Here’s a picture of an Anolis cristatellus I recently found in Miami (FL) with a strangely coloured dewlap (next to a more typical dewlap colour and pattern). I have no extra details other than I found one other individual that was similar close by, although with less grey. I have never seen it on any other cristatellus in the area. So strange I thought I would share!
Left: Atypical dewlap, Right: Typical dewlap
Although I intended to post this just because of my natural curiosity, it also gave me the added bonus of being able to annoy WordPress’s US-English spellcheck with my title!
I am most interested in understanding how different species of lizards live together. Specifically, I research the ecological mechanisms that facilitate coexistence and the subsequent evolutionary consequences. I am a post-doc in the Losos Lab at Washington University in St. Louis. Website: www.jamesTstroud.com
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James Stroud
Disclaimer: Neither of those pairs of nails are mine.
Ambika Kamath
Seems worth mentioning that grey dewlaps have been talked about before on the blog: https://www.anoleannals.org/2012/04/14/sighting-of-the-gray-dewlapped-anolis-carolinensis/. In one of the comments, Liam Revell mentions seeing grey dewlapped A. cristatellus on Vieques.
As someone whose every post includes either or both of the words “colour” and “behaviour,” I similarly enjoy annoying WordPress’ spellchecks 🙂
James Stroud
Cool, thanks – I had forgotten about that other post!