Roatan anole
Anolis roatanensis (Köhler & Mccranie, 2001)
Status not recordedlizards
The roatan anole (Anolis roatanensis) is a species in the family Anolidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 3.91 g and reach 5.7 cm in length. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Honduras.
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Quick facts about the roatan anole
- Weight
- 3.91 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- 5.7 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- 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 roatan anole?
Where does the roatan 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 roatan 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 roatan 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 roatan anole classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyAnolidae
- genusAnolis
- SpeciesAnolis roatanensis (Köhler & Mccranie, 2001)
Synonyms Norops roatanensis
Other names and names in other languages (1)
- Roatán anoleEnglish
Relatives of the roatan 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
CompareRoatan anole vs Green anoleRoatan anole vs Brown anoleRoatan anole vs Blue anoleRoatan anole vs Cuban anole
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the roatan anole?
An adult roatan anole weighs 3.91 g and measures 5.7 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Where does the roatan anole live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the roatan anole for 1 country: Honduras. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
What kind of animal is the roatan anole?
The roatan anole (Anolis roatanensis) 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
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