The species pictured above has one of the largest dewlaps of any anole, with a ceratobranchial that extends posteriorly well beyond the forelimbs. What species is it?
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Thomas Sanger
Anolis christophei perhaps?
Uwe Bartelt
I think also
http://www.saumfinger.de/anolis_christophei.html
Jonathan Losos
Sure, that’s a nice sized dewlap for a Caribbean anole, but I bet readers out there have mainland anole dewlap photos that make this one seem puny. Anybody?
Rich Glor
A. christophei it is! I think it has the pound for pound biggest dewlap in the northern Caribbean. Perhaps some of the twigs are rivals? Bring on the mainland dewlaps!
Uwe Bartelt
look at this one
http://www.saumfinger.de/anolis_compressicauda.html
Daniel Scantlebury
Has anyone looked into geographic variation in this species? I collected specimens with less-impressive dewlaps from a forested, cliff-lined creek south of La Vega.
Kevin de Queiroz
“That extends posteriorly well beyond the forelimbs” doesn’t sound terribly impressive. I’ve seen some that extend as far back as the pelvis (when the dewlap is not extended).
Rich Glor
Lots of haters here without much sharing of other giant dewlaps:) As far as I recall, A. christophei’s dewlap doesn’t extend quite to the pelvis, but it gets close.
Peter Mudde
All right then.. This aquaticus has a larger dewlap, even without human assistance.
Peter Mudde
I cannot upload the picture. But see it here:
[IMG]http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q258/PeterMudde/DSC_0450.jpg[/IMG]
Peter Mudde
or, this one
http://www.acg.saumfinger.de/photographs/oldpictures/chlorispm080101.jpg
I must have a slide of the extended dewlap somewhere, but on the given slide you see how it has folded back and there is still a white flap hanging out somewhere halfway it’s belly
Peter Mudde
I knew I had a slide of Anolis chloris with extended dewlap somewhere. This is a scan of an old slide made in Alluriquin, Ecuador august 1989.
