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| Subspecies: | Unknown |
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| CITES Status: | NOT LISTED |
| IUCN Status: | Not Applicable |
| U.S. ESA Status: | NOT LISTED |
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| Jumping Ability: | (Horizontal) |
| Life Span: | in the Wild |
| Life Span: | in Captivity |
| Sexual Maturity: | (Females) |
| Sexual Maturity: | (Males) |
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Habitat:
This mostly arboreal lizard occupies a wide variety of habitats, including upland forests, pine-palmetto scrublands, rocky escarpments, swamps, wooded parks, cleared fields, maritime scrub, and residential lots of coastal towns (Palmer and Braswell 1995, Bartlett and Bartlett 1999, Trauth et al. 2004); commonly it is in edge situations. It climbs on tree trunks, shrubs, vines, and various other plants, and also on fence posts and walls of buildings. It sleeps in vegetation at night. In cold weather, green anoles seek cover but do not go deep underground (Mount 1975). Eggs are buried in moist soil, sphagnum, leaf litter, rotting wood, or under rocks and debris.
Range:
Within the European region, this species occurs in Spain as a result of introduction, with isolated introductions to peninsular Spain at Cabo Huertas, Santa Pola, Almuñécar, and on Tenerife (Canary Islands; Pleguezuelos et al. 2002, Lever 2003).
This lizard's native global range encompasses the southeastern United States: southern and eastern Texas, southeastern Oklahoma, central Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina south to the Rio Grande, Gulf Coast, and Florida Keys, with an isolated record from Tamaulipas, Mexico (presumably introduced) (Conant and Collins 1991). It has been introduced and is established in the Hawaiian Islands and Midway Atoll (McKeown 1996, Lever 2003); Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands (McCoid 1993, Wiles 2000, Vogt et al. 2001, Lever 2003); Palau (Crombie and Pregill 1999, Lever 2003) and the Caribbean. In the latter, it is known from Grand Bahama Island (Lever 2003), Anguilla in the Lesser Antilles (Henderson and Powell 2009) and Canouan in the Grenadines (Glasgow 2011). A few individuals have been reported from Grand Cayman Islands (Henderson and Powell 2009). It has been introduced to Japan (southern part of Okinawa-jima Island and the Ogasawara [Bonin] Archipelago) (Lever 2003, Goris and Maeda 2004).
This lizard's native global range encompasses the southeastern United States: southern and eastern Texas, southeastern Oklahoma, central Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina south to the Rio Grande, Gulf Coast, and Florida Keys, with an isolated record from Tamaulipas, Mexico (presumably introduced) (Conant and Collins 1991). It has been introduced and is established in the Hawaiian Islands and Midway Atoll (McKeown 1996, Lever 2003); Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands (McCoid 1993, Wiles 2000, Vogt et al. 2001, Lever 2003); Palau (Crombie and Pregill 1999, Lever 2003) and the Caribbean. In the latter, it is known from Grand Bahama Island (Lever 2003), Anguilla in the Lesser Antilles (Henderson and Powell 2009) and Canouan in the Grenadines (Glasgow 2011). A few individuals have been reported from Grand Cayman Islands (Henderson and Powell 2009). It has been introduced to Japan (southern part of Okinawa-jima Island and the Ogasawara [Bonin] Archipelago) (Lever 2003, Goris and Maeda 2004).
Conservation:
This lizard occurs in many protected areas.
References:
McKeown, Sean. A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians in the Hawaiian Islands. Diamond Head Publishing Company, 1996