#1718 · 🦎 reptiles

Bark Anole

🇳🇱 Bark anole ·Anolis distichus

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

Anolis distichus , the bark anole or Hispaniolan gracile anole , is a species of anole found in many Caribbean islands and Florida (as a long-introduced species). It spends most its time on tree trunks. Often it is a brownish color with a yellow dewlap.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 7,629iNaturalist 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.
7,629 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Edward Drinker Cope in 1861 (165 years ago).