Anolis cristatellus
Duméril and Bibron, 1837
ah-NOE-lis — kris-ta-TEL-us
SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
Native to Puerto Rico (including many offshore islands), Dominica, and the British and United States Virgin Islands. It was introduced in Highlands County, Florida (Lawson, et al. 2019, Herpetological Review 50: 524) and is established in Broward, Miami-Dade, and Monroe counties in Florida (Brach, 1977, Copeia 1977: 184–185; Camposano and Krysko, 2019, Anolis cristatellus. Pages 370–372 in Krysko et al. (Editors). Amphibians and Reptiles of Florida. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida). Use of the subgeneric name follows Poe et al. (2017, Systematic Biology 66: 663–697). The English name Puerto Rican Crested Anole is used by Hedges et al. (2019, Caribbean Herpetology (67): 1–53).
Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
(Created by Travis W. Taggart; Version: 2025.03.24.10.24.32)
Download GeoJSON polygon range file: - 0.09 MB
Province/State Distribution:
USA: Florida
First instance(s) of published English names:
Puerto Rican Crested Anole (Anolis cristatellus: Hedges, S. Blair, Robert Powell, Robert W. Henderson, Sarah Hanson, and John C. Murphy. 2019. Definition of the Caribbean Islands biogeographic region, with checklist
and recommendations for standardized common names of amphibians and
reptiles. Caribbean Herpetology (67):1–53);
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
The Reptile Database
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Selected References:
|
1837
|
Dumeril, A. M. Constant and Gabriel Bibron. Erpetologie Generale ou Histoire Naturelle Complete Des Reptiles. Tome Quatrime. [General Herpetology or Complete Natural History of Reptiles. Volume Four.] Librairie Encyclopedique de Roret, Paris, France. 571pp.
|
|
1977
|
Brach, V. Notes on the introduced population of Anolis cristatellus, in South Florida. Copeia 1977(1):184-185
|
|
1980
|
Gorman, George C., Donald G. Buth, Michael Soule, and Suh Yung Yang. The relationships of the Anolis cristatellus species group: Electrophoretic analysis. Journal of Herpetology 14(3):269-278
|
|
1984
|
Salzburg, M. A. Anolis sagrei and Anolis cristatellus in southern Florida: A case study in inter-specific competition. Ecology 65(1):14-19
|
|
2017
|
Poe, Steven, A., Adrián Nieto-montes de Oca, Omar Torres-carvajal, Kevin De Queiroz, Julián A. Velasco, Brad Truett, Levi N. Gray, Mason J. Ryan, Gunther Köhler, Fernando Ayala-varela, and Ian Latella A phylogenetic, biogeographic, and taxonomic study of all extant species of Anolis
(Squamata; Iguanidae). Systematic Biology 66(5):663–697
|
|
2019
|
Krysko, Kenneth L., Kevin M. Enge, and Paul E. Moler (Editor) Amphibians and Reptiles of Florida. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. 728pp.
|
|
2019
|
Hedges, S. Blair, Robert Powell, Robert W. Henderson, Sarah Hanson, and John C. Murphy. Definition of the Caribbean Islands biogeographic region, with checklist
and recommendations for standardized common names of amphibians and
reptiles. Caribbean Herpetology (67):1–53
|
|
2019
|
Lawson, G. R., A. W. Norden, and B. B. Rothermel. Geographic Distribution: Anolis cristatellus (Crested Anole). Herpetological Review 50(4):524
|