CreatureData

Vinales anole

Anolis vermiculatus Cocteau, 1837

Status not recordedlizards

The vinales anole (Anolis vermiculatus) is a species in the family Anolidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 9.76 g, reach 7.78 cm in length and live up to 1.9 years. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Cuba.

No freely licensed photo yet

Quick facts about the vinales anole

Weight
9.76 gsrc for Weight
Length
7.78 cmsrc for Length
Lifespan
1.9 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
32.5 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
1 – 2src 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 vinales anole?

VINALES ANOLE · LENGTH 7.78 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 7.78 cm, the recorded maximum length of the vinales anole is about 4.6% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the vinales 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 vinales anole is listed for 1 country.

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

The same countries as a list

  1. Cuba

Why a country list is not a range map

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

Is the vinales 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 vinales anole classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderSquamata
  5. familyAnolidae
  6. genusAnolis
  7. SpeciesAnolis vermiculatus Cocteau, 1837

Synonyms Deiroptyx vermiculata

Other names and names in other languages (6)
  • Cuban stream anoleEnglish
  • anolis vodníCzech
  • Lagartija CaimánSpanish
  • Lagartija de aguaSpanish
  • Cubaanse wateranolisDutch
  • Кубинский ручьевой анолисRussian

Catalogue of LifeiNaturalistITISWikidata

Relatives of the vinales anole

Other species in the same genus Anolis.

Green anole

Anolis carolinensis

AnolidaeNo free photo yet

Blue anole

Anolis gorgonae

AnolidaeNo free photo yet

CompareVinales anole vs Green anoleVinales anole vs Brown anoleVinales anole vs Blue anoleVinales anole vs Cuban anole

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the vinales anole?

An adult vinales anole weighs 9.76 g and measures 7.78 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the vinales anole live?

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

How long does the vinales anole live?

The vinales anole has a recorded lifespan of 1.9 years.

What kind of animal is the vinales anole?

The vinales anole (Anolis vermiculatus) 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.

Embed a card for this animal on your own site

Copy this code. The card shows the photo with its credit, key facts and a link back to this page.

Preview the card

APA

CreatureData. (2026). Vinales anole (Anolis vermiculatus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/vinales-anole

MLA

“Vinales anole (Anolis vermiculatus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/vinales-anole.

BibTeX
@misc{vinales_anole_2026,
  title = {Vinales anole (Anolis vermiculatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/vinales-anole},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}