''Anolis distichus'', the bark anole, North Caribbean bark anole, or Hispaniolan gracile anole, is a species of anole lizard () native to Hispaniola (both the

Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares with ...

and Haiti) and the

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, and introduced to

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, where it was first recorded in 1946.''Anolis distichus''
Wildherps It spends most its time on tree trunks. There are several subspecies and it is highly variable in color. Its body ranges from gray-brown to green, and the

dewlap A dewlap is a longitudinal flap of skin or similar flesh that hangs beneath the lower jaw or neck of many vertebrates. More loosely, it can be various similar structures in the neck area, such as those caused by a double chin or the submandibul ...

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-white, over yellow and orange to red. In Florida, most are gray-brown with a cream-white (pale yellow) dewlap, but more greenish individuals with a yellow-edged red dewlap also occur. It is a fairly small anole, reaching up to in length.Schwartz, A. (1968)
Geographic Variation in Anolis distichus Cope (Lacertilia, Iguanidae) in the Bahama Islands and Hispaniola
Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 137: 255-309.

Subspecies

Subspecies listed alphabetically. Some of these may warrant recognition as separate species. *''A. d. distichus'' Cope, 1861 *''A. d. biminiensis'' Oliver, 1948 *''A. d. dapsilis'' Schwartz, 1968 *''A. d. distichoides'' Rosén 1911 *''A. d. floridanus'' Smith & Mccauley 1948 *''A. d. juliae'' Cochran 1934 *''A. d. ocior'' Schwartz, 1968 *''A. d. patruelis'' Schwartz, 1968 *''A. d. sejunctus'' Schwartz, 1968 *''A. d. suppar'' Schwartz, 1968 *''A. d. tostus'' Schwartz, 1968

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q1445767 distichus Lizards of the Caribbean Reptiles of the Dominican Republic Reptiles of Haiti Reptiles described in 1861 Taxa named by Edward Drinker Cope