Anolis punctatus
—
Amazon Green Anole
Also known as:
Spotted Anole
Subspecies I've seen:
A. p. boulengeri
Western Amazon Green Anole
Anolis punctatus boulengeri
—
Western Amazon Green Anole
This anole was just a tiny baby hoping against hope that no predator would notice it clinging to this thin branch. Good thing I wasn't a predator.
My Travelogues and Trip Lists page includes a complete list of the herps I saw in the wild on my 2016 MT Amazon Expeditions trip.
Printed references:
- Bartlett, R.D., and Bartlett, P. 2003. Reptiles and Amphibians of the Amazon: An Ecotourist's Guide
- Dixon, J. R. and Soini, P. 1986. The Reptiles of the Upper Amazon Basin, Iquitos Region, Peru
- Duellman, W.E. 2005. Cusco Amazónico: The Lives of Amphibians and Reptiles in an Amazonian Rainforest