List of Anolis lizards

The large lizard genus Anolis contains around 436 accepted anole (US: /əˈnoʊ.li/ ^ⓘ) species, which have been considered in a number of subgroups, or clades such as carolinensis and isolepis.

Nota bene: In the following list, a taxon authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a different genus.

A

Anolis allisoni

Video of Anolis aquaticus in Costa Rica

• Anolis acutus Hallowell, 1856 – St. Croix anole, sharp anole
• Anolis aeneus Gray, 1840 – Grenada bush anole, bronze anole
• Anolis aequatorialis F. Werner, 1898 – equatorial anole
• Anolis agassizi Stejneger, 1900 – Agassiz's anole
• Anolis agueroi (Díaz, Navarro & Garrido, 1998) – Cabo Cruz bearded anole, Aguero's anole
• Anolis ahli Barbour, 1925 – Escambray blue-eyed anole, Ahl's anole
• Anolis alayoni Estrada & Hedges, 1995 – Guantanamo twig anole, Alayon's anole
• Anolis alfaroi Garrido & Hedges, 1992 – Small-fanned bush anole, Alfaro's anole
• Anolis aliniger Mertens, 1939 – axillary spotted anole, northern green twig anole, La Vega anole
• Anolis allisoni Barbour, 1928 – Cuban blue anole, Allison's anole
• Anolis allogus Barbour & Ramsden, 1919 – Spanish Flag anole, Bueycito anole
• Anolis alocomyos Köhler, Vargas, & Lotzkat, 2014
• Anolis altae Dunn, 1930 – high anole
• Anolis altavelensis Noble & Hassler, 1933 – Alto Velo gracile anole, Noble's anole
• Anolis altitudinalis Garrido, 1985 – Turquino green-mottled anole
• Anolis alumina Hertz, 1976 – Barahona grass anole, shiny anole
• Anolis alutaceus Cope, 1861 – blue-eyed grass-bush anole, Monte Verde anole, blue-eyed twig anole
• Anolis alvarezdeltoroi Nieto Montes de Oca, 1996 – Alvarez del Toro's Anole
• Anolis amplisquamosus (McCranie, Wilson & K. Williams, 1993)
• Anolis anatoloros Ugueto, Rivas, Barros, Sánchez-Pacheco & García-Pérez, 2007
• Anolis anchicayae Poe, Velasco, Miyata & E. Williams, 2009
• Anolis anfiloquioi Garrido, 1980 – brown-eyed bush anole, Anfiodlul anole
• Anolis angusticeps Hallowell, 1856 – Cuban twig anole
• Anolis anisolepis H.M. Smith, Burley & Fritts, 1968 – Chiapas ornate anole
• Anolis annectens E. Williams, 1974 – annex anole
• Anolis anoriensis Velasco, Gutiérrez-Cárdenas & Quintero-Angel, 2010
• Anolis antioquiae E. Williams, 1985 – Antiodlula anole
• Anolis antonii Boulenger, 1908 – San Antonio anole, Anton's anole
• Anolis apletolepis Kohler & Hedges, 2016 – La Selle twig anole
• Anolis apletophallus G. Köhler & Sunyer, 2008
• Anolis apollinaris Boulenger, 1919 – Boulenger's anole
• Anolis aquaticus Taylor, 1956 – water anole
• Anolis arenal Köhler & Vargas, 2019
• Anolis argenteolus Cope, 1861 – Cuban trunk anole, Guantanamo anole
• Anolis argillaceus Cope, 1862 – Cuban dark bark anole, bay anole
• Anolis aridius Köhler, Zimmer, McGrath, & Hedges, 2019
• Anolis armouri (Cochran, 1934) – armoured anole, Armour's anole, black-throated stout anole
• Anolis auratus Daudin, 1802 – grass anole
• Anolis aurifer Schwartz, 1968
• Anolis australis Köhler, Zimmer, McGrath, & Hedges, 2019 – southern stout anole

B

A. barbatus

A. bartschi

A. biporcatus, neotropical green anole, in the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica

• Anolis bahorucoensis Noble & Hassler, 1933 – Baoruco long-snouted anole, Bahoruco long-snouted anole
  • Anolis bahorucoensis bahorucoensis Noble & Hassler, 1933
  • Anolis bahorucoensis southerlandi Schwartz, 1978

Holotype specimens of A. b. southernlandi

• Anolis baleatus (Cope, 1864) – Dominican giant anole, Puerto Plata anole
  • Anolis baleatus altager Schwartz, 1975
  • Anolis baleatus baleatus (Cope, 1864)
  • Anolis baleatus caeruleolatus Schwartz, 1974
  • Anolis baleatus fraudator Schwartz, 1974
  • Anolis baleatus lineatacervix Schwartz, 1978
  • Anolis baleatus litorisilva Schwartz, 1974
  • Anolis baleatus multistruppus Schwartz, 1974
  • Anolis baleatus samanae Schwartz, 1974

Holotype specimens of A. b. samanae

• • Anolis baleatus scelestus Schwartz, 1974
  • Anolis baleatus sublimis Schwartz, 1974

