Nelson's anole
Anolis nelsoni Barbour, 1914
Status not recordedlizards
The nelson's anole (Anolis nelsoni) is a species in the family Anolidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh 3 g to 6 g, reach 5.17 cm in length and live up to 3.5 years. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Honduras.
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Quick facts about the nelson's anole
- Weight
- 3 g – 6 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- 5.17 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- 3.5 yearssrc for Lifespan
- Diet
- Omnivoresrc for Diet
- Longest recorded lifespan
- 8 years
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Young per litter or clutch
- 1 – 2src for Young per litter or clutch
- Age at maturity
- 12 monthssrc for Age at maturity
- Litters or clutches a year
- 20src for Litters or clutches a year
- 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 nelson's anole?
Where does the nelson'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 nelson'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 nelson'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 nelson's anole classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyAnolidae
- genusAnolis
- SpeciesAnolis nelsoni Barbour, 1914
Synonyms Norops nelsoni
Other names and names in other languages (1)
- Swan Islands anoleEnglish
Relatives of the nelson'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
CompareNelson's anole vs Green anoleNelson's anole vs Brown anoleNelson's anole vs Blue anoleNelson's anole vs Cuban anole
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the nelson's anole?
An adult nelson's anole weighs 3 g – 6 g and measures 5.17 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Where does the nelson's anole live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the nelson's anole for 1 country: Honduras. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
How long does the nelson's anole live?
The nelson's anole has a recorded lifespan of 3.5 years.
What kind of animal is the nelson's anole?
The nelson's anole (Anolis nelsoni) 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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