Brown Anole
by Paul Rebmann
Title
Brown Anole
Artist
Paul Rebmann
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
A brown anole laying low on a deck with a soft green background.
A small lizard native to Cuba and the Bahamas is now present throughout most of the Florida peninsula with isolated populations reported in Georgia, Louisiana and Texas.
Anolis sagrei can change from light to dark brown depending upon their surroundings. They are lighter along the back ridge from the nape of the neck to the tail. Coloring is highly variable, but males typically show a series of larger black and smaller yellow spots along the back. Females typically exhibit a diamond pattern bordered with a thin yellow stripe. Both sexes have dewlaps (the throat fan), with the male's being much larger and more likely to be shown.
Brown anoles are a highly invasive species, out-competing the native green anole for resources, as well as eating the native anole's eggs and young. First observed in the Florida keys in 1887, they arrived in most south Florida seaports in the 1940's and are now the most populous anole in the southern half of the peninsula.
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July 4th, 2021
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