Brown anole: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the brown anole lives – recorded in 11 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Anolis sagrei
Group	Lizards, geckos & tuatara
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	11 countries
Continents	North America
Class	Reptile
Order	Squamata
Family	Dactyloidae

Where does the brown anole live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the brown anole in 11 countries and territories across North America. Wikidata gives its range as: Coral Gables.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the brown anole endangered?

The brown anole’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the brown anole?

The brown anole (Anolis sagrei) is a reptile in the order Squamata and the family Dactyloidae, genus Anolis. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the brown anole

The brown anole (Anolis sagrei), also known commonly as the Bahaman anole, Cuban brown anole, and de la Sagra's anole, is a species of lizard in the family Anolidae. The species is native to Cuba, the Bahamas, Little Cayman, Cayman Brac, Jamaica, the Swan Islands, the Yucatán Peninsula, Belize, and the Caribbean coast of Guatemala and Honduras. It has been widely introduced elsewhere, via the importation and exportation of plants in pots in which brown anoles laid eggs in the soil, and is now found in Florida and other regions of the United States including southern Georgia, Texas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Hawaii, North Carolina, and Southern California. It has also been introduced to other Caribbean islands, Mexico, Singapore, and Taiwan.

This species is highly invasive. It is also much more wary of humans than most other anole species.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Brown anole (revision 1373951572), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q790586 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).