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Bronze anole

Anolis aeneus Gray, 1840

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The bronze anole (Anolis aeneus) 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 bronze anole

Weight
2.42 g – 3.13 gsrc for Weight
Length
4.65 cm – 5.32 cmsrc for Length
Lifespan
6.7 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
47.5 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
1 – 1.5src for Young per litter or clutch
Litters or clutches a year
9 – 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 bronze anole?

BRONZE ANOLE · LENGTH 5.32 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 5.32 cm, the recorded maximum length of the bronze anole is about 3.1% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the bronze anole live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the bronze anole as introduced in 2 countries, and flagged as invasive in 1 of them.

  1. Guyanainvasive
  2. Trinidad & Tobago

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 bronze 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 bronze anole classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderSquamata
  5. familyAnolidae
  6. genusAnolis
  7. SpeciesAnolis aeneus Gray, 1840

Synonyms Anolis cepedii cinereus, Anolis gentilis, Anolis roquet var. cinereus, Dactyloa aenea

Other names and names in other languages (4)
  • Grenada bush anoleEnglish
  • Abaniquillo Bronceado del CaribeSpanish
  • ブロンズアノールJapanese
  • Бронзовый анолисRussian

Catalogue of LifeiNaturalistITISTAXREFWikidata

Relatives of the bronze anole

Other species in the same genus Anolis.

Green anole

Anolis carolinensis

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Blue anole

Anolis gorgonae

AnolidaeNo free photo yet

CompareBronze anole vs Green anoleBronze anole vs Brown anoleBronze anole vs Blue anoleBronze anole vs Cuban anole

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the bronze anole?

An adult bronze anole weighs 2.42 g – 3.13 g and measures 4.65 cm – 5.32 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

How long does the bronze anole live?

The bronze anole has a recorded lifespan of 6.7 years.

Is the bronze anole an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the bronze anole as invasive in 1 country: Guyana. It lists it as introduced in 2 in all.

What kind of animal is the bronze anole?

The bronze anole (Anolis aeneus) 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). Bronze anole (Anolis aeneus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/bronze-anole

MLA

“Bronze anole (Anolis aeneus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/bronze-anole.

BibTeX
@misc{bronze_anole_2026,
  title = {Bronze anole (Anolis aeneus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/bronze-anole},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}