Anolis cuvieri

Merrem, 1820 · species

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Animalia/Chordata/Squamata/Dactyloidae/Anolis

At a glance

Occurrence records280

Data sources10

Biological traits4

DNA specimens6

eDNA detections5

Sources10 archives

Databases and archives Anolis cuvieri's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility280 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI5 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics6 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗

Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page6 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements2 literature sources4 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF280 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries5 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD6 specimens

Genome at a glanceGoaT2n = 36

01Narrative

Anolis cuvieri (Vernacular Spanish: lagarto verde,Anolis cuvieri MERREM, 1820. The Reptile Database. (www.reptile-database.org) Retrieved 1 September 2013.Volume 1: Land Cover, Vertebrate Species Distributions, and Land Stewardship. William A. Gould, Caryl Alarcón, Brick Fevold, Michael E. Jiménez, Sebastián Martinuzzi, Gary Potts, Maya Quiñones, Mariano Solórzano, and Eduardo Ventosa. The Puerto Rico Gap Analysis Project. (Publication Number: IITF-GTR-39) USDA. Forest Service. International Institute of Tropical Forestry. March 2008. Page 86. Retrieved 18 August 2013. lagarto chipojo;2002 Wildlife Facts: Giant Anole. El Yunque National Forest. Retrieved 31 August 2013. Vernacular English: Puerto Rican giant anole,Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Cuvier's anole,Anolis cuvieri - Names: 4 Common Names. Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 1 September 2013. green giant anole.) is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is endemic to Puerto Rico,Anolis cuvieri. Retrieved 31 August 2013. and is common in the Toro Negro State Forest.Bosques de Puerto Rico: Bosque Estatal de Toro Negro. Hojas de Nuestro Ambiente. July 2008. [Publication/Issue: P-030] Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources. Retrieved 31 August 2013.

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02Traits & measurements

SourcesAmnioteDBAnAge

Size & morphology3

Body mass46.6 g

Body mass (male)46.6 g

SVL13.2 cm

Life cycle & reproduction1

Max. longevity110 months

05DNA & barcoding6 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Anolis cuvieri has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens6

BINs2

Marker genes1

eDNA detections5

Countries2

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

★COI-5P

animal barcode

06Genome at a glanceGoaT

The complete instruction manual Anolis cuvieri carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.

Chromosomes2n = 36 n = 18

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 361×GoaT · Animal Chromosome Counts Database

GoaT · Animal Chromosome Counts Database — ↗

07Deep time~27.1 Ma lineage

How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.

At a glance

DNA clock origin27.1 Ma TimeTree

When this lineage existed

How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.

DNA clock origin

How it livedPBDB

Environmentterrestrial

Motilityactively mobile

Compositionhydroxyapatite

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type280 records

Wild obs. + sensor161

Museum / vouchered119

Origin

Native9

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO584 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy60% within 1 km

≤100 m 62≤1 km 26≤10 km 25>10 km 34

147 georeferenced · 14 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor161

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy32% within 1 km

≤100 m 15≤1 km 13≤10 km 59

87 georeferenced · 32 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence119

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions10 of 15 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Cambridge, US	39
Berkeley, US	22
Ann Arbor, US	11
Seattle, US	9
Wuzhou, CN	7
Washington, US	7
Los Angeles, US	6
München, DE	5
New Haven, US	3
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record	2
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record	2
CASlocation not on record	1
Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record	1
San Diego, US	1
Southeastern Louisiana University, Vertebrate Museumlocation not on record	1

15 institutions · 117 of 119 vouchered records shown · 2 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA5 detections

Where the DNA of Anolis cuvieri was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found5

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 5 detections have coordinates

Open the map1 country0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median25.3 °C 23.0–27.5

Seasonal swing summer↔winter3.10 °C

Max temp (day)29.0 °C 26.4–30.5

Min temp (night)22.7 °C 19.5–24.9

Precipitation110 mm/mo 107–115

Air humidity63.6 % 63.2–63.7

Moisture balance-84.0 mm/mo -121–-46.6

Vapour deficit1,182 Pa 1,025–1,327

Wind speed4.60 m/s 2.40–6.30

Cloud cover25.7 % 25.4–26.1

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 4 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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