Don Barnhill Posted June 3, 2008 Report Share Posted June 3, 2008 I took my camera for a walk this morning. This is what was on the bamboo fence behind my house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StixnCanes Posted June 3, 2008 Report Share Posted June 3, 2008 What a perfectly timed photo, or did you ask him to pose for you? Beautiful color. I remember seeing them whe I was traveling through the South. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janel Posted June 3, 2008 Report Share Posted June 3, 2008 Way Cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Ruslander Posted June 3, 2008 Report Share Posted June 3, 2008 Love that neck display. Is that a threat mechanism? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastián Urresti Posted June 3, 2008 Report Share Posted June 3, 2008 Dear Don and dear Folks, I know that it´s been a long time since my last post but here´s one. That beautiful fellow is called Anolis Carolinensis, the Anole is called the "False American Chamalion" because he can reach from that Green to a pale green passing all the way to a dark chocolate brown and if they learn, but only "if" they learn, they can turn gray too, thing is his eyelids are always in a different tone. If the Anole is green the eyelis are blue, if the Anole is Brown the eyelids are green. That Red enourmous double chin is not only a theat mechanism but it also attracts the females, for what I can see my guess is that this particular one is a male, when they take this part out they move their heads up and down veeeery fast to "look" bigger than they really are. Another incredible thing is that they can move their eyes as the Chamalion and they can almost acheive an stereo vision by forcing their eyes to look forward taking advantage of that "crevice" that goes from their eyes to their nose (you can see it clearly in Don´s photo). Not that I´m an expert on them but I used to have 5 of them living with me. One of them, a female, lived with me for six years! A lot for an Anole, as they can only live indoors only 2 to 3 years. THANKS FOR SHARE THA PHOTO BROUGHT A LOT OF MEMORIES! Hugs, Sebas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janel Posted June 4, 2008 Report Share Posted June 4, 2008 Hi Sebas! Thank you for the good information about the Anole. It is good to see you here again! Janel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastián Urresti Posted June 4, 2008 Report Share Posted June 4, 2008 Hi Janel! Guys, You´re always so kind! Ok, I could found one of my old pictures, here this one (a female) is gray. Not as good as Don´s picture ut you can get how they can change. Hope you like it. Hey Don, any other Anole photo? Hugs, Sebas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Barnhill Posted June 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2008 Seba, I'll have to look at my photo's. Would you like to see more photo's of these lizards? They are all around my house. Have skinks too. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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