Copey anole
Anolis tropidolepis Boulenger, 1885
Status not recordedlizards
The copey anole (Anolis tropidolepis) is a species in the family Anolidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh 2.8 g to 3.5 g and reach 5.13 cm in length.
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Quick facts about the copey anole
- Weight
- 2.8 g – 3.5 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- 5.08 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Carnivoresrc for Diet
- Longest recorded lifespan
- 2 years
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 1src for Young per litter or clutch
- Age at maturity
- 8 months – 9 monthssrc for Age at maturity
- Litters or clutches a year
- 6 – 12src for Litters or clutches a year
- Reproduction
- Eggssrc for Reproduction
- Active
- By day (diurnal)src for Active
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
How big is the copey anole?
Where does the copey anole live?
Not recorded
Is the copey 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 copey anole classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyAnolidae
- genusAnolis
- SpeciesAnolis tropidolepis Boulenger, 1885
Synonyms Anolis curtus, Anolis leditzigorum, Norops alocomyos, Norops leditzigorum, Norops tropidolepis
Other names and names in other languages (12)
- Costa Rican cloud forest anoleEnglish
- Santa Elena anoleEnglish
- Swift anoleEnglish
- Copey-anoleDanish
- Kølskællet AnoleDanish
- Santa Elena-anoleDanish
- Copey-AnolisGerman
- Santa Elena-AnolisGerman
- Gallego del Bosque HubosoSpanish
- Anolide veloceItalian
- Anolide di CopeyItalian
- Anolide di Santa ElenaItalian
Relatives of the copey 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
CompareCopey anole vs Green anoleCopey anole vs Brown anoleCopey anole vs Blue anoleCopey anole vs Cuban anole
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the copey anole?
An adult copey anole weighs 2.8 g – 3.5 g and measures 5.08 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the copey anole?
The copey anole (Anolis tropidolepis) 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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