Fighting for Territory!

IMG_2790These two brown anoles (Anolis sagrei) were displaying for territory, showing their brightly orange dewlaps and crests, and ended up like this! Finally, the evidently dominant one “won,” and the other one almost got caught by my cat (when he fell from the plant after being released from the aggressive one’s jaws).

 

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  1. It’s that time of year! I had a couple of brown anoles squabbling in my yard today too.

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