Holotype specimens of A. b. sublimis

• Anolis baracoae Schwartz, 1964 – Baracoa anole
• Anolis barahonae E. Williams, 1962 – Baracoa giant anole, Barahona anole
  • Anolis barahonae albocellatus Schwartz, 1974
  • Anolis barahonae barahonae E. Williams, 1962
  • Anolis barahonae ininquinatus Cullom & Schwartz, 1980
  • Anolis barahonae mulitus Cullom & Schwartz, 1980
• Anolis barbatus (Garrido, 1982) – western bearded anole
• Anolis barbouri (Schmidt, 1919) – Hispaniolan hopping anole
• Anolis barkeri (Schmidt, 1939) – Barker's anole
• Anolis bartschi (Cochran, 1934) – Pinar Del Rio cliff anole, western cliff anole, West Cuban anole
• Anolis beckeri Boulenger, 1881 – Becker's lichen anole
• Anolis bellipeniculus (Myers & Donnelly, 1996)
• Anolis benedikti Lotzkat, Bienentreu, Hertz & G. Köhler, 2011
• Anolis bicaorum (G. Köhler, 1996) – Bay Islands anole
• Anolis bimaculatus (Sparrman, 1784) – Statia Bank tree anole, panther anole
• Anolis binotatus W. Peters, 1863 – two-marked anole
• Anolis biporcatus (Wiegmann, 1834) – giant green anole, neotropical green anole
• Anolis birama Garrido, 1980 – Cuban big-eared anole, branch anole
• Anolis bitectus Cope, 1864 – roof anole
• Anolis blanquillanus Hummelinck, 1940 – La Blanquilla anole, Hummelinck's anole
• Anolis boettgeri Boulenger, 1911 – Boettger's anole
• Anolis bombiceps Cope, 1876 – surprise anole, blue-lipped forest anole
• Anolis bonairensis Ruthven, 1923 – Bonaire anole, Ruthven's anole
• Anolis boulengerianus Thominot, 1887 – Tehuantepec anole
• Anolis brasiliensis Vanzolini & Williams, 1970 – Brazilian anole
• Anolis bremeri Barbour, 1914 – Cuban variegated anole, Herradura anole
  • Anolis bremeri bremeri Barbour, 1914
  • Anolis bremeri insulaepinorum Garrido, 1972
• Anolis breslini Schwartz, 1980 - Northwest Haitian stout anole
• Anolis brevirostris Bocourt, 1870 – desert gracile anole, shortnose anole
  • Anolis brevirostris brevirostris Bocourt, 1870
  • Anolis brevirostris deserticola D. Arnold, 1980
  • Anolis brevirostris wetmorei Cochran, 1931
• Anolis brianjuliani Köhler, Petersen, & Méndez de la Cruz, 2019
• Anolis brooksi Barbour, 1923
• Anolis brunneus Cope, 1894 – Crooked-Acklins green anole, Crooked Island anole

C

Male A. carolinensis with partially expanded dewlap

A. cybotes in a garden in Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic

• Anolis caceresae Hofmann & Townsend, 2018 – Berta's anole
• Anolis calimae Ayala, Harris & E. Williams, 1993 – Ayala's anole
• Anolis callainus Köhler & Hedges, 2020 – Dominican green anole, Northern Hispaniolan green anole, Hispaniolan green anole
• Anolis campbelli (G. Köhler & E.N. Smith), 2008
• Anolis capito W. Peters, 1863 – bighead anole
• Anolis caquetae E. Williams, 1974 – Caqueta anole
• Anolis carlliebi G. Köhler et al., 2014 – Carl Lieb's anole
• Anolis carlostoddi (E. Williams, Praderio & Gorzula, 1996) – Carlos Todd's anole
• Anolis carolinensis Voigt, 1832 – green anole, North American green anole, Carolina anole
• Anolis carpenteri A.A. Echelle, A.F. Echelle & Fitch, 1971 – Carpenter's anole
• Anolis casildae Arosemena, Ibáñez & De Sousa, 1991 – Casilda's anole
• Anolis caudalis Cochran, 1932 – Gonave gracile anole, Cochran's gianthead anole
• Anolis centralis J. Peters, 1970 – central pallid anole, central anole
  • Anolis centralis centralis J. Peters, 1970
  • Anolis centralis litoralis Garrido, 1975
• Anolis chamaeleonides A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837 – short-bearded anole
• Anolis charlesmyersi Köhler, 2010
• Anolis chloris Boulenger, 1898 – Boulenger's green anole
• Anolis chlorocyanus A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837 – Tiburon green anole, Hispaniolan green anole, Jeremie anole
• Anolis chlorodius Kohler & Hedges, 2016 – Pedernales green anole
• Anolis christophei E. Williams, 1960 – big-fanned trunk anole, King Christophe anole
• Anolis chrysolepis A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837 – goldenscale anole
• Anolis chrysops Lazell, 1964
• Anolis clivicola Barbour & Shreve, 1935 – Turquino fern anole, mountain anole
• Anolis cobanensis L. Stuart, 1942 – Stuart's anole
• Anolis compressicauda Smith & Kerster, 1955 – Malposo scaly anole
• Anolis concolor Cope, 1863 – Isla San Andres anole
• Anolis confusus Estrada & Garrido, 1991 – Cabo Cruz trunk anole
• Anolis conspersus Garman, 1887 – Cayman Islands blue-fanned anole, Grand Cayman blue-fanned anole, Grand Cayman anole
  • Anolis conspersus conspersus Garman, 1887
  • Anolis conspersus lewisi Grant, 1940
• Anolis cooki Grant, 1931 – Guanica pallid anole, Cook's pallid anole, Cook's anole
• Anolis crassulus Cope, 1864 – ornate anole
• Anolis cristatellus A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837 – crested anole
  • Anolis cristatellus cristatellus A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837 – Puerto Rican crested anole
  • Anolis cristatellus wileyae Grant, 1931
• Anolis cristifer H.M. Smith, 1968 – crested lichen anole, Cristifer anole
• Anolis cryptolimifrons G. Köhler & Sunyer, 2008
• Anolis cupeyalensis J. Peters, 1970 – stripe-bellied grass anole, Cupeyal anole
• Anolis cupreus Hallowell, 1860 – copper anole
  • Anolis cupreus cupreus Hallowell, 1860
  • Anolis cupreus dariense Fitch & Seigel, 1984
  • Anolis cupreus hoffmani W. Peters, 1863
  • Anolis cupreus spilomelas Fitch, A.A. Echelle & A.F. Echelle, 1972
• Anolis cuprinus H.M. Smith, 1964 – copper anole, Chiapas anole
• Anolis cuscoensis (Poe, Yañez-Miranda & Lehr, 2008)
• Anolis cusuco (McCranie, G. Köhler & Wilson, 2000)
• Anolis cuvieri (Merrem, 1820) – Cuvier's anole, green giant anole or Puerto Rican giant anole
• Anolis cyanopleurus Cope, 1861 – green fern anole, Yateras anole
  • Anolis cyanopleurus cyanopleurus Cope, 1861
  • Anolis cyanopleurus orientalis Garrido, 1975
• Anolis cyanostictus Mertens, 1939 – Santo Domingo green anole
• Anolis cybotes (Cope, 1862) – Hispaniolan stout anole, large-headed anole
  • Anolis cybotes cybotes Cope, 1862
  • Anolis cybotes doris Barbour, 1925
  • Anolis cybotes ravifaux Schwartz & Henderson, 1982
• Anolis cymbops (Cope, 1864) – Cope's Veracruz anole

