29 June 2004 -- south of Valdosta -- 11:18am
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| Baby Green Anole near Valdosta, Georgia. |
29 June 2004 -- south of Valdosta -- 11:18am
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The throat fan is called a dewlap.
Brown anoles usually have dewlaps which are red or orange with a yellow border. The Bartlett and Bartlett book says that the dewlap could also be yellow. |
 1 May 2000 -- Everglades |
3 May 2003 -- Curtis Park, Miami -- 9:57am
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Some Bark Anoles have light yellow, slightly greenish, dewlaps. Others have pale orange dewlaps. |
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Photo taken 16 Nov 2004 at Matheson Hammock Park on Atlantic Ocean south of Miami.
In Florida, Bark Anoles are only found along the Atlantic Coast in the extreme south. (Mainly in Miami and south suburban Dade County). In the locations where they are found, they are abundant. At Matheson Hammock Park several can be found on each Ficus tree. It is easy to find a dozen Bark Anoles in a few minutes. |
3 May 2003 -- Curtis Park, Miami
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Photo taken at Curtis Park. Curtis Park is along the river on the NW side of Miami. It is mostly athletic fields, but you can find Bark Anoles on the Ficus trees near the river. |
23 Feb 2001 -- Loop Road
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Male Brown Anoles sometimes have a crest on their backs. This crest is called a roach. |
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So how far north do Brown Anoles go ?
The range map in the Bartlett and Bartlett book shows Brown Anoles on the
Florida peninsula south of a line drawn from Perry
to Jacksonville (approximately). The text says that their range is expanding.
(from my 1998 edition of A Field Guide to Florida Reptiles and Amphibians)
The website:
I have never seen a Brown Anole in Georgia, but I have not looked anywhere other than
the Valdosta area. They can probably be found along the coast.
On 8 July 2004 I saw a bunch of Brown Anoles at a boat launch along the
Suwanee River in Hamilton County, Florida. This location is considerably
north of Interstate 10 and is about 14 miles south of the Georgia state line.
I think they hitch rides on campers and
Winnebagos coming from central and south Florida.
I again checked this location on 23 March 2005 and again found many Brown
Anoles. It appears to me that they are able to survive the winter at
this latitude.
I looked for Brown Anoles at Reed Bingham State Park in south Georgia and
I could not find any. This park is near Interstate 75 and attracts campers.
If the anoles are hitch-hiking north, it would seem that they should be
present here, also.
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10 Feb 2001 -- S of Florida City
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5 May 2001 -- E of Card Sound Road -- extreme south Florida
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| A Green Anole with a white stripe down the middle of its back is either a female or a juvenile male. |
28 April 2001 -- S of Florida City
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 19 July 2001 -- Fairchild Tropical Gardens -- just after 12:00 noon |
Knight Anoles can also be black in color.
The Bartlett and Bartlett book says that Knight Anoles change color to black or chocolate brown when they are cold or frightened -- just like Carolina Anoles change from green to brown. I did not observe this. There were two Knight Anoles on the same tree when I got there. One stayed green and one stayed black. This was taken at the same location as the Knight Anole on page one -- Fairchild Tropical Gardens. I want to repeat that this is not a zoo; the anole is wild and not restrained in any way. This is along the Atlantic coast south of Miami. |
Here are two more color variations of Brown Anoles
20 April 2003 -- 11:04am -- S of Florida City
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12 Dec 2000 -- Big Cypress Swamp
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