If you liked this story, share it with other people. High above the forest floor on the remote Colombian island of Gorgona lives a lizard with brilliant blue skin, rivaling the color of the sky.
Q. I live near Charleston, S.C., and recently spotted a blue anole sunning itself. I am familiar with our common green and brown anoles, but this one made me look twice. His tail had been severed and ...
A blue anole on Gorgona Island, Colombia. Photo from Thomas Marent’s book, “Rainforest“. Used with permission. The blue anole is one of the world’s most spectacular reptiles. Found only on the island ...
A blue anole–a lizard unique to Gorgona island–is being eyed up by another lizard, the Western Basilisk. Suddenly, a boa constrictor appears on the scene, and the hunter is in danger of becoming the ...
A blue anole–a lizard unique to Gorgona island–is being eyed up by another lizard, the Western Basilisk. Suddenly, a boa constrictor appears on the scene, and the hunter is in danger of becoming the ...
This stately anole lizard has relatively unremarkable coloring on most of its body but boasts striking blue eyes. Anole lizards spend most of their time sitting still – basking in the sun or lounging ...
Q. I live near Charleston, South Carolina, and recently spotted a blue anole sunning itself. I am familiar with our common green and brown anoles, but this one made me look twice. His tail had been ...