Cuban anole
Anolis equestris Merrem, 1820
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The cuban anole (Anolis equestris) is a species in the family Anolidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 56 g, reach 15.2 cm in length and live up to 12.4 years.
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Quick facts about the cuban anole
- Weight
- 56 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- 14.2 cm – 15.2 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- 12.4 yearssrc for Lifespan
- Diet
- Omnivoresrc for Diet
- Longest recorded lifespan
- 16.6 years
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Egg incubation
- 50 dayssrc for Egg incubation
- Young per litter or clutch
- 1src for Young per litter or clutch
- Age at maturity
- 9 monthssrc for Age at maturity
- Litters or clutches a year
- 6.5 – 12src 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 cuban anole?
Where does the cuban anole live?
Not recorded
Where has it been introduced?
The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the cuban anole as introduced in 5 countries, and flagged as invasive in 1 of them.
Also listed for parts of: France (Saint Barthelemy).
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 cuban 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 cuban anole classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyAnolidae
- genusAnolis
- SpeciesAnolis equestris Merrem, 1820
Synonyms Anolis equestris santamariae, Anolius rhodolaemus, Deiroptyx equestris
Other names and names in other languages (19)
- Cuban giant anoleEnglish
- Cuban knight anoleEnglish
- Knight anoleEnglish
- RitteranólisBavarian
- anolis rytířskýCzech
- RidderanoleDanish
- RitteranolisGerman
- Abaniquillo Gigante de CubaSpanish
- ChipojoSpanish
- Anolis chevalierFrench
- Anolide cubanoItalian
- ナイトアノールJapanese
- RidderanolisDutch
- Anolis kubańskiPolish
- Anolis-cavaleiroPortuguese
- Анолис-рыцарьRussian
- Şövalye AnolüTurkish
- Аноліс-лицарUkrainian
- 古巴變色蜥Chinese
Relatives of the cuban anole
Other species in the same genus Anolis.
Green anole
Anolis carolinensis
Brown anole
Anolis sagrei
Blue anole
Anolis gorgonae
Allison's anole
Anolis allisoni
Horned anole
Anolis proboscis
Jamaican anole
Anolis garmani
CompareCuban anole vs Green anoleCuban anole vs Brown anoleCuban anole vs Blue anoleCuban anole vs Allison's anole
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the cuban anole?
An adult cuban anole weighs 56 g and measures 14.2 cm – 15.2 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
How long does the cuban anole live?
The cuban anole has a recorded lifespan of 12.4 years.
Is the cuban anole an invasive species?
In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the cuban anole as invasive in 1 country: Mexico. It lists it as introduced in 5 in all.
What kind of animal is the cuban anole?
The cuban anole (Anolis equestris) 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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