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Green Tree Anole (<i>Norops biporcatus</i>)
Rara Avis, Costa Rica

I spotted this anole sleeping on a palm frond the night before. While bird watching just after sunrise the next day, I found myself in the vicinity of the just waking lizard and decided to snap off a few frames. Before starting its day, the lizard, which had just awoken, had darkened it's normally bright green coloration in an attempt to absorb as much warmth as possible.
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Green Tree Anole (Norops biporcatus) Rara Avis, Costa Rica I spotted this anole sleeping on a palm frond the night before. While bird watching just after sunrise the next day, I found myself in the vicinity of the just waking lizard and decided to snap off a few frames. Before starting its day, the lizard, which had just awoken, had darkened it's normally bright green coloration in an attempt to absorb as much warmth as possible.

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  • Green Tree Anole (<i>Norops biporcatus</i>)
Rara Avis, Costa Rica

I spotted this anole sleeping on a palm frond the night before. While bird watching just after sunrise the next day, I found myself in the vicinity of the just waking lizard and decided to snap off a few frames. Before starting its day, the lizard, which had just awoken, had darkened it's normally bright green coloration in an attempt to absorb as much warmth as possible.
  • <i>Enyalioides heterolepis</i>
Cerro Chucanti, Darien, Panama
May 2013
  • My favorite anole species presented in dynamic wide angle- the cryptic ambush predator, Pug-nosed Anole (<i>Norops capito</i>)
  • <i>Norops pachypus</i>
Las Alturas Biological Station, Costa Rica
June 2013
  • <i>Norops aquaticus</i> is a very colorful stream inhabitant of southwestern Costa Rica.
  • Green tree anole (<i>Norops biporcatus</i>)
Rara Avis Rainforest Reserve, Costa Rica
  • Casque-headed Lizard (<i>Corytophanes cristatus</i>)
  • <i>Enyalioides heterolepis</i>
Cerro Chucanti, Darien, Panama
May 2013
  • Black Spiny-tailed Iguana (<i>Ctenosaura similis</i>)
  • Casque-headed Lizard (<i>Corytophanes cristatus</i>)
  • Casque-headed Lizard (<i>Corytophanes cristatus</i>)
Rara Avis Rainforest Reserve, Costa Rica
  • My favorite species of anole, the Pug-nosed Anole (Norops capito), varies from shades of brown and gray to brown and green, to mostly green with brown and gray highlights. They are truly masters of camouflage.
  • Leaf Litter Gecko (<I>Lepidoblepharis xanthostigma)
  • <i>Dactyloa frenatus</i>
Gamboa, Panama
  • Blue-eyed anole (<I>Norops woodi</i>) 
Male dewlap
Las Alturas, Costa Rica
June 2013
  • Coral-mimic Galliwasp (<I>Diploglossus monotropis)
  • Green Tree Anole (<I>Norops biporcatus</i>), juvenile
Rara Avis Rainforest Reserve, Costa Rica
  • Blue-eyed anole (<I>Norops woodi</i>)
La Hortensia de Paramo, Costa Rica
March 2013
  • Leaf litter gecko (Lepidoblepharis xanthostigma)
  • <I>Sphaerodactylus homolepis</i>, adult male
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