Barbados anole
Anolis extremus Garman, 1887
Status not recordedlizards
The barbados anole (Anolis extremus) is a species in the family Anolidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh 2.42 g to 3.13 g, reach 5.32 cm in length and live up to 6.7 years.
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Quick facts about the barbados anole
- Weight
- 2.42 g – 3.13 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- 5.1 cm – 5.32 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- 6.7 yearssrc for Lifespan
- Diet
- Omnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- desert, shrublandsrc for Habitat
- Egg incubation
- 47.5 dayssrc for Egg incubation
- Young per litter or clutch
- 1 – 2src for Young per litter or clutch
- Litters or clutches a year
- 24.9src 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 barbados anole?
Where does the barbados anole live?
Not recorded
Where has it been introduced?
The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the barbados anole as introduced in 5 countries.
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 barbados 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 barbados anole classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyAnolidae
- genusAnolis
- SpeciesAnolis extremus Garman, 1887
Synonyms Dactyloa extremus
Other names and names in other languages (5)
- Barbados-AnolisGerman
- Blaugrüner BarbadosanolisGerman
- Lagartija de BarbadosSpanish
- Abaniquillo de BarbadosSpanish
- anolis de la BarbadeFrench
Relatives of the barbados 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
CompareBarbados anole vs Green anoleBarbados anole vs Brown anoleBarbados anole vs Blue anoleBarbados anole vs Cuban anole
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the barbados anole?
An adult barbados anole weighs 2.42 g – 3.13 g and measures 5.1 cm – 5.32 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
How long does the barbados anole live?
The barbados anole has a recorded lifespan of 6.7 years.
Is the barbados anole an invasive species?
The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the barbados anole as introduced in 5 countries: Bermuda, Guyana, St. Lucia, Trinidad & Tobago and Venezuela, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.
What kind of animal is the barbados anole?
The barbados anole (Anolis extremus) 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 - Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (GRIIS) · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-11-13
Pagad, S., Genovesi, P., Carnevali, L., Schigel, D. & McGeoch, M.A. (2018) Introducing the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species. Scientific Data 5: 170202. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.202. Country checklists published through GBIF by the IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group. - 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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