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Cuban Brown Anole Anolis sagrei

Photo: Gerard van Buurt

Classification

Dactyloidae [family]
Anolis [genus] (12)
sagrei [species]

Classification

Dactyloidae [family]
Anolis [genus] (12)
sagrei [species]

Presence

Recorded on
  • Aruba
  • Sint Maarten
  • Presence status
  • Introduced (2) - Aruba
  • Introduced (2) - Sint Maarten
  • Natural distribution S. America
    Distribution description Native to Cuba and the Bahamas.
    Notes on presence status Introduced on St. Martin (2010). Introduced in Aruba, they where found in the Radisson hotel garden. It is currently unknown if they are still present in Aruba (Van Buurt & Debrot, 2012).

    Publications

    • Buurt, G. van, & Debrot, A.O. 2012. Exotic and invasive terrestrial and freshwater animal species in the Dutch Caribbean. 1-37. IMARES, Wageningen.
    • Powell, R., Henderson, R.W., Parmerlee, J.S. jr. 2015. The Reptiles and Amphibians of the Dutch Caribbean: St. Eustatius, Saba, and St. Maarten. Second edition, revised and expanded Nature Guide Series, No. 004: 343. Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance, Bonaire, Dutch Caribbean..
    • Yokoyama, M. 2013. The Incomplete guide to the wildlife of Saint Martin. Revised and expanded second edition. 131. sxm wildlife.