Anolis nelsoni — The Life Data

Animalia/Chordata/Squamata/Dactyloidae/Anolis

At a glance

Occurrence records219

Data sources5

Biological traits11

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources5 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility219 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources11 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF219 records

01Narrative

Anolis nelsoni, the Swan Islands anole or Nelson's anole, is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is found on the Swan Islands in Honduras."Anolis nelsoni' ". The Reptile Database. http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Anolis&species=nelsoni On a videography expedition carried out in may 2022 by Biologists Daniel Germer, Estefanía Cálix and the Physician Alfonso Auerbach, Anolis nelsoni was found to be an abundant species on Great Swan island. About one Anolis nelsoni was seen on every other tree and ocasionally inside the infrastructure.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAmnioteDB

Size & morphology4

Body mass4.05 g

Body mass (female)3 g

Body mass (male)6 g

SVL5.09 cm

Life cycle & reproduction7

Age at maturity (male)365 days

Age at sexual maturity365 days

Gestation49 days

Litter size1.5

Litters per year20 /year

Max. longevity96 months

Neonate mass0.09 g

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type219 records

Wild obs. + sensor8

Museum / vouchered211

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO52 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 accuracy0% within 1 km

>10 km 8

8 georeferenced

Open the mapobservation + sensor8

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 accuracy60% within 1 km

≤100 m 17≤1 km 100≤10 km 78

195 georeferenced · 16 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence211

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 institutions3 of 4 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	121
Washington, US	83
CASlocation not on record	6
Wuzhou, CN	1

4 institutions · 211 of 211 vouchered records shown