Hi Everyone, a quick post to see if anyone out there is interested in contributing to a large ongoing project on Anolis sagrei. We are sampling this species throughout the (mostly) native range, and currently have 77 sampling locations represented. However, we are wondering if anyone would be able to help us fill some remaining gaps.
We are interested in adding additional tissue samples from Central America and the Bahamas. Here is an approximate range map with some desired localities (in blue):
Any help is greatly appreciated. I realize that collecting tissues (not to mention all the paperwork) is not a trivial task, so if you are interested in contributing samples please get in touch with me. We will keep AA posted on this project!
Graham is an Associate Professor of Biology at the University of North Carolina Asheville. His research focuses on Caribbean herpetology- specifically anoles and boas.
Latest posts by Graham Reynolds (see all)
- A Victorian Mystery – the Lizard Dewlap - October 10, 2020
- Undergraduates among the Anoles: Anolis scriptus in the Turks & Caicos - July 14, 2020
- Anoles and Drones, a Dispatch from Island Biology 2019 - August 26, 2019
Alexander Stubbs
I have samples from Bermuda and Grand Cayman if you are interested. I also have a number of transcriptomes from both populations if that is in any way useful for your project…
Jose Luis Herrera
Hi Graham,
What locations in the Bahamas are you interested to collect samples ? There is a group of colleagues that are going to some cays in the Bahamas soon to do fieldwork with iguanas and invasive species and they could collect for you some samples. Let me know the locations and I can check with them.
Tess
Dear Graham,
Starting from the 2nd of April I will sample two A. sagrei populations; one on South Bimini and one at Gilpin point (Great Abaco). I’m willing to take tissue samples from those two populations if you want, but I have no permits for that. As I fly off already in 10 days, arranging permits for tissue samples and export seems like an impossible task… Or not?
Reynold Boyce
Greetings Dr. Losos and the Annals Group,
I was recently in St. Lucia travelling around photo-documenting the
local Anolis luciae which seem to be rapidly being displaced by the
invasive A. wattsi from Antigua. While exploring the southwestern
town of Soufriere I came upon a few specimens of this species in the
backyard workshop of the sculptuer host of mine.
I have showed the photos to a few herpetologists at UWI and they are
as baffled as I am; as the closest possiblility, A. richardii, which
is based in Grenada, the Grenadines and Tobago, is not noted to have
migrated that far north.
Any takes on what species it could possibly be?
Cheers,
Reynold C. Boyce