Emerald anole
Anolis evermanni Stejneger, 1904
Status not recordedlizards
The emerald anole (Anolis evermanni) is a species in the family Anolidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 5.4 g and reach 5.74 cm in length. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Puerto Rico.
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Quick facts about the emerald anole
- Weight
- 5.4 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- 4.75 cm – 5.74 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Carnivoresrc for Diet
- 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
- Lifestyle
- Arborealsrc for Lifestyle
- Brain mass
- 72.6 mgsrc for Brain mass
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- 1 countrysrc for Countries on record
How big is the emerald anole?
Where does the emerald 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 emerald 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 emerald 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 emerald anole classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyAnolidae
- genusAnolis
- SpeciesAnolis evermanni Stejneger, 1904
Synonyms Ctenonotus evermanni
Other names and names in other languages (6)
- Evermann's anoleEnglish
- Small green anoleEnglish
- Puertoricansk SmaragdanoleDanish
- Lagartijo verdeSpanish
- エメラルドアノールJapanese
- Анолис ЭверманнаRussian
Relatives of the emerald 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
CompareEmerald anole vs Green anoleEmerald anole vs Brown anoleEmerald anole vs Blue anoleEmerald anole vs Cuban anole
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the emerald anole?
An adult emerald anole weighs 5.4 g and measures 4.75 cm – 5.74 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Where does the emerald anole live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the emerald anole for 1 country: Puerto Rico. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
What kind of animal is the emerald anole?
The emerald anole (Anolis evermanni) 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 - AnimalTraits: a curated animal trait database for body mass, metabolic rate and brain size · CC0 1.0 · 1.0.7
Herberstein, M.E., McLean, D.J., Lowe, E. et al. (2022) AnimalTraits: a curated animal trait database for body mass, metabolic rate and brain size. Scientific Data 9: 265. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01364-9. Data: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6468938 - 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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