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Diving lizards, such as the Anolis aquaticus, are believed to have evolved to be able to respire while staying underwater by holding air between their cuticles and the water that they are surrounded with. This is a development that was necessary for the lizards, that were initially terrestrial creatures restricted only to breathing directly ...
Anolis is a genus of anoles (US: / ə ˈ n oʊ. l i z / ⓘ), iguanian lizards in the family Dactyloidae, native to the Americas.With more than 425 species, [1] it represents the world's most species-rich amniote tetrapod genus, although many of these have been proposed to be moved to other genera, in which case only about 45 Anolis species remain.
Anolis chrysolepis, the goldenscale anole, is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is found in Guyana , Suriname , French Guiana , and Brazil . [ 2 ]
Anolis gundlachi, also commonly known as the yellow-chinned anole, Gundlach's anole, and the yellow-beard anole, is an oviparous, sexually dimorphic species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is endemic to Puerto Rico and lives in mountainous forests at high elevations. [ 2 ]
Though A. auratus presents a variety of physical characteristics based on geographic location, maturity, and sex, a common feature is a tan-coloured back with cream or dark brown to black lateral stripes, copper orange spots on the posterior thigh, a bright orange tongue, as well as an overall tan tail with light gray or black streaks, blotches, or stripes on the dorsal surface but orange ...
The genus Anolis is part of the larger family Dactyloidae of anoles. This is an example of convergent evolution where lizards on different islands with similar habitats may evolve to share similar morphologies. [6] Within the genus Anolis, A. evermanni is classified in the trunk-crown ecomorph, generally living in the upper trunks and canopies ...
The large lizard genus Anolis contains around 436 accepted anole (US: / ə ˈ n oʊ. l i / ⓘ) species, [1] which have been considered in a number of subgroups, or clades such as carolinensis and isolepis.
Anolis podocarpus is a species of anole lizard in the family Dactyloidae. It was first described by Fernando P. Ayala-Varela and Omar Torres-Carvajal in 2010, the type locality being the Podocarpus National Park at Romerillos Alto in Zamora-Chinchipe Province , Ecuador on the southeastern slopes of the Andes .