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False clouded anole

Anolis nebuloides Bocourt, 1873

Status not recordedlizards

The false clouded anole (Anolis nebuloides) is a species in the family Anolidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 1.62 g and reach 4.23 cm in length. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Mexico.

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Quick facts about the false clouded anole

Weight
1.62 gsrc for Weight
Length
4.23 cmsrc for Length
Lifespan
Not recorded
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 false clouded anole?

FALSE CLOUDED ANOLE · LENGTH 4.23 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 4.23 cm, the recorded maximum length of the false clouded anole is about 2.5% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the false clouded 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 false clouded anole is listed for 1 country.

Mexico
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Mexico

Why a country list is not a range map

Listed by: ReptileDB (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

Is the false clouded 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 false clouded anole classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderSquamata
  5. familyAnolidae
  6. genusAnolis
  7. SpeciesAnolis nebuloides Bocourt, 1873

Synonyms Anolis simmonsi, Anolis stevepoei, Norops nebuloides, Norops simmonsi

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • Anolis falso-pañueloSpanish
  • Falso Abaniquillo NebulosaSpanish

Catalogue of LifeITISWikidata

Relatives of the false clouded anole

Other species in the same genus Anolis.

Green anole

Anolis carolinensis

AnolidaeNo free photo yet

Blue anole

Anolis gorgonae

AnolidaeNo free photo yet

CompareFalse clouded anole vs Green anoleFalse clouded anole vs Brown anoleFalse clouded anole vs Blue anoleFalse clouded anole vs Cuban anole

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the false clouded anole?

An adult false clouded anole weighs 1.62 g and measures 4.23 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the false clouded anole live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the false clouded anole for 1 country: Mexico. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the false clouded anole?

The false clouded anole (Anolis nebuloides) 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.

  • 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
  • Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
    Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service).
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BibTeX
@misc{false_clouded_anole_2026,
  title = {False clouded anole (Anolis nebuloides)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/false-clouded-anole},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}