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Brown Anole Lizard

Anolis sagrei

Photo by GarySmith2
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Field Notes

Description:

Dorsal ground color brown.
Dorsal pattern consists of light dorsolateral lines from each eye onto tail and brown spots in a row on each side of a middorsal line.
Male is more brown than the female. Note the diaminds down the back and tail.

Habitat:

Tis lizard was spotted in a small bush that was in a wooded area with a pond. He was hunting and we saw him catch a small butterfly which somehow escaped!

Species ID Suggestions

Brown Anole

Anolis sagrei
JeffreyDuby
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Comments (2)
JeffreyDuby
No problem, Its not a native lizard that is why you probably couldnt find it
GarySmith2
Thanks Jeffrey!!! I spotted this in Texas so I went to all the web sites I could find on Texas Lizards and the closest I could get was the ruby-bellied.

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PublishedMarch 13, 2013

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