D

• Anolis damulus Cope, 1864 – Cope's smooth anole
• Anolis danieli E. Williams, 1988 – Daniel's anole
• Anolis darlingtoni (Cochran, 1935) – La Hotte twig anole, Darlington's anole
• Anolis datzorum (Köhler, Ponce, Sunyer, & Batista, 2007)
• Anolis delafuentei Garrido, 1982 –Escambray crested anole, Guamuhaya anole
• Anolis deltae E. Williams, 1974 – delta anole
• Anolis demissus Schwartz, 1969 – Île Grande Cayemite green anole
• Anolis desechensis (Heatwole, 1976) – Desecheo anole, Heatwole's anole
• Anolis desiradei Lazell, 1964 – La Desirade anole
• Anolis dissimilis E. Williams, 1965 – odd anole
• Anolis distichus (Cope, 1861) – bark anole
  • Anolis distichus biminiensis Oliver, 1948
  • Anolis distichus dapsilis Schwartz, 1968
  • Anolis distichus distichoides Rosén, 1911
  • Anolis distichus distichus Cope, 1861 – common bark anole
  • Anolis distichus floridanus H.M. Smith and McCauley, 1948 – Florida bark anole
  • Anolis distichus juliae Cochran, 1934
  • Anolis distichus ocior Schwartz, 1968
  • Anolis distichus patruelis Schwartz, 1968
  • Anolis distichus sejunctus Shwartz, 1968
  • Anolis distichus suppar Schwartz, 1968
  • Anolis distichus tostus Schwartz, 1968
• Anolis divius Kohler & Hedges, 2016 – Baoruco blue anole
• Anolis dolichocephalus E. Williams, 1963 – La Hotte long-snouted anole, Place Negre anole
  • Anolis dolichocephalus dolichocephalus E. Williams, 1963,
  • Anolis dolichocephalus portusalus Schwartz, 1978
  • Anolis dolichocephalus sarmenticola Schwartz, 1978
• Anolis dollfusianus (Bocourt, 1873) – coffee anole
• Anolis dominicensis Reinhardt and Lütken, 1863 – Dominican Republic bark anole
• Anolis doris Barbour, 1925 – Gonave stout anole
• Anolis dracula (Yánez-Muñoz et al., 2018) – Dracula anole
• Anolis duellmani Fitch & Henderson, 1973 – Duellman's pigmy anole
• Anolis dunni Smith, 1936 – Dunn's anole

E

• Anolis eladioi Kohler & Hedges, 2016 – Baoruco green anole
• Anolis elcopeensis Poe, Scarpetta, & Schaad, 2015

A. equestris at Boston Museum of Science

• Anolis equestris (Merrem, 1820) – Cuban giant anole, knight anole
  • Anolis equestris brujensis Garrido, 2001
  • Anolis equestris buidei Schwartz and Garrido, 1972
  • Anolis equestris cincoleguas Garrido, 1981
  • Anolis equestris cyaneus Garrido and Estrada, 2001
  • Anolis equestris equestris Merrem, 1820
  • Anolis equestris juraguensis Schwartz and Garrido, 1972
  • Anolis equestris persparsus Schwartz and Garrido, 1972,
  • Anolis equestris potior Schwartz and Thomas, 1975
  • Anolis equestris sabinalensis Garrido and Moreno, 2001
  • Anolis equestris thomasi Schwartz, 1959
  • Anolis equestris verreonensis Schwartz and Garrido, 1972
• Anolis ernestwilliamsi (Lazell, 1983) – Carrot Rock anole, Carrot Rock's anole, Ernest's anole
• Anolis etheridgei E. Williams, 1962 – montane bush anole, Etheridge's anole
• Anolis eugenegrahami (Schwartz, 1978) – Eugene's anole, black stream anole
• Anolis eulaemus (Boulenger, 1908) – good anole
• Anulis euskalerriari (Barros, E. Williams, and Viloria, 1996)
• Anolis evermanni (Stejneger, 1904) – emerald anole, Evermann's anole, or small green anole
• Anolis extremus (Garman, 1887) – Barbados anole

F

• Anolis fairchildi Barbour & Shreve, 1935 – Cay Sal anole, Fairchild's anole
• Anolis fasciatus (Boulenger, 1885) – banded anole
• Anolis favillarum Schwartz, 1968
• Anolis ferreus (Cope, 1864) – Morne Constant anole
• Anolis festae (Peracca, 1904) – Veronica's anole
• Anolis fitchi (Williams & Duellman, 1984) – Fitch's anole
• Anolis forresti Barbour, 1923
• Anolis fortunensis (Arosemena & Ibanez, 1993)
• Anolis fowleri (Schwartz, 1973) – green-banded anole, Fowler's anole
• Anolis fraseri (Günther, 1859) – Fraser's anole
• Anolis frenatus (Cope, 1899) – bridled anole
• Anolis fugitivus Garrido, 1975 – green-headed grass anole, Moa anole
• Anolis fungosus Myers, 1971 – Myers's anole
• Anolis fuscoauratus (D'Orbigny, 1837) – brown-eared anole, slender anole

