Anolis carolinensis (Voigt, 1832)
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Anolis carolinensis (Voigt, 1832) |
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Anolis carolinensis (Voigt, 1832)
Examined material. UNITED STATES • 2 via sur- vey, 8 via iNaturalist; Texas, Harris County, Houston ; 29.7714°N, 095.5700°W; first encounter on 17 Feb. 2018; capture via transect survey GoogleMaps .
Identification. This species has an elongated hear, keeled ventral scales, and can either be green or brown. Lips and belly are white in corloration with dewlap usually being pink. This species can be identified from Anolis sagrei (Duméril & Bibron, 1837) by a round tail in cross section and by the dewlap ( Powell et al. 2016).
Powell R, Conant R, Collins JT (2016) Peterson field guide to reptiles and amphibians of eastern and central North America. Fourth edition. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, New York, 608 pp.
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