Name That Anole, French-Style

Anoland has a name-that-anole quiz. Here are the instructions, translated from French by an internet website: “Salvation to all, this is a new quiz. For each species a photo of the male as well as of the female (interesting to see the fanon and the difference of the latter as a function of sex) some very simple, others quite harsh.”

Jonathan Losos

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8 Comments

  1. I think we can refine the translation of “assez dures” from “quite harsh” to “quite hard.” What does fanon mean, is this the French term for dewlap?

  2. Hi,

    Yes “quite hard” is the correct translation. And dewlap is the translation from “fanon gulaire”

  3. Uwe Bartelt

    french is difficult, but netherlands is better : dewlap is keelwas 🙂

    in german : Kehlwamme or Kehlfahne

    so it is

    Uwe

    • I think we should all agree to refer to the dewlap as the keelwas in every language from now on.

      • Peter Mudde

        Nice.. but make that keelwaM. Sound even better and that’s the dutch word for real ( sorry, Uwe made a mistake..)

  4. Uwe Bartelt

    sorry at all, was a mistake

    today I take a look in my old Bulletins van de Nederlandse Studiegroep Anolissen and find this.

    thanks Peter for his regard

    at time, I am to fast…….

    dont worry be happy 🙂

  5. Delphine.

    Six species remain to be identified ^^

    A reminder of the rules.
    #Identify these 9 species!
    Hi everybody ! I have a new quiz for you. For each species, you will find pictures of both male and female (for interpreting dewlap differences between sex). Some species are easy to identifiy others more difficult. But, here we go !

    A) A. sagrei (found by Diplo)
    B) A. equestris (found by Diplo)
    C) A. chlorocyanus (found by Diplo)
    D) A. ?
    E) A. ? (A South American species but neither A. nitens nor A. trachyderma)
    F) A. ?
    G) A. carolinensis (found by Diplo)
    H) A. ?
    I) A. ?
    J) A. ?

  6. Uwe Bartelt

    D: A.homolechis
    I: A.limifrons sp.

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