A Yellow Green Anole

A little additional info about this lizard:  it’s from a population I established  in my yard about 25 years ago north of Dallas Texas over a period of ten or so years.  Individuals (mostly adult) from southeast Louisiana, northwest Louisiana, and northeastern Texas, plus the very occasional one I encountered in this general area.  My guess is the population has experienced founder colony effects from the multiple but low number introductions, leading to the genetic magnification of a few recessive traits.  From my limited knowledge of genetics and some interesting AI discussions, I’m leaning toward a triple recessive condition that includes amelanistic, xanthic, and iridiophore-limited traits ( hence my probable inaccurate use of the term “achromatic”).  Or, a single or double recessive condition maybe accounts for all three traits.  The most interesting thing, perhaps, is that I observed this in the individual photographed as well as two other individuals with the same traits over a six week period.

From the same population, I am now seeing a few individuals with “patchy” coloration…splotches of dull  when the animal is brown.  The same areas appear brownish when the animal is green.