''Anolis nelsoni'', the Swan Islands anole or Nelson's anole, is a

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

of lizard in the

family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...

Dactyloidae Dactyloidae are a family of lizards commonly known as anoles () and native to warmer parts of the Americas, ranging from southeastern United States to Paraguay. Instead of treating it as a family, some authorities prefer to treat it as a subfami ...

. The species is found on the Swan Islands in

Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Oce ...

."''Anolis nelsoni''". The Reptile Database. http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Anolis&species=nelsoni On a videography expedition carried out in May 2022 by Biologists Daniel Germer, Estefanía Cálix and the Physician Alfonso Auerbach, Anolis nelsoni was found to be an abundant species on Great Swan island. About one Anolis nelsoni was seen on every other tree and occasionally inside the infrastructure.

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Anoles Reptiles described in 1914 Endemic fauna of Honduras Reptiles of Honduras Taxa named by Thomas Barbour {{lizard-stub