What a horrible way to go! We’ve reported on this before [e.g., 1, 2, 3], but not Folt and Lapinski have published a nice review in Phyllomedusa of wandering and orb weaver spiders eating frogs and lizards in Costa Rica.
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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Laura
Poor thing! I have seen some really huge spiders, esp. in the spring and in Florida. They probably would eat anything that moved. Alas, cycle of life.