Took this picture today (A. Allisoni, FL)
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I think this is an Allison’s Anole (Anolis allisoni)
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Posted Mar 19, 2022, 12:10 AM UTC
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I think this is an Allison’s Anole (Anolis allisoni)
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A critically endangered invasive is truly a spectacular find!
Yup, I’m also not sure how I feel about this. The females look like our native green anoles Anolis carolinensis (that have seen a huge drop in population since the Cuban brown anole Anolis sagrei took over). I’m also not sure if they will interbreed with the green anoles.
I mean, it’s never a good thing to have invasives roaming around. But it’s not their fault for being here, so I can appreciate the animal itself while also wishing that I wasn’t seeing it. Such is Florida.
I’m not sure about their interbreeding though. The alisoni does look a lot like our carolinensis, so they might be confused enough to attempt mating. Whether the offspring would survive or be able to reproduce would be another question. The good news is— as sexually aggressive as the brown anoles are, I’ve never seen them attempt mating with the greens in my yard. Never heard of any hybrids.
Please don’t tell me that there are hybrids.
Nothing more invasive than the one which brings all the other so-called invasives.
The brown and green ones do interbreed.
They do not. But the Allisoni and Carolinensis do.
Wow, I actually had no idea they were critically endangered. I could've sworn Wikipedia showed them as LC last time I checked that page.
Edit: IUCN lists them as Least Concern, not sure who set them to critically endangered.
https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/197447/2484536
I'm starting to lose all faith in the IUCN list. Feels like everything defaults to LC unless/until there's a specific IUCN study undertaken.
[citation needed] regarding the endangered status.
You’re right, the Wikipedia article says they’re of least concern! So when I looked them up, I either clicked on the wrong critter, or someone entered some wrong info and has since edited it. I’m confused.
Someone has edited it since then.
Perhaps you thinking of (or clicked on) the threatened Blue Anole (Anolis gorgonae)?
This one: https://news.mongabay.com/2007/03/worlds-only-blue-lizard-heads-toward-extinction/