Tropical anole
Anolis tropidogaster Hallowell, 1856
Status not recordedlizards
The tropical anole (Anolis tropidogaster) is a species in the family Anolidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 2.43 g and reach 4.85 cm in length. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Panama.
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Quick facts about the tropical anole
- Weight
- 2.43 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- 4.85 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
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- 1 countrysrc for Countries on record
How big is the tropical anole?
Where does the tropical 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 tropical 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 tropical 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 tropical anole classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyAnolidae
- genusAnolis
- SpeciesAnolis tropidogaster Hallowell, 1856
Synonyms Anolis albi, Anolis radulinus, Anolis stigmosus, Norops tropidogaster
Relatives of the tropical 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
CompareTropical anole vs Green anoleTropical anole vs Brown anoleTropical anole vs Blue anoleTropical anole vs Cuban anole
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the tropical anole?
An adult tropical anole weighs 2.43 g and measures 4.85 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Where does the tropical anole live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the tropical anole for 1 country: Panama. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
What kind of animal is the tropical anole?
The tropical anole (Anolis tropidogaster) 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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