Harry the lizard

I could have sworn we had a post on this some years ago, but can find no record of it in the Annals. So, just to get up to speed, Death in Paradise is a British detective show set on the island of Guadeloupe (Update, April 2021: the island is Saint Marie, a fictitious island in the vicinity of Guadeloupe and Martinique). A recurring character is Harry, who looks more-or-less like an anole. The show is set in Guadeloupe, hence the reasonable supposition that he is an A. marmoratus, as some articles explicitly state.

Speaking of articles, this post is prompted by a number of recent press articles highlighting Harry, including this piece in The Sun and another in the Daily Express. And one more from earlier this year. You may not be surprised to learn that Harry is not played by a real saurian actor, but rather is the result of CGI. The Sun‘s piece provides more detail, including the embedded video.

More favorite details on our favorite TV character can be found on his Wiki Fandom page.

Jonathan Losos