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Bat anole

Anolis phyllorhinus Myers & Carvalho, 1945

Status not recordedlizards

The bat anole (Anolis phyllorhinus) is a species in the family Anolidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 11 g and reach 8.14 cm in length. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Brazil.

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Quick facts about the bat anole

Weight
11 gsrc for Weight
Length
7.2 cm – 8.14 cmsrc for Length
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Carnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Reproduction
Eggssrc for Reproduction
Active
By day (diurnal)src for Active
Lifestyle
Arborealsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

How big is the bat anole?

BAT ANOLE · LENGTH 8.14 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 8.14 cm, the recorded maximum length of the bat anole is about 4.8% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the bat anole live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The bat anole is listed for 1 country.

Brazil
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Brazil

Why a country list is not a range map

Listed by: ReptileDB (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

Is the bat 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 bat anole classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderSquamata
  5. familyAnolidae
  6. genusAnolis
  7. SpeciesAnolis phyllorhinus Myers & Carvalho, 1945

Synonyms Dactyloa phyllorhina

Other names and names in other languages (4)
  • Leaf-nosed anoleEnglish
  • Papa-ventoPortuguese
  • CalanguinhoPortuguese
  • Бразильский листоносый анолисRussian

Catalogue of LifeiNaturalistITISWikidata

Relatives of the bat anole

Other species in the same genus Anolis.

Green anole

Anolis carolinensis

AnolidaeNo free photo yet

Blue anole

Anolis gorgonae

AnolidaeNo free photo yet

CompareBat anole vs Green anoleBat anole vs Brown anoleBat anole vs Blue anoleBat anole vs Cuban anole

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the bat anole?

An adult bat anole weighs 11 g and measures 7.2 cm – 8.14 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the bat anole live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the bat anole for 1 country: Brazil. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the bat anole?

The bat anole (Anolis phyllorhinus) 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). Bat anole (Anolis phyllorhinus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/bat-anole

MLA

“Bat anole (Anolis phyllorhinus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/bat-anole.

BibTeX
@misc{bat_anole_2026,
  title = {Bat anole (Anolis phyllorhinus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/bat-anole},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}