Dwarf anole
Anolis occultus Williams & Rivero, 1965
Status not recordedlizards
The dwarf anole (Anolis occultus) is a species in the family Anolidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 600 mg and reach 3.81 cm in length. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Puerto Rico.
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Quick facts about the dwarf anole
- Weight
- 600 mgsrc for Weight
- Length
- 3.81 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Herbivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Age at maturity
- 5 monthssrc for Age at maturity
- Reproduction
- Eggssrc for Reproduction
- Active
- By day (diurnal)src for Active
- Lifestyle
- Arborealsrc for Lifestyle
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- 1 countrysrc for Countries on record
How big is the dwarf anole?
Where does the dwarf 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 dwarf 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 dwarf 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 dwarf anole classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyAnolidae
- genusAnolis
- SpeciesAnolis occultus Williams & Rivero, 1965
Other names and names in other languages (5)
- Limestone anoleEnglish
- Puerto Rican twig anoleEnglish
- Pygmy anoleEnglish
- Largartijo enanoSpanish
- Скрытный анолисRussian
Relatives of the dwarf 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
CompareDwarf anole vs Green anoleDwarf anole vs Brown anoleDwarf anole vs Blue anoleDwarf anole vs Cuban anole
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the dwarf anole?
An adult dwarf anole weighs 600 mg and measures 3.81 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Where does the dwarf anole live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the dwarf anole for 1 country: Puerto Rico. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
What kind of animal is the dwarf anole?
The dwarf anole (Anolis occultus) 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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