Photo: Alex Alfil, iNaturalist
I almost missed that it’s been a year of #DidYouAnole!! Thank you for sticking with me and learning about these lizards!
For this super belated one year anniversary, I have both an anole and a request.
First, the anole!
Anolis rubribarbus is a trunk-ground anole from Cuba. Specifically the eastern half of the Holguín province, around the town of Sagua de Tánamo from whence it gets one of its common names. The Sagua de Tánamo anole lives in the rainforest and possibly on rocky montane habitat in its range.
It’s listed as endangered due to its very limited range.
Also known as the Cuban tiger anole, their dewlaps are yellow with orange stripes and they are tan to olive with darker vertical stripes, like a… you know… tiger.
Photo: Alex Alfil, iNaturalist
Now for my request! I couldn’t find a lot about this anole’s ecology or natural history, so if you have worked on this species or know someone who does, please let me know!
In the meantime, here is a year in anoles from my Twitter, and from the blog!
Thank you! It means a lot to get to share these lizards with you.