwartz, 1979
  • Anolis stratulus Cope 1861 – banded anole, spotted anole, or St. Thomas anole
  • Anolis subocularis Davis, 1954 Pacific anole
  • Anolis sulcifrons Cope, 1899 – grooved anole

T

  • Anolis tandai Avila-Pires, 1995 – Tanda's anole
  • Anolis taylori (H.M. Smith & Spieler, 1945) – Taylor's anole
  • Anolis tenorioensis (G. Köhler, 2011)
  • Anolis tequendama Moreno-Arias, Méndez-Galeano, Beltrán, & Vargas-Ramírez, 2023 – Tequendama anole
  • Anolis terraealtae (Barbour 1915) – Les Saines anole, Les Saintes anole
  • Anolis terueli Navarro, Fernandez & Garrido, 2001 – yellow-fanned pallid anole
  • Anolis tetarii (Barros, Williams, & Viloria, 1996)
  • Anolis tigrinus (Peters, 1863) – tiger anole
  • Anolis toldo Fong & Garrido, 2000 – gray-banded green anole
  • Anolis tolimensis (Werner, 1916)
  • Anolis townsendi (Stejneger, 1900) – Townsend's anole, Cocos Island anole
  • Anolis trachyderma (Cope, 1876) – common forest anole, roughskin anole
  • Anolis transversalis (Duméril, 1851) – banded tree anole, transverse anole
  • Anolis trinitatis (Reinhardt & Lütken, 1862) – St. Vincent Bush anole, Saint Vincent's bush anole, Trinidad anole
  • Anolis triumphalis (Nicholson & Kohler, 2014)
  • Anolis tropidogaster (Hallowell, 1856) – tropical anole
  • Anolis tropidolepis (Boulenger, 1885) – swift anole
  • Anolis tropidonotus (Peters, 1863) – greater scaly anole

U

  • Anolis uniformis (Cope, 1885) – lesser scaly anole
  • Anolis unilobatus (Köhler & Vesely, 2010) – blue-spotted fan anole
  • Anolis urraoi[6] Grisales-Martínez et al. (2017) – Urrao anole
  • Anolis ustus Cope, 1864
  • Anolis utilensis (Köhler, 1996) – Utila anole, mangrove anole

V

  • Anolis valencienni (Duméril & Bibron, 1837) – Jamaican twig anole, short-tail anole
  • Anolis vanidicus Garrido & Schwartz, 1972 – Escambray grass anole, Vanidicus anole
  • Anolis vanzolinii (Williams, Orces, Matheus, & Bleiweiss, 1996)
  • Anolis vaupesianus (Williams, 1982) – Williams's anole
  • Anolis ventrimaculatus (Boulenger, 1911) – speckled anole
  • Anolis vermiculatus Cocteau, 1837 – Cuban stream anole, Vinales anole
  • Anolis vescus Garrido & Hedges – Sierra Del Purial bush anole, Purial bush anole
  • Anolis vicarius (Williams, 1986)
  • Anolis villai (Fitch & Henderson, 1976) – Great Corn Island anole, country anole
  • Anolis vinosus Schwartz, 1968
  • Anolis viridulus Díaz, Cádiz, Velazco, & Kawata, 2022
  • Anolis viridius Kohler & Hedges, 2016 – Barahona green anole
  • Anolis vittigerus Cope, 1862 – garland anole

W

  • Anolis wampuensis (McCranie & Köhler, 2001)
  • Anolis wattsii (Boulenger, 1911) – Watts's anole
  • Anolis websteri (Arnold, 1980) – yellow-bellied desert anole , Webster's anole
  • Anolis wellbornae (Ahl, 1940)
  • Anolis wermuthi (Köhler & Obermeier, 1998) – Wermuth's anole
  • Anolis williamsmittermeierorum Poe & Yañez-Miranda, 2007 – Williams-Mittermeier anole
  • Anolis wilsoni (Kohler, Townsend, & Petersen, 2016)
  • Anolis woodi (Dunn, 1940) – Wood's anole

Y

  • Anolis yoroensis (McCranie, Nicholson, & Köhler, 2001)

Z

  • Anolis zapotecorum Köhler et al., 2014
  • Anolis zeus (Köhler & McCranie, 2001)

References

  1. Anolis. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. Nicholson, Kristen A.; Crother, Brian I.; Guyer, Craig; Savage, Jay M. (11 September 2012). "It is time for a new classification of anoles (Squamata:Dactyloidae)". Zootaxa 3447: 1–108. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3477.1.1. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2012/f/zt03477p108.pdf. Retrieved 19 May 2013. 
  3. "A new species of Anolis Squamata: Iguania: Dactyloidae formerly referred to as A. pachypus from the Cordillera de Talamanca of western Panama and adjacent Costa Rica". Zootaxa 3125: 1–21. 2011. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN:978-1-4214-0135-5. (Anolis evermanni, p. 86; A. fraseri, p. 94; A. ortonii, p. 196, A. schmidti, p. 236).
  5. Mahler, D. Luke; Lambert, Shea M.; Geneva, Anthony J.; Ng, Julienne; Hedges, S. Blair; Losos, Jonathan B.; Glor, Richard E. (2016). "Discovery of a Giant Chameleon-Like Lizard (Anolis) on Hispaniola and Its Significance to Understanding Replicated Adaptive Radiations". The American Naturalist 188 (3): 357–64. doi:10.1086/687566. PMID 27501092. 
  6. Freddy A. Grisales-Martínez; Julián A. Velasco; Wilmar Bolívar; Ernest E. Williams; Juan M. Daza (2017). "The taxonomic and phylogenetic status of some poorly known Anolis species from the Andes of Colombia with the description of a nomen nudum taxon". Zootaxa 4303 (2): 213–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4303.2.2. 

Further reading

  • Schwartz, Albert; Thomas, Richard (1975). A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Anolis species, pp. 64–107).