Anolis lemurinus
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Ghost Anole
Also known as:
Canopy Anole
Like the Mexican Leopard Frog and the Teapa Scaly Lizard, this was another herp living on the grounds of his butterfly center that lepidopterist Jan Meerman identified for me.
We found and captured this anole sleeping at night, and photographed it the next day. I had identified it as Anoles pentaprion, but was set straight on iNaturalist.
Some authorities put most of the Central and South American anole species (as opposed to the U.S./Caribbean ones) into the genus Norops. This will probably be the standard soon, but for now there are still many authorities using "Anolis".
This lizard was photographed on a herping trip with GreenTracks. Here is a complete list of the species we found on this GreenTracks trip.
Printed references:
- Lee, J. C. 1996. The Amphibians and Reptiles of the Yucatán Peninsula
- Lee, J. C. 2000. A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of the Maya World
- Leenders, T. 2001. A Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica
- Stafford, P. J., Meyer, J. R. 2000. A Guide to the Reptiles of Belize