Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis)

About Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis)

• Kingdom: Animals
• Phylum: Chordates
• Class: Reptiles
• Order: Lizards and Snakes
• Family: Anoles

Anole lizards in the Caribbean are highly-speciose and known for repeated instances of ecological and morphological patterning ('ecomorphs'). In other words, lizards frequently found in characteristic habitats all exhibit similar morphological characteristics, which in turn differ from morphological characteristics of lizards commonly found in another habitat. The six primary groupings include: ground, trunk-ground, trunk-crown, twig, grass-bush, and crown giants. Anolis carolinensis is grouped as a trunk-crown anole ecomorph.