Cuvier's anole
Anolis cuvieri Merrem, 1820
Status not recordedlizards
The cuvier's anole (Anolis cuvieri) is a species in the family Anolidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 46.6 g, reach 13.2 cm in length and live up to 9.2 years. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Puerto Rico.
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Quick facts about the cuvier's anole
- Weight
- 46.6 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- 12 cm – 13.2 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- 9.2 yearssrc for Lifespan
- Diet
- Omnivoresrc for Diet
- Longest recorded lifespan
- 9.3 years
- 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
- 1 countrysrc for Countries on record
How big is the cuvier's anole?
Where does the cuvier's 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 cuvier's anole is listed for 1 country.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Why a country list is not a range map
Listed by: ReptileDB (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.
Is the cuvier's 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 cuvier's anole classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyAnolidae
- genusAnolis
- SpeciesAnolis cuvieri Merrem, 1820
Synonyms Ctenonotus cuvieri, Dactyloa cuvieri, Xiphosurus cuvieri
Other names and names in other languages (6)
- Green giant anoleEnglish
- Puerto Rican giant anoleEnglish
- Puertoricansk KæmpeanoleDanish
- Puerto-Rico-RiesenanolisGerman
- Lagarto verdeSpanish
- Пуэрто-риканский анолисRussian
Relatives of the cuvier's 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
CompareCuvier's anole vs Green anoleCuvier's anole vs Brown anoleCuvier's anole vs Blue anoleCuvier's anole vs Cuban anole
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the cuvier's anole?
An adult cuvier's anole weighs 46.6 g and measures 12 cm – 13.2 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Where does the cuvier's anole live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the cuvier's anole for 1 country: Puerto Rico. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
How long does the cuvier's anole live?
The cuvier's anole has a recorded lifespan of 9.2 years.
What kind of animal is the cuvier's anole?
The cuvier's anole (Anolis cuvieri) 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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