While canoodling about on the internet, I came across this delightful drawing of a green guana (Anolis garmani), which in turn led me to its source, Naturalist’s Sojourn in Jamaica, published in 1851. Here’s the charming description of the species, including evidence that the art of lizard noosing has a long history. The description starts here:
It then continues:
and concludes:
And here’s the title page:
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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Gosse, the author of Placopsis.
Skip Lazell
Gosse and garmani — ah yes, when I was seventeen…!
Jacqui Thurlow-Lippisch
Wonderful. Thank you so much.