. Breviora. Zoology; Paleontology. Photo by Kevin de Queiroz. This trunk-ground anole is found in light shade in the forest and in patches of woodland and vegetated perches in open areas. It has a lower body temperature than A. sagrei, but a higher body temperature than the deep-forest trunk-ground anoles A. allogus and A. mestrei. In all respects, it is a typical trunk-ground anole, usually perch- ing close to the ground on tree trunks or other broad structures. Anolis homolechis has a solid white dewlap that is brighter than that of A. barbatus. On close exami- nation, the dewlap of A. homol
. Breviora. Zoology; Paleontology. Photo by Kevin de Queiroz. This trunk-ground anole is found in light shade in the forest and in patches of woodland and vegetated perches in open areas. It has a lower body temperature than A. sagrei, but a higher body temperature than the deep-forest trunk-ground anoles A. allogus and A. mestrei. In all respects, it is a typical trunk-ground anole, usually perch- ing close to the ground on tree trunks or other broad structures. Anolis homolechis has a solid white dewlap that is brighter than that of A. barbatus. On close exami- nation, the dewlap of A. homolechis has numerous small black dots between the scales, most likely pockets of melanin. In some populations, the dewlap appears gray, possibly because of a higher melanin con- centration. Anolis loysianus. Lizard photograph by Jonathan Losos; dewlap photo courtesy of Luis Diaz. This small-bodied species is found only on very broad trunks with rugose bark. Like the trunk anoles of Hispaniola, the only other Greater Antillean Island on which the trunk ecomorph occurs, it moves frequently, rarely jumps, and sometimes ascends to great heights. Its crypticity, heightened by fleshy projections on its body, might also contrib- ute to its apparent rarity. It has a pale orange-red dewlap; individual variation is considerable in the number of orange spots, which are scattered across the dewlap and might contribute to the dewlap's saturated Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology. Cambridge, Mass. : Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
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