Anolis hispaniolae
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In 3 days >90%
Anolis hispaniolae, the common stout anole, is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. Males grow to 67 mm (2.6 in) and females to 56 mm (2.2 in) in snout–vent length. Males have cream-white dewlaps with a yellow, green, or orange hue and irregular, medium-sized gorgetals. They also have dark stripes on the throat. It is endemic to Hispaniola, where it is widespread, being found across most of the island north of the Baoruco Mountain Range, with the exception of the far northwest. The anole lives in a variety of habitats, from humid cloud forests to dry forests, at elevations of up to 1,800 m (5,900 ft).
Anolis hispaniolae was formally described in 2019 as Audantia hispaniolae based on a specimen from El Limón in the Samaná Peninsula of the Dominican Republic. The species is named after the island of Hispaniola, to which it is native, due to its widespread range on the island. It has the common name common stout anole.
Specimens of Anolis hispaniolae were historically considered to represent Anolis cybotes, but A. hispaniolae is in actuality most closely related to A. doris. The extremely large genus Anolis is sometimes split into several smaller genera; under... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Haitises National Park | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santo Domingo | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic |
Very likely
About 70% of wildlife watchers report a Common Stout Anole sighting in Santo Domingo on a given day, based on 99 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 2nd most-seen of the 22 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January, August and November
In those months about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Common Stout Anole in Santo Domingo on a given day, against about 50% in February, July and October, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Common Stout Anole sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Santo Domingo, in our data
Santo Domingo is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Common Stout Anole sightings: about 70% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Anolis
The closest relatives of the Common Stout Anole that you can see in Santo Domingo (genus Anolis, Anoles) are Bark Anole (about 80%), Cuban Green Anole (about 40%) and Cordillera Oriental Stout Anole (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Common Stout Anole is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Santo Domingo (99 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
