I recently received an email from UC Davis undergraduate and lizard enthusiast, Kirk Sato. On a recent trip to Belize, Kirk snapped a great photograph of this anole and he wants to know what species it is. What are your ideas, folks?
Unidentified anole from Belize
Martha is a postdoctoral researcher in Sheila Patek's laboratory at Duke University. She received her Ph.D. at Harvard University, where she studyied the evolutionary ecology and thermal physiology of anoles, focusing on the cybotoid anoles from the Dominican Republic. Martha serves as Conference Editor for the Anole Annals.
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Wes Chun
I’ll guess Norops lemurinus…
Jonathan Losos
That’s what I was going to guess, too, but didn’t have the courage!
chipojolab
hummm looks like a juvenile sagrei,
marthamunoz
After much debate in our lab, we came to the consensus that this is likely A. lemurinus. We went back and forth on whether or not it might be A. capito, which is also found in Belize, but we’re leaning towards A. lemurinus because of the W shape on the head. Anolis lemurinus is far more common, as well. To quote one lab member, “99% of the time you think you’ve got an A. capito, it’s actually A. lemurinus.”
Thanks for sharing, Kirk!
Kirk Sato
Thanks everyone! Unfortunately, I don’t have any more photos of this beauty…I guess I’ll just have to go back to Belize! Happy herping!