''Anolis trinitatis'', also known as Saint Vincent bush anole, Saint Vincent's bush anole, or the Trinidad anole, is a species of
anole
Dactyloidae are a family of lizards commonly known as anoles (singular anole ) 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 ...
lizard found in the
Caribbean
The Caribbean ( , ; ; ; ) is a region in the middle of the Americas centered around the Caribbean Sea in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, mostly overlapping with the West Indies. Bordered by North America to the north, Central America ...
.
Geographic range
It is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...
to the island of
Saint Vincent, and has been introduced to
Trinidad
Trinidad is the larger, more populous island of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, the country. The island lies off the northeastern coast of Venezuela and sits on the continental shelf of South America. It is the southernmost island in ...
.
Description
Males, which reach 74 mm snout-to-vent (about 3 inches), are green to green-blue, with blue stippling on the head and anterior trunk. They have yellow coloring on the jaws and ventral surface, and the area around the eye is dark. Males have a large dewlap that extends into the abdominal region. Females are duller and have a smaller dewlap.
Behavior
It typically perches at low heights, below around 3 m (10 feet).
References
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Dactyloidae
Lizards of the Caribbean
Endemic fauna of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Reptiles of Trinidad and Tobago
Taxa named by Christian Frederik Lütken
Taxa named by Johannes Theodor Reinhardt
Reptiles described in 1862
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