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Brown Anole

Anolis sagrei

Description:

Brown Anoles are normally a light brown color with markings on their back that are a darker brown to black, and on their sides they have several tan to light color lines. Like other anoles, it can change color, in its case a darker brown to black coloration. They also have an dewlap that ranges from yellow to orange-red. In terms of size, the males can grow as large as their Green Anole male counterparts, if not a slightly smaller or bigger depending on the individual-thus around 17.8-20.3 centimeters (7-8 inches), some individuals topping 22.9 centimeters (9 inches) while the females are around the size of the female Green Anole which is around 7.6-15.2 centimeters (3-6 inches). Unlike the male Green Anole, the male Brown Anole's head isn't as large. Also their tails have a ridge over them that travels up all the way to behind the Brown Anole's head which the Green Anole lacks. [Wikipedia.org]

Habitat:

The brown anole (Anolis sagrei) is a lizard native to Cuba and the Bahamas. It has been widely introduced elsewhere, by being sold as a pet lizard, and is now found in Florida and as far north as southern Georgia, Texas, Taiwan, Hawaii, Southern California, and other Caribbean islands. [Wikipedia.org]

Notes:

This anole was popping up from behind a small statue on the house steps.

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Kymberlee Ricke
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Kymberlee Ricke

Florida, USA

Spotted on Aug 4, 2013
Submitted on Aug 5, 2013

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