Fringe-lipped bat chows on a frog. Apparently, they take lizards, too. Photo from Smithsonian Science.
A quick answer to my question posed a few days ago. Some bats do, indeed, eat anoles. In particular, the fringe-lipped bat Trachops cirrhosus has been reported to do so a number of times, I now know thanks to avid anolologist and zoological polymath Anthony Herrel. Try googling “anole” and “trachops.” One hit with several references comes from the entry in Mammalian Species for Trachops, although only one paper specifically identifies anoles (A. lemurinus being the victim), as opposed to “lizards” or geckos.
Professor of Biology and Director of the Living Earth Collaborative at Washington University in Saint Louis. I've spent my entire professional career studying anoles and have discovered that the more I learn about anoles, the more I realize I don't know.
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Here’s your proof that they do eat it – including picture.