American Anole
Scientific name: Anolis carolinensis Voigt, 1832
Overview
Anolis carolinensis or green anole is a tree-dwelling species of anole lizard native to the southeastern United States and introduced to islands in the Pacific and Caribbean. A small to medium-sized lizard, the green anole is a trunk-crown ecomorph and can change its color to several shades from brown to green.
From the Wikipedia article “Anolis carolinensis”, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Conservation status
Least concern on the IUCN Red List, as recorded on Wikidata, citing The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2.
Where it lives
The Catalogue of Life records it in: USA (E Texas, SE Oklahoma, S Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, SE Tennessee, SE Virginia),.
Common names
Also known in English as Carolina Anole, Green anole, North American Green Anole, Red-throated Anole.
Names in other languages (7)
- Chinese
- 卡羅來納州變色龍
- German
- Rotkehlanolis
- Japanese
- グリーンアノール
- Persian
- آنول کارولینا
- Portuguese
- Papa-vento-americano
- Russian
- Североамериканский красногорлый анолис
- Spanish
- Anolis Verde
Related animals
Sources
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Catalogue of Life — scientific name, classification, common names and range.
Version 2026-09-11, CC BY 4.0.
This species in the Catalogue of Life.
Citation
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n Source database: The Reptile Database.
- GBIF — species page and recorded occurrences.
- Wikidata — conservation status, names in other languages. Q930252, CC0 1.0.
- Wikipedia — overview, from the article “Anolis carolinensis”, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Photo — Euku, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. File page.
Last updated: 4 October 2026