G

• Anolis gadovii (Boulenger, 1905) – Gadow's anole
• Anolis gaigei Ruthven, 1916 – Gaige's anole
• Anolis garmani (Stejneger, 1899) – Jamaican giant anole, Jamaican anole, Jamaica giant anole
• Anolis garridoi Diaz, Estrada & Moreno, 1996 – Escambray twig anole, Garrido's anole
• Anolis gemmosus (O'Shaughnessy, 1875)) – Andes anole, O'Shaughnessy's anole
• Anolis gibbiceps (Cope, 1864) – hook anole
• Anolis ginaelisae (Lotzkat, Bienentreu, Hertz & G. Köhler, 2013)
• Anolis gingivinus (Cope, 1864) – Anguilla bank tree anole, Anguilla bank anole, Anguilla anole
• Anolis gonavensis Kohler & Hedges, 2016 – Gonave twig anole
• Anolis gorgonae (Barbour, 1905) – blue anole
• Anolis gracilipes (Boulenger, 1898) – charm anole
• Anolis grahami (Gray, 1845) – Jamaican turquoise anole, Graham's anole
  • Anolis grahami aquarum Underwood & Williams, 1959
  • Anolis grahami grahami Gray, 1845
• Anolis granuliceps (Boulenger, 1898) – granular anole
• Anolis griseus (Garman, 1887) – St. Vincent's tree anole
• Anolis gruuo (Köhler, Ponce, Sunyer & Batista, 2007)
• Anolis guafe (Estrada & Garrido, 1991) – Cabo Cruz banded anole
• Anolis guamuhaya (Garrido, Pérez-Beato, & Moreno, 1991) – Escambray bearded anole
• Anolis guazuma Garrido, 1984 – Turquino twig anole, Sierra anole
• Anolis gundlachi (Peters, 1877) – yellow-chinned anole, Gundlach's anole, yellow-bearded anole

H

• Anolis haguei (L. Stuart, 1942) – Hague's Anole
• Anolis hendersoni (Cochran, 1923) – La Selle long-snouted anole, Henderson's anole
  • Anolis hendersoni hendersoni Cochran, 1923
  • Anolis hendersoni ravidormitans Schwartz, 1978
• Anolis heterodermus (A.H.A. Duméril, 1851) – flat Andes anole
• Anolis heteropholidotus Mertens, 1952
• Anolis higuey Köhler, Zimmer, McGrath, & Hedges, 2019 – Cordillera Oriental stout anole
• Anolis hispaniolae Köhler, Zimmer, McGrath, & Hedges, 2019
• Anolis hobartsmithi (Nieto-Montes de Oca, 2001) – Hobart Smith's anole
• Anolis homolechis (Cope, 1864) – Habana anole, Cuban white-fanned anole
  • Anolis homolechis homolechis Cope, 1864
  • Anolis homolechis turquinensis Garrido, 1973
• Anolis huilae (Williams, 1982) – Huila anole
• Anolis humilis (Peters, 1863) – humble anole
• Anolis hyacinthogularis Torres-Carvajal, Ayala-Varela, Lobos, Poe, & Narvaez, 2017 – blue dewlap anole

I

• Anolis ibague (Williams, 1975) – Ibague anole
• Anolis ibanezi (Poe, Latella, Ryan, & Schaad, 2009)
• Anolis ignigularis Mertens, 1939 – brown bark anole
• Anolis imias (Ruibal & Williams, 1961) – Imias rock anole, Imias anole
• Anolis immaculogularis Köhler et al., 2014
• Anolis impetigosus Cope, 1864
• Anolis incredulus Garrido & Moreno, 1998 – Turquino emerald anole
• Anolis inderenae (Rueda & Hernández-Camacho, 1988)
• Anolis inexpectatus Garrido & Estrada, 1989 – pineland bush anole
• Anolis insignis (Cope, 1871) – decorated anole
• Anolis insolitus (Williams & Rand, 1969) – Cordillera central twig anole, La Palma anole
• Anolis isolepis (Cope, 1861) – dwarf green anole, Jatibonico anole

J

• Anolis jacare (Boulenger, 1903) – Jacare anole
• Anolis johnmeyeri (Wilson & McCranie, 1982) – Meyer's anole
• Anolis juangundlachi Garrido, 1975 – yellow-lipped grass anole, Finca Ceres anole
• Anolis jubar (Schwartz, 1968) – Cuban coast anole, Cubitas anole
  • Anolis jubar albertschwartzi Garrido, 1973
  • Anolis jubar balaenarum Schwartz, 1968
  • Anolis jubar cocoensis Estrada & Garrido, 1990
  • Anolis jubar cuneus Schwartz, 1968
  • Anolis jubar gibarensis Garrido, 1973
  • Anolis jubar jubar Schwartz, 1968
  • Anolis jubar maisiensis Garrido, 1973
  • Anolis jubar oriens Schwartz, 1968
  • Anolis jubar santamariae Garrido, 1973
  • Anolis jubar yagujayensis Garrido, 1973

K

• Anolis kahouannensis (Lazell, 1964) – Kahouanne anole
• Anolis kathydayae Poe & Ryan, 2017
• Anolis kemptoni (Dunn, 1940) – Kempton's anole
• Anolis koopmani (Rand, 1961) – Haitian brown red-bellied anole, Koopman's anole
• Anolis kreutzi (McCranie, Köhler, & Wilson, 2000)
• Anolis krugi (Peters, 1877) – olive bush anole, Krug's anole, orange dewlap anole
• Anolis kunalayae (Hulebak, Poe, Ibánez, & Williams, 2007)

