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Allison's anole

Anolis allisoni Barbour, 1928

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The allison's anole (Anolis allisoni) is a species in the family Anolidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 4.5 g and reach 5.66 cm in length.

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Quick facts about the allison's anole

Weight
4.5 gsrc for Weight
Length
5.66 cmsrc for Length
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Carnivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
1.8 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
1src for Young per litter or clutch
Litters or clutches a year
20src for Litters or clutches a year
Reproduction
Eggssrc for Reproduction
Active
By day (diurnal)src for Active
Lifestyle
Arborealsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the allison's anole?

ALLISON'S ANOLE · LENGTH 5.66 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 5.66 cm, the recorded maximum length of the allison's anole is about 3.3% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the allison's anole live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the allison's anole as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Mexico
  2. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the allison's anole endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the allison's anole classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderSquamata
  5. familyAnolidae
  6. genusAnolis
  7. SpeciesAnolis allisoni Barbour, 1928
Other names and names in other languages (11)
  • Cuban blue anoleEnglish
  • Anolis modrýCzech
  • Cubansk Blå AnoleDanish
  • Allisons AnolisGerman
  • Abanquillo de AllisonSpanish
  • Abaniquillo de cabeza azulSpanish
  • Anolis de cabeza azulSpanish
  • Lagartija de cabeza azulSpanish
  • Anolide di AllisonItalian
  • アリソンアノールJapanese
  • Анолис АллисонаRussian

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Relatives of the allison's anole

Other species in the same genus Anolis.

Green anole

Anolis carolinensis

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Blue anole

Anolis gorgonae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the allison's anole?

An adult allison's anole weighs 4.5 g and measures 5.66 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the allison's anole an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the allison's anole as introduced in 2 countries: Mexico and United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the allison's anole?

The allison's anole (Anolis allisoni) belongs to the family Anolidae in the order Squamata.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Allison's anole (Anolis allisoni). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/allisons-anole

MLA

“Allison's anole (Anolis allisoni).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/allisons-anole.

BibTeX
@misc{allisons_anole_2026,
  title = {Allison's anole (Anolis allisoni)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/allisons-anole},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}