Anolis transversalis
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Banded Tree Anole
Also known as:
Transverse Anole
This is the most attractive of the Anolis species in this area of Peru, though perhaps you can't quite tell from this one's best attempt to hide on the other side of a twig.
Here is a complete list of the herps I saw in the wild on my 2013 MT Amazon Expeditions trip.
They don't call them "Frank Sinatra Anoles" for nothing. (Actually, it is likely that nobody has ever called them "Frank Sinatra Anoles", other than me just now. But they should.)
Here is a complete list of the herps I saw in the wild on my 2014 MT Amazon Expeditions trip.
Someday I hope to see one of these beautiful lizards active during the day.
This one seems to have a much more precarious sleeping position than the others I've seen.
My Travelogues and Trip Lists page includes a complete list of the herps I saw in the wild on my 2016 MT Amazon Expeditions trip.
Until I see one of these lizards by day, I will have to be satisfied with their variety of sleeping positions.
This one was sleeping on a thin branch over a stream. I suppose it knew what it was doing.
Printed references:
- Bartlett, R.D., and Bartlett, P. 2003. Reptiles and Amphibians of the Amazon: An Ecotourist's Guide
- Dixon, J. R. and Soini, P. 1986. The Reptiles of the Upper Amazon Basin, Iquitos Region, Peru
- Duellman, W.E. 2005. Cusco Amazónico: The Lives of Amphibians and Reptiles in an Amazonian Rainforest