L

• Anolis laevis (Cope, 1876) – smooth anole
• Anolis laeviventris (Wiegmann, 1834) – white anole
• Anolis lamari (Williams, 1992)
• Anolis landestoyi Mahler et al. (2016) – Hispaniolan chamaeleon anole
• Anolis latifrons (Berthold, 1846)
• Anolis leachii (Duméril & Bibron, 1837) – Antigua Bank tree anole, Barbuda Bank tree anole, panther anole
• Anolis leditzigorum Köhler, Vargas, & Lotzkat, 2014
• Anolis lemniscatus (Boulenger, 1898)
• Anolis lemurinus (Cope, 1861) – ghost anole
• Anolis leucodera Kohler & Hedges, 2016 – Bombardopolis green anole
• Anolis limifrons (Cope, 1871) – slender anole, border anole
• Anolis limon Velasco & Hurtado-Gomez, 2014
• Anolis lineatopus Gray, 1840 – Jamaican gray anole, stripefoot anole
  • Anolis lineatopus ahenobarbus] Underwood & Williams, 1959
  • Anolis lineatopus lineatopus Gray, 1840
  • Anolis lineatopus merope Underwood & Williams, 1959
  • Anolis lineatopus neckeri Grant, 1940
• Anolis lineatus (Daudin, 1802) – striped anole
• Anolis liogaster (Boulenger, 1905) – Guerreran anole
• Anolis lionotus (Cope, 1861) – lion anole
• Anolis litoralis Garrido, 1975 – Oriente pallid anole
• Anolis lividus (Garman, 1888) – Plymouth anole, Montserrat anole
• Anolis longiceps Schmidt, 1919 – Navassa anole
• Anolis longitibialis (Noble, 1923) – Barahona stout anole, Isla Beata anole
  • Anolis longitibialis longitibialis Noble, 1923
  • Anolis longitibialis specuum Schwartz, 1979
• Anolis lososi Torres-Carvajal, Ayala-Varela, Lobos, Poe, & Narvaez, 2017 – Losos's anole
• Anolis loveridgei (Schmidt, 1936) – Loveridge's anole
• Anolis loysiana Duméril & Bibron, 1837 – spiny anole, peach anole
• Anolis luciae (Garman, 1888) – St. Lucia anole, Saint Lucian anole
• Anolis lucius Duméril & Bibron, 1837 – cave anole, slender cliff anole

A. luteogularis

• Anolis luteogularis (Noble & Hassler, 1935) – western giant anole, white-throated anole
  • Anolis luteogularis calceus Schwartz & Garrido, 1972
  • Anolis luteogularis coctilis Schwartz & Garrido, 1972
  • Anolis luteogularis delacruzi Schwartz & Garrido, 1972
  • Anolis luteogularis hassleri Barbour & Shreve, 1935
  • Anolis luteogularis jaumei Schwartz & Garrido, 1972
  • Anolis luteogularis luteogularis Noble & Hassler, 1935
  • Anolis luteogularis nivevultus Schwartz & Garrido, 1972
  • Anolis luteogularis sanfelipensis Garrido, 1975
  • Anolis luteogularis sectilis Schwartz & Garrido, 1972
• Anolis luteosignifer (Garman, 1888) – Cayman Brac anole
• Anolis lynchi (Miyata, 1985) – Lynch's anole
• Anolis lyra (Poe, Velasco, Miyata, & Williams, 2009)

M

• Anolis macilentus Garrido & Hedges, 1992 – black-cheeked bush anole
• Anolis macrinii (H.M. Smith, 1968) – Macrinius's anole
• Anolis macrolepis (Boulenger, 1911) – big-scaled anole
• Anolis macrophallus (F. Werner, 1917)
• Anolis maculigula (E. Williams, 1984) – Rueda's anole
• Anolis maculiventris (Boulenger, 1898) – blotchbelly anole
• Anolis magnaphallus (Poe & Ibánez, 2007)
• Anolis maia Batista, Vesely, Mebert, Lotzkat & G. Köhler, 2015
• Anolis marcanoi (E. Williams, 1975) – red-fanned stout anole, Marcano's anole
• Anolis mariarum (Barbour, 1932) – blemished anole

A. marmoratus

• Anolis marmoratus (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837) – Guadeloupe anole, Guadeloupean anole, leopard anole
• Anolis marron (Arnold, 1980) – Jacmel gracile anole, Jacmel anole
• Anolis marsupialis Taylor, 1956
• Anolis matudai (H.M. Smith, 1956) – Matuda's anole
• Anolis maynardii Garman, 1888 – Maynard's anole
• Anolis mccraniei (G. Köhler, Townsend & Petersen, 2016)
• Anolis medemi (Ayala & E. Williams, 1988)
• Anolis megalopithecus (Rueda-Almonacid, 1989) – Ruida's anole
• Anolis megapholidotus Smith, 1933 – large-scaled anole
• Anolis menta (Ayala, Harris & E. Williams, 1984) – mixed anole
• Anolis meridionalis (Boettger, 1885)
• Anolis mestrei Barbour & Ramsden, 1916 – red-fanned rock anole, Pinar del Rio anole
• Anolis microlepidotus (Davis, 1954) – Guerreran oak anole
• Anolis microtus (Cope, 1871) – tiny anole
• Anolis milleri (H.M. Smith, 1950) – Miller's anole
• Anolis mirus (E. Williams, 1963)
• Anolis monensis (Stejneger, 1904) – Mona anole
• Anolis monteverde (G. Köhler, 2009)
• Anolis monticola (Shreve, 1936) – La Hotte bush anole, foothill anole
  • Anolis monticola monticola Shreve, 1936
  • Anolis monticola quadrisartus (Thomas & Schwartz, 1967)
• Anolis morazani (Townsend & Wilson, 2009)
• Anolis muralla (Köhler, McCranie & Wilson, 1999)

