One of the most commonly seen lizards in the Southern states is the green anole, also known as North American green anole or Carolina anole. (Its scientific name is Anolis carolinensis.) Although more ...

Actually, those 6- to 8-inch reptiles I bought weren't chameleons at all, even though some references call them "American chameleons." They are really anoles (Anolis carolinensis), sometimes called ...

Q. I live near Charleston, South Carolina, and recently spotted a blue anole sunning itself. I am familiar with our common green and brown anoles, but this one made me look twice. His tail had been ...

It flashed across the walkway like a lightning bolt, so fast that Bob Thomas had to do a double take. In that split second six months ago, he knew they had finally arrived. “I’d been waiting for them ...

Across Cuba, small lizards are known for their color-changing abilities, and now a new species has been identified. Irene Wright McClatchy News How can you tell two species apart? You would never ...

A blue anole–a lizard unique to Gorgona island–is being eyed up by another lizard, the Western Basilisk. Suddenly, a boa constrictor appears on the scene, and the hunter is in danger of becoming the ...

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