Common lizard
Anolis grahami Gray, 1845
Status not recordedlizards
The common lizard (Anolis grahami) is a species in the family Anolidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh 2.24 g to 6.1 g and reach 6.26 cm in length.
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Quick facts about the common lizard
- Weight
- 2.24 g – 6.1 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- 4.45 cm – 6.26 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Omnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 1 – 2src 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 common lizard?
Where does the common lizard live?
Not recorded
Is the common 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 common lizard classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyAnolidae
- genusAnolis
- SpeciesAnolis grahami Gray, 1845
Synonyms Anolis guentheri, Anolis guentheri, Anolis heterolepis, Anolis iodurus, Anolis punctatissimus, Anolis punctatus, Norops grahami
Other names and names in other languages (9)
- Graham's anoleEnglish
- Jamaica anoleEnglish
- Jamaican turquoise anoleEnglish
- Jamaicansk Blågrøn AnoleDanish
- Graham-AnolisGerman
- Jamaika-AnolisGerman
- Anolis Gigante de JamaicaSpanish
- Anolide di GrahamItalian
- グラハムアノールJapanese
Relatives of the common 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
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Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the common lizard?
An adult common lizard weighs 2.24 g – 6.1 g and measures 4.45 cm – 6.26 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the common lizard?
The common lizard (Anolis grahami) 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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