Cocoloba lizard
Anolis richardii Duméril & Bibron, 1837
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The cocoloba lizard (Anolis richardii) is a species in the family Anolidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 45 g and reach 13.7 cm in length.
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Quick facts about the cocoloba lizard
- Weight
- 45 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- 7.13 cm – 13.7 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Omnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 1src for Young per litter or clutch
- Reproduction
- Eggssrc for Reproduction
- Active
- By day (diurnal)src for Active
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
How big is the cocoloba lizard?
Where does the cocoloba lizard live?
Not recorded
Where has it been introduced?
The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the cocoloba lizard as introduced in 1 country.
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 cocoloba lizard 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 cocoloba lizard classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyAnolidae
- genusAnolis
- SpeciesAnolis richardii Duméril & Bibron, 1837
Synonyms Anolis occipitalis, Anolis stenodactylus, Anolis trossulus, Dactyloa richardii
Other names and names in other languages (4)
- Grenada tree anoleEnglish
- Richard's anoleEnglish
- Grenada-træanoleDanish
- Grenada-BaumanolisGerman
Relatives of the cocoloba lizard
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
CompareCocoloba lizard vs Green anoleCocoloba lizard vs Brown anoleCocoloba lizard vs Blue anoleCocoloba lizard vs Cuban anole
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the cocoloba lizard?
An adult cocoloba lizard weighs 45 g and measures 7.13 cm – 13.7 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the cocoloba lizard an invasive species?
The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the cocoloba lizard as introduced in 1 country: Trinidad & Tobago, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.
What kind of animal is the cocoloba lizard?
The cocoloba lizard (Anolis richardii) 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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