#1738 · 🦎 reptiles

Border Anole

Anolis limifrons

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © Kai Squires · CC BY 4.0
2. © Quentin Vandemoortele · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Josh van der Meulen · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
4. © frogman44 · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Craig Biegler · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Matthew Welc · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
7. © Dan Riley · CC BY 4.0
8. © Josh van der Meulen · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
9. © Karl Kroeker · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. © Judy Gallagher · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

Anolis limifrons , also known commonly as the slender anole or the border anole , is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is native to Central America.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 6,701iNaturalist 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.
6,701 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Edward Drinker Cope in 1862 (164 years ago).