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title: "Bronze Anole"
description: "Anolis aeneus — Reptiles. The Grenada bush anole or bronze anole (Anolis aeneus) is a species of anole lizard found in the Caribbean Lesser Antilles and South America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/bronze-anole
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Bronze Anole

> Anolis aeneus — Reptiles. The Grenada bush anole  or bronze anole (Anolis aeneus) is a species of anole lizard found in the Caribbean Lesser Antilles and South America.

- Scientific name: *Anolis aeneus*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptiles)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1104
- Wikidata: [Q1531149](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1531149)
- iNaturalist taxon: [36578](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/36578)

## Names

- en: Bronze Anole
- es: Abaniquillo Bronceado del Caribe
- fr: Dactyloa aeneus
- nl: Bronze Anole

## Countries with the most observations

TT (837), GD (109), GY (56), VC (29)

## Summary

The Grenada bush anole  or bronze anole (Anolis aeneus) is a species of anole lizard found in the Caribbean Lesser Antilles and South America.  It is distributed on Grenada and throughout the Grenadines islands, and it has been introduced to Trinidad and Tobago.  It can also be found in Guyana on the mainland, where it is locally abundant, though these populations are not native, either.
Males reach a length of 77 mm snout-to-vent.  Its dorsal surface color is either pale gray, olive, or chocolate-brown, and it is marked with a pattern of mottling or fine speckles.  Its ventral surface is pale, often with dark mottling…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronze_anole

## Photo

![Bronze Anole](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/bronze-anole/medium.jpg)

Photo: buriedanimal · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/224747633

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/bronze-anole?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).