N

• Anolis nasofrontalis (Amaral, 1933) – nose anole
• Anolis naufragus (Campbell, Hillis, & Lamar, 1989) – Hidalgo anole
• Anolis neblininus (Myers, Williams, & McDiarmid, 1993)
• Anolis nebuloides (Bocourt, 1873) – false clouded anole
• Anolis nebulosus (Wiegmann, 1834) – clouded anole
• Anolis neglectus Prates, Melo-Sampaio, de Queiroz, Carnaval, Rodrigues, & Oliveira-Drummond, 2019. – Serra dos Órgãos anole
• Anolis nelsoni (Barbour, 1914) – Swan Islands anole, Nelson's anole
• Anolis nemonteae Ayala-Varela, Valverde, Poe, Narvaez, Yanez-Munoz, & Torres-Carvajal, 2021
• Anolis nicefori (Dunn, 1944) – Niceforo's Andes anole
• Anolis nietoi Köhler et al., 2014
• Anolis nigrolineatus (Williams, 1965)
• Anolis noblei (Barbour & Shreve, 1935) – Oriente giant anole, Holguin anole
• Anolis notopholis (Boulenger, 1896) – scalyback anole
• Anolis nubilis (Garman, 1888) – Redonda anole

O

Male A. oculatus the montanus colour phase

Male A. oculatus the winstoni colour phase

• Anolis occultus (Williams & Rivero, 1965) – Puerto Rican twig anole, limestone anole, dwarf anole
• Anolis ocelloscapularis (Köhler, McCranie & Wilson, 2001)
• Anolis oculatus (Cope, 1879) – Dominican anole, eyed anole
• Anolis oligaspis Cope, 1894 – Bahama anole
• Anolis olssoni (Schmidt, 1919) – desert grass anole, Monte Cristi anole, Olsson's anole
  • Anolis olssoni alienus Schwartz, 1981
  • Anolis olssoni dominigensis Schwartz, 1981
  • Anolis olssoni extentus Schwartz, 1981
  • Anolis olssoni ferrugicauda Schwartz, 1981
  • Anolis olssoni insulanus Schwartz, 1981
  • Anolis olssoni montivagus Schwartz, 1981
  • Anolis olssoni olssoni Schmidt, 1919
  • Anolis olssoni palloris Schwartz, 1981
• Anolis omiltemanus (Davis, 1954) – Omilteme anole
• Anolis onca (O'Shaughnessy, 1875) – bulky anole
• Anolis opalinus (Gosse, 1850) – Jamaican opal-bellied anole, Bluefields anole
• Anolis ophiolepis (Cope, 1862) – five-striped grass anole, snakescale anole
• Anolis oporinus Garrido & Hedges, 2001 – Pimienta green anole
• Anolis orcesi (Lazell, 1969) – Orces's Andes anole
• Anolis ortonii (Cope, 1868) – bark anole, Orton's anole
• Anolis osa (Köhler, Dehling, & Köhler, 2010)
• Anolis otongae (Ayala-Varela & Velasco, 2010)
• Anolis oxylophus (Cope, 1868) – stream anole

P

A. polylepis in the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica, bobbing its head and extending a large yellow dewlap

A. porcatus in a garden in northwest Cuba

A. pulchellus in a garden in northwest Cuba

• Anolis pachypus (Cope, 1876)
• Anolis parilis (Williams, 1975) – Ecuador anole
• Anolis parvauritus (Williams, 1966) – giant green anole, neotropical green anole
• Anolis parvicirculatus (Álvarez del Toro & H.M. Smith, 1956) – Berriozabal anole
• Anolis paternus Hardy, 1967 – ashy bush anole, Nueva Gerona anole
  • Anolis paternus paternus Hardy, 1967
  • Anolis paternus pinarensis Garrido, 1975
• Anolis pecuarius Schwartz, 1969 – Île-à-Vache green anole
• Anolis pentaprion (Cope, 1863) – lichen anole
• Anolis peraccae (Boulenger, 1898)
• Anolis peruensis Poe, Latella, Ayala-Varela, Yañez-Miranda, & Torres-Carvajal, 2015
• Anolis petersii (Bocourt, 1873) – Peters's anole
• Anolis peucephilus Kohler, Trejo-Perez, Petersen, & Mendez De La Cruz, 2014
• Anolis peynadoi Mertens, 1939 – western Hispaniola green anole, northern Hispaniolan green anole, Hispaniolan green anole
• Anolis phyllorhinus (Myers & Carvalho, 1945) – leaf-nosed anole, bat anole
• Anolis pigmaequestris (Garrido, 1975) – pygmy giant anole, Cayo Francés anole
• Anolis pijolense (McCranie, Wilson, & Williams, 1993)
• Anolis pinchoti Cochran, 1931 – Crab Cay anole
• Anolis placidus Hedges & Thomas, 1989 – Neiba twig anole, placid anole
• Anolis planiceps Troschel, 1848 – golden-scaled anole, orange-fanned leaf-litter anole, goldenscale anole
• Anolis podocarpus (Ayala-Varela & Torres-Carvajal, 2010)
• Anolis poecilopus (Cope, 1862) – dappled anole
• Anolis poei Ayala-Varela, Troya-Rodríguez, Talero-Rodríguez, & Torres-Carvajal, 2014 – Telimbela anole
• Anolis pogus (Lazell, 1972) – Anguilla Bank bush anole, Watts's anole
• Anolis polylepis (Peters, 1874) – many-scaled anole, Golfo-Dulce anole
• Anolis poncensis (Stejneger, 1904) – Ponce anole
• Anolis porcatus |Gray, 1840 – Cuban green anole
  • Anolis porcatus aracelyae Perez-Beato, 1996
  • Anolis porcatus porcatus Gray, 1840
• Anolis porcus (Cope, 1864) – Oriente bearded anole
• Anolis prasinorius Kohler & Hedges, 2016 – Baoruco green twig anole
• Anolis princeps (Boulenger, 1902) – first anole
• Anolis proboscis (Peters & Orces, 1956) – horned anole, Pinocchio lizard
• Anolis properus Schwartz, 1968 – Hispaniolan gracile anole, bark anole
• Anolis propinquus (Williams, 1984)
• Anolis pseudokemptoni (Köhler, Ponce, Sunyer, & Batista, 2007)
• Anolis pseudopachypus (Köhler, Ponce, Sunyer, & Batista, 2007)
• Anolis pseudotigrinus (Amaral, 1933) – false tiger anole
• Anolis pulchellus Duméril & Bibron, 1837 – Puerto Rican bush anole, Puerto Rican anole, snake anole
• Anolis pumilus Garrido, 1988 – Cuban spiny-plant anole
• Anolis punctatus (Daudin, 1802) – spotted anole, Amazon green anole
  • Anolis punctatus boulengeri O'Shaughnessy, 1881
  • Anolis punctatus punctatus Daudin, 1802
• Anolis purpurescens (Cope, 1899) – purple anole
• Anolis purpurgularis (McCranie, Cruz, & Holm, 1993)
• Anolis purpuronectes Gray, Meza-Lazaro, Poe, & Nieto-Montes De Oca, 2016
• Anolis pygmaeus (Álvarez del Toro & H.M Smith, 1956) – Chiapis pygmy anole

