Anolis sagrei (Duméril & Bibron, 1837)
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Anolis sagrei (Duméril & Bibron, 1837) |
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Anolis sagrei (Duméril & Bibron, 1837)
Examined material. UNITED STATES • 8 via sur- vey, 13 via iNaturalist; Texas, Harris County, Houston ; 29.7713°N, 095. 5692°W; first encounter on 3 Feb. 2018; capture via transect survey GoogleMaps .
Identification. Nonnative species. Stocky with brown or gray keeled ventral scales. Their tale is laterally compressed with mails sometimes possessing a tail crest. Dewlap usually orange red with light borders. This species can be distinguished from Anolis carolinensis (Voight, 1832) by its dewlap and laterally compressed tail ( 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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