Leopard anole
Anolis marmoratus Duméril & Bibron, 1837
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The leopard anole (Anolis marmoratus) is a species in the family Anolidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 3.82 g, reach 4.85 cm in length and live up to 7 years.
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Quick facts about the leopard anole
- Weight
- 3.82 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- 4.85 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- 7 yearssrc for Lifespan
- Diet
- Carnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Egg incubation
- 46.5 dayssrc for Egg incubation
- Young per litter or clutch
- 1 – 2src for Young per litter or clutch
- Litters or clutches a year
- 7 – 30src for Litters or clutches a year
- Reproduction
- Eggssrc for Reproduction
- Active
- By day (diurnal)src for Active
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
How big is the leopard anole?
Where does the leopard anole live?
Not recorded
Where has it been introduced?
The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the leopard anole as introduced in 3 countries.
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 leopard 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 leopard anole classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyAnolidae
- genusAnolis
- SpeciesAnolis marmoratus Duméril & Bibron, 1837
Synonyms Anolis alliaceus, Anolis marmoratus alliaceus x girafus, Anolis marmoratus alliaceus x setosus, Anolis marmoratus alliaceus x speciosus, Anolis marmoratus marmoratus x alliaceus, Anolis marmoratus marmoratus x alliaceus x girafus, Anolis marmoratus marmoratus x speciosus, Anolis marmoratus setosus x girafus, Anolis marmoratus speciosus x desiradei, Anolis marmoratus speciosus x inornatus, Anolis marmoratus speciosus x setosus, Anolis speciosus, Anolis speciosus, Ctenonotus marmoratus, Ctenonotus marmoratus alliaceus x girafus
Other names and names in other languages (11)
- Guadeloupe anoleEnglish
- Guadeloupean anoleEnglish
- Anolis mramorovanýCzech
- Guadeloupe-AnolisGerman
- Abaniquillo Leopardo de GuadalupeSpanish
- Anolis marbréFrench
- Anolis brillant de la GuadeloupeFrench
- Anolis de la GuadeloupeFrench
- ヒョウモンアノールJapanese
- MarmeranolisDutch
- Мраморный анолисRussian
Relatives of the leopard 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
CompareLeopard anole vs Green anoleLeopard anole vs Brown anoleLeopard anole vs Blue anoleLeopard anole vs Cuban anole
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the leopard anole?
An adult leopard anole weighs 3.82 g and measures 4.85 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
How long does the leopard anole live?
The leopard anole has a recorded lifespan of 7 years.
Is the leopard anole an invasive species?
The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the leopard anole as introduced in 3 countries: French Guiana, Guyana and Venezuela, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.
What kind of animal is the leopard anole?
The leopard anole (Anolis marmoratus) 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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