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| Green anole | |
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| Typical green color (above) and brown form (below) | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Dactyloidae |
| Genus: | Anolis |
| Species: | A. carolinensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Anolis carolinensis | |
Anolis carolinensis or green anole (US: /əˈnoʊ.li/ ) (among other names below) 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.
Other names include the Carolina anole, Carolina green anole, American anole, American green anole, North American green anole and red-throated anole. It is commonly called chameleon in the southeastern United States and sometimes referred to as the American chameleon (typically in the pet trade) due to its color-changing ability; however, it is not a true chameleon.
- ^ Frost, D.R.; Hammerson, G.A. (2020). "Anolis carolinensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T64188A18972474. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T64188A18972474.en. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ "Anolis carolinensis". NatureServe Explorer. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ^ Voigt F.S. 1832: In Cuvier's Das Thierreich, geordnet nach seiner Organisation: als Grundlage der Naturgeschichte der Thiere und Einleitung in die vergleichende Anatomie, Vol. 2: 71.