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Cave anole

Anolis lucius Duméril & Bibron, 1837

Status not recordedlizards

The cave anole (Anolis lucius) is a species in the family Anolidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh 2.89 g to 3.84 g and reach 5.2 cm in length. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Cuba.

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Quick facts about the cave anole

Weight
2.89 g – 3.84 gsrc for Weight
Length
5.2 cmsrc for Length
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Carnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
60 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
1src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
7 months – 8 monthssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
2 – 6src for Litters or clutches a year
Reproduction
Eggssrc for Reproduction
Active
By day (diurnal)src for Active
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

How big is the cave anole?

CAVE ANOLE · LENGTH 5.2 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 5.2 cm, the recorded maximum length of the cave anole is about 3.1% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the cave 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 cave anole is listed for 1 country.

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

The same countries as a list

  1. Cuba

Why a country list is not a range map

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

Is the cave 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 cave anole classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderSquamata
  5. familyAnolidae
  6. genusAnolis
  7. SpeciesAnolis lucius Duméril & Bibron, 1837

Synonyms Anolis mertensi

Other names and names in other languages (5)
  • Slender cliff anoleEnglish
  • Slank HuleanoleDanish
  • Graziler HöhlenanolisGerman
  • GrottenanolisDutch
  • Щучий анолисRussian

Catalogue of LifeiNaturalistITISWikidata

Relatives of the cave anole

Other species in the same genus Anolis.

Green anole

Anolis carolinensis

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Blue anole

Anolis gorgonae

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CompareCave anole vs Green anoleCave anole vs Brown anoleCave anole vs Blue anoleCave anole vs Cuban anole

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the cave anole?

An adult cave anole weighs 2.89 g – 3.84 g and measures 5.2 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the cave anole live?

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

What kind of animal is the cave anole?

The cave anole (Anolis lucius) 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). Cave anole (Anolis lucius). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/cave-anole

MLA

“Cave anole (Anolis lucius).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/cave-anole.

BibTeX
@misc{cave_anole_2026,
  title = {Cave anole (Anolis lucius)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/cave-anole},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}