I’m in southern Costa Rica doing field work with bats, but once an anole lover, always an anole lover so when I get a night off I like to go herping. Since everyone loves a sleeping anole (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, among others), I thought I’d share some photos that a friend and I took while wandering around at night. I’m not sure what the last one is; I’m guessing Anolis polylepis (we’re at 1100m at the Las Cruces Biological Station and it was sleeping about 1m above the ground).
Anolis capito. Photo by Jon Flanders
Anolis aquaticus. Photo by Jon Flanders
Anolis polylepis? Photo by Jon Flanders
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Travis
Their are such amazing animals. I went to costa rica before and watched the anoles for hours. Theyre adorable!
Christine Rose-Smyth
Do all Anolis species sleep with eyes open, please? Can you direct me to a reference?
Thanks in advance
Jonathan Losos
As far as I’m aware, all anoles sleep with their eyes closed. If the eyes are open, it’s probably because you’ve awakened them.
Christine Rose-Smyth
Many thanks for the reply. So, I assume, it would be better to approach with a red light.