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Research On Green Anole Mating Behavior
Elise Knowlton, a graduate student in Manuel Leal’s Lab at Duke University, reports on the initiation of her field research on mating behavior in green anoles in North Carolina. Read all about it here.
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Fruit and Nectar Noshing Anoles
Vega-Castillo and Puente-Rolón in the December, 2011 issue of Herpetological Review report fruit consumption by A. gundlachi, A. stratulus and, most notably, the grass-bush A. krugi. This adds to recent reports of frugivory in three other Puerto Rican species, A. cuvieri, … Continue reading
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Green Anole Woodblock
Andrew Stone writes: I thought some of the contributors to Anole annals might enjoy seeing this–or at least pointing out the mistakes. It can be seen here. I recently finished a small, multicolor woodblock print of Anolis carolinensis. It took … Continue reading
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Invasive Anoles Getting Around: A Sweet Story
We’ve talked about anoles stowing away in potted plants and in wood shipments, and hitch-hiking on planes, but here’s a new one. AA reader Justin Sponholz writes: “My father used to work at Federal Bakers, a food shipment company up here … Continue reading
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Anolis Capito Eats A Frog
The pug-nosed anole, as it is known, is a pretty weird species. First is its funny-looking face, hence it’s name. Second, it is very unusual among anoles in being relatively large, yet found almost invariably near the ground–most larger … Continue reading
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More On Horned Agamids: Reports From Sri Lanka On Cerataphora
We’ve had a continuing series of posts on anole wannabees (most recent here), those lizards other than Anolis that sport dewlaps. Many of the best faux anoles are Asian agamid lizards. Some of these lizards are anole-like in other ways. … Continue reading
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A Shiny New Example Of Caribbean Lizard Diversity
Think Caribbean lizard diversity and you think of anoles, dwarf geckos, perhaps curly tailed lizards and whiptails. But skinks don’t generally come to mind. Heck, I almost never see skinks in the Caribbean and, anyway, their diversity is very low, … Continue reading
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Farmville Anole
I have absolutely no idea what this means, but it seems to be a big development in the Farmville world.
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Brown Anole Invasion In Georgia
They’ve finally arrived in Valdosta, Georgia. Janson Jones reports from the invasion front.
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Anoles Are Organisms Of The Day Down Under
Over at “Catalogue of Organisms: inordinate fondness for systematics,” an Australian site dedicated to biodiversity, anoles are the clade du jour. Maitre d’ Christopher Taylor overcomes his entomological proclivities to write an extensive and insightful overview of anole diversity. Fair dinkum!
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If You Want A Lizard To Run Fast, Yell At It
Lizards have become a staple of laboratory studies of locomotion. A standard approach, honed to perfection over 30 years of such work, is to get a lizard to run down a narrow trackway or on a dowel to determine how … Continue reading
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Anoles Featured On Project Noah
Read all about Project Noah, a citizen science initiative, and their recent good judgment in featuring Anolis.
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Back To The Bahamas Again: What Hath Hurricane Irene Wrought?
A year ago, I posted on 20 years of research on anoles in the Bahamas, discussing our current projects: 1. the effects of brown anoles on the ecosystem, and how those effects are altered by the presence of the anole-eating … Continue reading
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Bermuda Mystery Anole
Bermuda has only one native lizard, a skink, but is blessed with three introduced anoles: A. grahami, A. leachii, and A. extremus. Or is that now four? Joe Macedonia is on the ground in Bermuda as I write, and … Continue reading
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Island Biogeography And Population Divergence In The Skyros Wall Lizard: A Just Completed Ph.D. Thesis
Although devoted to all things Anolis, Anole Annals strives to keep its readers updated on relevant findings concerning other lizards. In that vein, we’ve just learned of a newly completed thesis on lacertid lizards on European islands by Anna Runemark at … Continue reading
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Anoles As A Harbinger Of Spring
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More Introduced Anoles In Dominica And The Dominican Republic
IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians: Conservation and Natural History may no longer be publishing in the paper realm, but it’s still coming out electronically, and the latest issue has just hit the digital street. Amidst the customary excellent photography and interesting articles … Continue reading
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What’s Happened To The Good Noosing Material?
There’s been a lot of talk recently about the inability to get top-of-the-line noosing poles, but another lizard catching crisis hasn’t yet received attention. Right-thinking anolologists agree that dental floss is the preferred lasso-making material, but not all floss is … Continue reading
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Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About The Helminth Parasites Of Anoles
In a gargantuan recent paper in Comparative Parasitology, Bursey, Goldberg, Telford and Vitt report new data for 13 Central American anoles and summarize what is known about helminths through all of anoledom. Before getting into the details, though, it may … Continue reading
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