Brown Anoles Invade Europe!

Short break from TE annotation to explore the botanic garden’s fabulous greenhouses. Even spotted an anole lizard that is helping with pest control #annotaTE_18 @alexander_suh pic.twitter.com/GkM6p3e94s

— Dr. Jessica Stapley (@jessstapley) April 27, 2018

Reporting from Germany where she was leading a course on Transposable Elements, Jessica Stapley  — of mainland anole fame — posted this picture to Twitter. It appears brown anoles (A. sagrei) have set up a new home in one of the greenhouses at Berlin’s Botanical Gardens!

There are reports of un-established populations of green anoles (A. carolinensis) in southern Spain and the Canary Islands (reviewed here), as well as a report of Cuban knight anoles (A. equestris) also on the Canary Islands.

Does anyone know of other European records of anole populations?

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James T. Stroud

I am most interested in understanding how different species of lizards live together. Specifically, I research the ecological mechanisms that facilitate coexistence and the subsequent evolutionary consequences. I am a post-doc in the Losos Lab at Washington University in St. Louis. Website: www.jamesTstroud.com

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