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Where does the Brown anole live?

Anolis sagrei has 123,024 records in 38 countries and territories, from 1876 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

Brown anole
Brown anole — Nosferattus / CC0 · source
AnimaliaChordataSquamataDactyloidaeAnolis

When it is recorded

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Peak month: April. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
United States 100,021
Bahamas 7,007
Mexico 6,160
Cuba 2,137
Singapore 1,356
Cayman Islands 1,264
Belize 1,018
Taiwan 868
Jamaica 860
Ecuador 664
Honduras 570
Panama 496
ZZ 75
Canada 61
Barbados 59
Grenada 56
Dominican Republic 51
Guatemala 43
Trinidad & Tobago 40
St Vincent & the Grenadines 40
US Virgin Islands 36
Israel 33
United Kingdom 28
Bermuda 20
Turks and Caicos Islands 17
French Guiana 13
Costa Rica 9
Saint Martin 4
British Virgin Islands 4
Anguilla 3
Saint Barthélemy 2
Bonaire 1
Curaçao 1
Guadeloupe 1
Haiti 1
Malaysia 1
Suriname 1
Venezuela 1

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3,607 records
Common Grass Anole
3,104 records
Guadeloupean Anole
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Banded Anole
2,542 records
Bronze Anole
2,338 records
Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.