Green Anole

• The female can store sperm for at least 7 months through a process called amphigonia retardata.
• It is declining locally through competition with the brown anole, an invasive species.
• It eats small insects such as crickets, flies, moths and ants, and also spiders.
• regeneraciónIt can regrow its tail after losing it, though the new one is cartilage rather than bony vertebrae.

Skeleton type

Vertebrate - internal bony skeleton (reptile)

Habitat and environment

Woodland, gardens and wooded country of the south-eastern United States

Birth weight

Small egg, 6x4.5 mm on average; hatchling 5.2-6.7 cm long

Size at birth

5.2 - 6.7 cm long at hatching

Sexual maturity

8-9 months

Gestation / incubation

5-7 weeks (35-49 days)

Litter / clutch size

1 egg per clutch, repeated every 2 weeks throughout the breeding season (up to 15-18 eggs a season)

Life expectancy in captivity

Documented record of up to 7.2 years in captivity

Sources consulted: Dimensions.com · AnAge (genomics.senescence.info) · NHPBS NatureWorks · A-Z Animals · Animalia.bio · Animal Diversity Web · Exo Terra · The Animal Facts

The pins mark the parks where its presence is documented.