Giant green anole
Anolis biporcatus (Wiegmann, 1834)
Status not recordedlizards
The giant green anole (Anolis biporcatus) is a species in the family Anolidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh 19.8 g to 28 g and reach 8.87 cm in length.
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Quick facts about the giant green anole
- Weight
- 19.8 g – 28 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- 8.84 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Carnivoresrc for Diet
- Longest recorded lifespan
- 3.1 years
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 1 – 2src for Young per litter or clutch
- 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 giant green anole?
Where does the giant green anole live?
Not recorded
Is the giant green 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 giant green anole classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyAnolidae
- genusAnolis
- SpeciesAnolis biporcatus (Wiegmann, 1834)
Synonyms Anolis brevipes, Anolis copei, Anolis obtusirostris, Anolis solifer, Dactyloa biporcata, Norops biporcatus
Other names and names in other languages (8)
- Neotropical green anoleEnglish
- Centralamerikansk Grøn KæmpeanoleDanish
- Großer HondurasanolisGerman
- Abaniquillo VerdeSpanish
- Abaniquilllo verdeSpanish
- Anolis verde neotropicalSpanish
- Anolide verde neotropicaleItalian
- シンネッタイアノールJapanese
Relatives of the giant green anole
Other species in the same genus Anolis.
Green anole
Anolis carolinensis
Brown anole
Anolis sagrei
Blue anole
Anolis gorgonae
Cuban anole
Anolis equestris
Allison's anole
Anolis allisoni
Horned anole
Anolis proboscis
CompareGiant green anole vs Green anoleGiant green anole vs Brown anoleGiant green anole vs Blue anoleGiant green anole vs Cuban anole
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the giant green anole?
An adult giant green anole weighs 19.8 g – 28 g and measures 8.84 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the giant green anole?
The giant green anole (Anolis biporcatus) 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.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles · CC BY 4.0 · v1-2
Oskyrko, O., Mi, C., Meiri, S. et al. (2024) ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles. Scientific Data 11: 243. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03079-5. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24572683.v4 - SquamBase 1.0 - a dataset of squamate species traits · CC0 1.0 · 1.0-dryad-v5
Meiri, S. (2024) SquamBase - a database of squamate (Reptilia: Squamata) traits. Global Ecology and Biogeography 33(4): e13812. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13812. Data: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.76hdr7t3b
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