Anolis roosevelti NatureServe Explorer Species Reports — NatureServe Explorer is a source for authoritative conservation information on more than 50,000 plants, animals and ecological communtities of the U.S and Canada. NatureServe Explorer provides in-depth information on rare and endangered species, but includes common plants and animals too. NatureServe Explorer is a product of NatureServe in collaboration with the Natural Heritage Network.
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FWS Digital Media Library — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Digital Library is a searchable collection of selected images, historical artifacts, audio clips, publications, and video. Anolis roosevelti, also known commonly as Roosevelt’s giant anole or the Culebra Island giant anole, is an extremely rare or possibly extinct species of lizard of the genus Anolis in the family Dactyloidae. The species is native to the Virgin Islands and Vieques. The Culebra Island giant anole is a member of a group of large tree canopy-dwelling lizards collectively termed “giant anoles” to distinguish them from their smaller relatives, also in the genus Anolis. The lizard is brownish gray with two lines on each side of the body. It has a gray throat fan that is bordered on the lower rear quarter by light yellow. The tail is yellowish brown and the belly is whitish in color. Adult males have a deeply scalloped fin along most of the tail. The body measures about 6.5 in (16.5 cm) and the tai
