#1644 · 🦎 reptiles

Crested Anole

Anolis cristatellus

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Janson Jones · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Rafy Rodriguez · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. © Sarka Martinez · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. Puerto Rico, El Combate, Puerto Rico, US:© Alec Ferguson · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. Palmetto Bay, FL, USA:© Mr. Nature · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Río Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico:© José Vázquez · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Florida, US:© Janson Jones · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Coral Gables, FL, USA:© alexb0000 · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. SW 46th Terr, Miami, FL, US:© alexamestre · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Calle Campio Alonzo, Caguas, PR, US:© Julio Campis · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

S. and British Virgin Islands, with introduced populations in locations around the Caribbean. The males of A. cristatellus are easily recognizable by the fin running down the top of the tail, which is known as a "caudal crest". The females also have these crests, but these are smaller than those of the males....

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 20,064iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
20,064 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by André Marie Constant Duméril in 1837 (189 years ago).