As I am preparing for travel to the Lesser Antilles and looking at accommodations, I got to wondering. With all the anole research being conducted in all parts of their range I was curious about “Anole accommodations?” I have only come across two anole friendly places to stay, but there have to be more.
In Dominica there is the Zandoli Inn, which is the local name for anoles. But aside from the name and logo, that’s about it. The Ecolodge in Saba goes a bit further with their Anole cottage, which is completely decked out with Anolis sabanus décor. Of course I had to stay there.
Here is a wall in the room. How many sabanus can you count? Hint, there are more than 20.
If staying here, be careful of your privacy… there were several instances of peeping Tom’s outside my window. I caught this one in the act.
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Martha Munoz
Hi Joe,
I know a excellent few local guides in Montserrat – Mapai and Scriber – but they don’t have their own inns. If you stay at the Old Sugar Mill, they are more than accustomed to guests with strange affections for Anolis lividus and the house has quite a number of them hopping about.
Martha
Ambika Kamath
The Tamarind Tree Hotel in Dominica is biologist-friendly (a group studying hummingbirds often stays there), and has plenty of A. oculatus in the garden and surrounding vegetation.
Pat Shipman
I found 21 in your photo (aside from the pervert peeping tom!). Are there more?
In Little Cayman, no one that I know of actually has cabins/rooms named for anolises, but ALL resorts are biologist-friendly and Pirates Point Resort has a divemaster who is a herps guy (know as Iguana Mike) who is very knowledgeable.