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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.
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 ...
Langerhans, Knouft & Losos call the set of Anolis lizard ecomorphs of the Greater Antilles "a classic example of convergent evolution." [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Jonathan Losos defined six Anolis ecomorphs according to the predominant microhabitat (e.g. grasses, open ground, different parts of trees) of the respective Anolis : crown giant, trunk-crown, trunk ...
For example, the Caribbean Alsophis and Borikenophis racers, and the Mexican, Central American and South American Oxybelis vine snakes feed mostly on lizards like anoles. [ 151 ] [ 152 ] Some reptile-eating snakes have a specialized venom that has little effect on humans, but it rapidly kills an anole. [ 153 ]
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 carolinensis or green anole (US: / ə ˈ n oʊ. l i / ⓘ) (among other names below) is a tree-dwelling species of anole lizard native to the southeastern United States and introduced to islands in the Pacific and Caribbean.
The Barbados anole (Anolis extremus) is a species of anole (US: / ə ˈ n oʊ. l i / ⓘ) lizard that is native to Barbados, an island-nation in the Caribbean. Originally endemic to Barbados, it has since been introduced to Saint Lucia and Bermuda. [2] It was previously treated as a subspecies of Martinique's anole, A. roquet.
Anolis pulchellus, the Puerto Rican anole, Puerto Rican bush anole, [2] snake anole, or sharp-mouthed lizard, [3] is a small species of anole lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is among the most common lizards in Puerto Rico , and also native to Vieques , Culebra , and the Virgin Islands (except St. Croix ).