Anolis allisoni

[Phelsuma04]

The pet shop I work at just got in some Anolis carolinensis and some anolis sagrei. They came in together. I was looking through the individuals when I found an anole with the body shape of a green anole but with interesting markings. It was brown like a green anole but it had darker brown stripes and blotches as well as two dark spots behind the forelimbs. I looked up pics online and saw the closest thing was Anolis allisoni. I also saw that these can be extremely attractive. Any advice on getting this guy to color up?

 

[Geitje]

I keep Anolis allisoni, the Cuban blue-headed Anole, and I've never seen or known of one to match the color pattern you describe. A mature male Anolis allisoni is at least 10 inches total length, with a much larger head when compared to A. caroline., and displays a very bright blue head (particularly when stressed or heated up). The very fact that this species is prized as a captive, never reported from the areas where the other two species you mention are collected and that allisoni is native to Cuba makes it highly unlikely you have allisoni.

Anolis pocatus is known from areas in FL that are routinely collected from and have quite large heads and remain smaller in size (compared to allisoni) just like A. caroline.

To be sure, post a photo here and I'm sure we can sort it out.

 

[Phelsuma04]

Anolis procatus does look like the one we have at the store. I was basing the my earlier idea that it was allisoni after one picture at WWW.SAUMFINGER.DE - Home that looks a lot like the one at work. I will post a pic if I can get one in a couple of days.