Anolis callainus
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
Anolis callainus, the Dominican green anole, Northern Hispaniolan green anole, or Hispaniolan green anole, is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is endemic to the Dominican Republic, where it is found throughout the eastern half of the country. It has also been introduced to Suriname and southern Florida.
Previously considered conspecific with the Tiburon green anole (A. chlorocyanus), a 2020 study restricted chlorocyanus to the population found in western Haiti, and redescribed the eastern Dominican Republic population as a new species, A. callainus.
It is very similar to the North American species, the green anole (Anolis carolinensis), but males have a light blue throat flap, instead of red. Females and juveniles may have darker green stripes lining the sides of their bodies, but males are often a pure bright green color. 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 |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report an East Dominican Green Anole sighting in Santo Domingo on a given day, based on 16 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 11th most-seen of the 22 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June and December
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report an East Dominican Green Anole in Santo Domingo on a given day, against under 5% in January and July–September, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most East Dominican Green Anole sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 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 East Dominican Green Anole sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Anolis
The closest relatives of the East Dominican Green Anole that you can see in Santo Domingo (genus Anolis, Anoles) are Bark Anole (about 80%), Common Stout Anole (about 70%) and Cuban Green Anole (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the East Dominican Green Anole is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Santo Domingo (16 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.
