Bluefields anole
Anolis opalinus Gosse, 1850
Status not recordedlizards
The bluefields anole (Anolis opalinus) is a species in the family Anolidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh 1.3 g to 2.2 g and reach 4.38 cm in length. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Jamaica.
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Quick facts about the bluefields anole
- Weight
- 1.3 g – 2.2 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- 4.23 cm – 4.38 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Carnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 1 – 2src for Young per litter or clutch
- Litters or clutches a year
- 26 – 30src 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
- 1 countrysrc for Countries on record
How big is the bluefields anole?
Where does the bluefields 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 bluefields anole is listed for 1 country.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Why a country list is not a range map
Listed by: ReptileDB (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.
Is the bluefields 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 bluefields anole classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyAnolidae
- genusAnolis
- SpeciesAnolis opalinus Gosse, 1850
Synonyms Anolis flabellatus, Norops opalinus
Other names and names in other languages (4)
- Jamaican opal-bellied anoleEnglish
- Opal-bellied anoleEnglish
- Stripefoot anoleEnglish
- Opalbuget AnoleDanish
Relatives of the bluefields 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
CompareBluefields anole vs Green anoleBluefields anole vs Brown anoleBluefields anole vs Blue anoleBluefields anole vs Cuban anole
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the bluefields anole?
An adult bluefields anole weighs 1.3 g – 2.2 g and measures 4.23 cm – 4.38 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Where does the bluefields anole live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the bluefields anole for 1 country: Jamaica. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
What kind of animal is the bluefields anole?
The bluefields anole (Anolis opalinus) 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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