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Green Anole (male)
Stanley Jones

Green Anole (male) (Anolis carolinensis)

Green Anole also known as the Carolina Anole (Anolis carolinensis: Dactyloidae) Male, species sexually dimorphic. Males are 15% larger but one needs both sexes side by side to tell this (lol). The male dewlap (throat fan) is three times as large as the females. The males dewlap is pink to reddish while the females is while. Garden at Brazos Valley Arboretum, Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, USA. Planted garden in surrounding arboretum.
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Habitat
Planted garden in surrounding arboretum.
Location
Garden at Brazos Valley Arboretum, Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, USA. Planted garden in surrounding arboretum.
Date taken
May 2015
Scientific name
Anolis carolinensis
Equipment used
Canon
delia todd
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Opus Editor
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Aren't they sweet!!! I take it that throat is a display of some kind. Was he warning you off Stanley?;)

A super picture - thanks my friend.
 
Kits
Oh what an interesting chap you found, Stanley. I like him!
 
Doc Duck
Supporter
Cute! Does he use that dewlap as a sound chamber to make his voice carry all the way to her heart?
 

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