Q

• Anolis quadriocellifer (Barbour & Ramsden, 1919) – Cuban eyespot anole, peninsula anole
• Anolis quaggulus (Cope, 1885)
• Anolis quercorum (Fitch, 1979) – Oaxacan oak anole, gray anole
• Anolis quimbaya Moreno-Arias, Méndez-Galeano, Beltrán, & Vargas-Ramírez, 2023 – Quimbaya anole

R

• Anolis ravifaux Schwartz & Henderson, 1982 - Saona stout anole
• Anolis ravitergum Schwartz, 1968 - Hispaniolan gracile anole, bark anole
• Anolis reconditus (Underwood & Williams, 1959) – Blue Mountains anole
• Anolis rejectus Garrido & Schwartz, 1972 – Santiago grass anole
• Anolis richardii (Duméril & Bibron, 1837) – Grenada tree anole
• Anolis richteri (Dunn,1944) – flat Andes anole
• Anolis ricordii (Duméril & Bibron, 1837) – Haitian giant anole, Haitian green anole
  • Anolis ricordi leberi Williams, 1965
  • Anolis ricordi ricordi Duméril & Bibron, 1837
  • Anolis ricordi subsolanus Schwartz, 1974
  • Anolis ricordi viculus Schwartz, 1974
• Anolis rimarum (Thomas & Schwartz, 1967) – Artibonite bush anole, marmelade anole
• Anolis riparius Chaves, Ryan, Bolaños, Márquez, Köhler & Poe, 2023
• Anolis rivalis (Williams, 1984) – neighbor anole
• Anolis roatanensis (Köhler & McCranie, 2001) – Roatan anole
• Anolis robinsoni Chaves, Ryan, Bolaños, Márquez, Köhler & Poe, 2023
• Anolis rodriguezii Bocourt, 1873 – Middle American smooth anole, Rodriguez's anole
• Anolis roosevelti Grant, 1931 – Virgin Islands giant anole, Culebra Island giant anole
• Anolis roquet (Lacépède, 1788) – savannah anole, Martinique anole, Martinique's anole
  • Anolis roquet majolgris Lazell, 1972
  • Anolis roquet roquet (Lacépède, 1788)
  • Anolis roquet salinei Lazell, 1972
  • Anolis roquet summus Lazell, 1972
  • Anolis roquet zebrilus Lazell, 1972
• Anolis rubiginosus Bocourt, 1873 – Sierra Juarez anole
• Anolis rubribarbaris (Köhler, McCranie, & Wilson 1999)
• Anolis rubribarbus (Barbour & Ramsden, 1919) – Sagua de Tánamo anole
• Anolis ruibali Navarro & Garrido, 2004 – Cabo Cruz pallid anole
• Anolis ruizi (Rueda & Williams, 1986)
• Anolis rupinae (Williams & Webster, 1974) – Haitian banded red-bellied anole, Castillon anole

S

• Anolis sabanus Garman, 1887 – Saban anole
• Anolis sacamecatensis G. Köhler et al., 2014

