Note the arm waving and tongue protrusion!
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OP3rnPQJT6A
Professor of Biology and Director of the Living Earth Collaborative at Washington University in Saint Louis. I've spent my entire professional career studying anoles and have discovered that the more I learn about anoles, the more I realize I don't know.
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Ambika Kamath
Wow! Are the arm waving and tongue protrusion common in anoles?
Robert Powell
Tongue protrusion more so than arm-waving in my experience, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen such an exhibition when the target wasn’t similarly engaged. Do notice the black tail of the second individual, another element in the displays of many anoles. I’m guessing the more excited dude would have a black tail (or at least partially black) if the original tail was intact.