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Anolis carolinensis (Green anole)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The Carolina anole (Anolis carolinensis) is an arboreal lizard found primarily in the southeastern United States and some Caribbean islands. Other common names include the green anole, American anole and red-throated anole. It is also sometimes referred to as the American chameleon due to its ability to change color from several brown hues to bright green and its somewhat similar appearance (though it is not a true chameleon).
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Invasive Species

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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  2.3 grams
Female Weight [2]  2 grams
Female Maturity [2]  8 months 19 days
Male Maturity [2]  8 months 19 days
Gestation [2]  45 days
Litter Size [2]  1
Litters / Year [4]  4
Maximum Longevity [5]  7 years
Reproductive Mode [3]  Oviparous
Snout to Vent Length [2]  1.968 inches (5 cm)
Habitat Substrate [3]  Arboreal

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Mesoamerica Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama Yes

Predators

Lanius ludovicianus (Loggerhead Shrike)[6]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Mesocestoides lineatus[7]
Skrjabinoptera phrynosoma <Unverified Name>[7]

Range Map

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

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1Length–weight allometries in lizards, S. Meiri, Journal of Zoology 281 (2010) 218–226
2Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
3Meiri, Shai (2019), Data from: Traits of lizards of the world: variation around a successful evolutionary design, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.f6t39kj
4Clutch Size and Reproductive Effort in the Lizard Lacerta vivipara Jacquin, R. A. Avery, Oecologia (Berl.) 19, 165-170 (1975)
5de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
6Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
7Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0