Anolis sagrei, brown anole

• Anolis sagrei Duméril & Bibron, 1837 – Cuban brown anole, brown anole
  • Anolis sagrei mayensis H.M. Smith & Burger, 1949
  • Anolis sagrei sagrei Duméril & Bibron, 1837
• Anolis salvini Boulenger, 1885 – Salvin's anole
• Anolis santamartae E. Williams, 1982 – Santa Marta anole
• Anolis savagei Poe & Ryan, 2017
• Anolis saxatilis Mertens, 1938 – palid stout anole, Whiteman's anole
  • Anolis saxatilis lapidosus Schwartz, 1980
  • Anolis saxatilis saxatilis Williams, 1963
• Anolis schiedei (Wiegmann, 1834) – Schiede's anole
• Anolis schwartzi Lazell, 1972 – Saint Kitts Bank bush anole, Schwartz's anole, Statia Bank bush anole
• Anolis scriptus Garman, 1887 – southern Bahamas anole, Silver Key anole
  • Anolis scriptus leucophaeus Garman, 1888
  • Anolis scriptus mariguanae Cochran, 1931
  • Anolis scriptus scriptus Garman, 1887
  • Anolis scriptus sularum Barbour & Shreve, 1935
• Anolis scypheus Cope, 1864 – yellow-tongued anole
• Anolis semilineatus Cope, 1864 – Hispaniolan grass anole, Santo Domingo anole, half-lined Hispaniolan grass anole
• Anolis sericeus Hallowell, 1856 – silky anole
• Anolis serranoi (G. Köhler, 1999)
• Anolis sheplani Schwartz, 1974 – Baoruco gray twig anole, Cabral anole
• Anolis shrevei (Cochran, 1939) – Cordillera central stout anole, Shreve's anole
• Anolis sierramaestrae Holáňová, Rehák & Frynta, 2012 – Sierra Maestrae bearded anole
• Anolis singularis E. Williams, 1965 – Macaya green twig anole, porcupine anole
• Anolis smallwoodi Schwartz, 1964 – green-blotched giant anole, Smallwood's anole
  • Anolis smallwoodi palardis Schwartz, 1964
  • Anolis smallwoodi saxuliceps Schwartz, 1964
  • Anolis smallwoodi smallwoodi Schwartz, 1964
• Anolis smaragdinus Barbour & Shreve, 1935 – Bahamian green anole
  • Anolis smaragdinus lerneri Oliver, 1948
  • Anolis smaragdinus smaragdinus Barbour & Shreve, 1935
• Anolis sminthus Dunn & Emlen, 1932 – mouse anole
• Anolis soinii Poe & Yañez-Miranda, 2008
• Anolis solitarius Ruthven, 1916 – solitaire anole
• Anolis spectrum Peters, 1863 – black-shouldered ground anole, Matanzas anole, ghost anole
• Anolis spilorhipis (Alvarez Del Toro & Smith, 1956)
• Anolis squamulatus Peters, 1863 – small-scaled anole
• Anolis stevepoei G. Köhler et al., 2014
• Anolis strahmi Schwartz, 1979 – Baoruco stout anole, Strahm's anole
  • Anolis strahmi abditus Schwartz, 1979
  • Anolis strahmi strahmi Schwartz, 1979
• Anolis stratulus Cope 1861 – banded anole, spotted anole, or St. Thomas anole
• Anolis subocularis Davis, 1954 Pacific anole
• Anolis sulcifrons Cope, 1899 – grooved anole

T

• Anolis tandai Avila-Pires, 1995 – Tanda's anole
• Anolis taylori (H.M. Smith & Spieler, 1945) – Taylor's anole
• Anolis tenorioensis (G. Köhler, 2011)
• Anolis tequendama Moreno-Arias, Méndez-Galeano, Beltrán, & Vargas-Ramírez, 2023 – Tequendama anole
• Anolis terraealtae (Barbour 1915) – Les Saines anole, Les Saintes anole
• Anolis terueli Navarro, Fernandez & Garrido, 2001 – yellow-fanned pallid anole
• Anolis tetarii (Barros, Williams, & Viloria, 1996)
• Anolis tigrinus (Peters, 1863) – tiger anole
• Anolis toldo Fong & Garrido, 2000 – gray-banded green anole
• Anolis tolimensis (Werner, 1916)
• Anolis townsendi (Stejneger, 1900) – Townsend's anole, Cocos Island anole
• Anolis trachyderma (Cope, 1876) – common forest anole, roughskin anole
• Anolis transversalis (Duméril, 1851) – banded tree anole, transverse anole
• Anolis trinitatis (Reinhardt & Lütken, 1862) – St. Vincent Bush anole, Saint Vincent's bush anole, Trinidad anole
• Anolis triumphalis (Nicholson & Kohler, 2014)
• Anolis tropidogaster (Hallowell, 1856) – tropical anole
• Anolis tropidolepis (Boulenger, 1885) – swift anole
• Anolis tropidonotus (Peters, 1863) – greater scaly anole

U

• Anolis uniformis (Cope, 1885) – lesser scaly anole
• Anolis unilobatus (Köhler & Vesely, 2010) – blue-spotted fan anole
• Anolis urraoi Grisales-Martínez et al. (2017) – Urrao anole
• Anolis ustus Cope, 1864
• Anolis utilensis (Köhler, 1996) – Utila anole, mangrove anole

V

• Anolis valencienni (Duméril & Bibron, 1837) – Jamaican twig anole, short-tail anole
• Anolis vanidicus Garrido & Schwartz, 1972 – Escambray grass anole, Vanidicus anole
• Anolis vanzolinii (Williams, Orces, Matheus, & Bleiweiss, 1996)
• Anolis vaupesianus (Williams, 1982) – Williams's anole
• Anolis ventrimaculatus (Boulenger, 1911) – speckled anole
• Anolis vermiculatus Cocteau, 1837 – Cuban stream anole, Vinales anole
• Anolis vescus Garrido & Hedges – Sierra Del Purial bush anole, Purial bush anole
• Anolis vicarius (Williams, 1986)
• Anolis villai (Fitch & Henderson, 1976) – Great Corn Island anole, country anole
• Anolis vinosus Schwartz, 1968
• Anolis viridulus Díaz, Cádiz, Velazco, & Kawata, 2022
• Anolis viridius Kohler & Hedges, 2016 – Barahona green anole
• Anolis vittigerus Cope, 1862 – garland anole

W

• Anolis wampuensis (McCranie & Köhler, 2001)
• Anolis wattsii (Boulenger, 1911) – Watts's anole
• Anolis websteri (Arnold, 1980) – yellow-bellied desert anole , Webster's anole
• Anolis wellbornae (Ahl, 1940)
• Anolis wermuthi (Köhler & Obermeier, 1998) – Wermuth's anole
• Anolis williamsmittermeierorum Poe & Yañez-Miranda, 2007 – Williams-Mittermeier anole
• Anolis wilsoni (Kohler, Townsend, & Petersen, 2016)
• Anolis woodi (Dunn, 1940) – Wood's anole

Y

• Anolis yoroensis (McCranie, Nicholson, & Köhler, 2001)

Z

• Anolis zapotecorum Köhler et al., 2014
• Anolis zeus (Köhler & McCranie, 2001)

Further reading

• Schwartz, Albert; Thomas, Richard (1975). A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Anolis species, pp. 64–107).