Nectarivory by and Predation upon Anolis occultus: Natural History Data at Last!

nectarivory

Remarkably little is known about the natural history of the Puerto Rican twig anole, Anolis occultus, except where it sleeps. The reason is simple: thepredation animal is small, moves slowly, is highly cryptic and probably spends a lot of its time amidst the twigs high in the canopy. As a result, there have been reports of only a handful of animals located while they are active.

In a just published paper, Ríos-López and colleagues report two new observations of these charming little lizards, one of nectarivory (above) and the other, sadly, of predation by a kingbird (right). In addition, the paper presents a comprehensive review of what we know about this species and its conservation prospects.

 

Jonathan Losos

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3 Comments

  1. Nectivores are nectivorous and practice nectivory — or at least have all my long life! Skip

    • Jonathan Losos

      The dictionary says you’ve been wrong all your life!

  2. I’ll go with K. Ra, 2013, AA December 2013.

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