Author: PeterTolson

Sharing A Cold One On St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands

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On February 13, 2013

In Anole Art, Literature, and Humor

A thirsty Anolis cristatellus shares an El President at Cruz Bay, St. John

A thirsty Anolis cristatellus shares an El President at Cruz Bay, St. John

A thirsty Anolis cristatellus checks out Candee's El Presidente at Cruz Bay.

A thirsty Anolis cristatellus checks out Candee’s El Presidente at Cruz Bay.

Those of us lucky enough to be working in the Dominican Republic know the pleasures of downing an ice-cold El Presidente at the end of a session of fieldwork. Fortunately for us, that pleasure has been extended to the U.S. Virgin Islands, and was recently shared by a little Anolis cristatellus near the ferry landing at Cruz Bay, St. John. The young lady sharing her drink is Candee Ellsworth, Conservation Coordinator at the Toledo Zoo.

Battle To The Death In The Graffiti Hill Arroyo: Cuban Anole And Boa Fight To The End

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On November 22, 2012

In Natural History Observations

The legume forest in the arroyo on the north side of Graffiti Hill on the U.S. Naval Station, Guantánamo Bay, Cuba is an anole-rich environment, including Anolis smallwoodi.  But it is also has high densities of the Cuban boa, Epicrates angulifer.  Smaller Cuban boas can often be seen in the canopy, looking for- smallwoodi?  While radio-tracking Cuban boas in the aforementioned arroyo I came upon the entwined skeletons of a juvenile Cuban boa and an Anolis smallwoodi, the result of an encounter that was lethal for both participants.

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