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title: "Lagarto Verde Dominicano Del Este"
description: "Anolis callainus — Reptiles. Anolis callainus, the Dominican green anole, Northern Hispaniolan green anole, or Hispaniolan green anole , is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/east-dominican-green-anole
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Lagarto Verde Dominicano Del Este

> Anolis callainus — Reptiles. Anolis callainus, the Dominican green anole, Northern Hispaniolan green anole, or Hispaniolan green anole , is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae.

- Scientific name: *Anolis callainus*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptiles)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bosque)
- iNaturalist observations: 617
- Wikidata: [Q107388510](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107388510)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1129179](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1129179)

## Names

- en: East Dominican Green Anole
- es: Lagarto Verde Dominicano Del Este

## Countries with the most observations

DO (545)

## Summary

Anolis callainus, the Dominican green anole, Northern Hispaniolan green anole, or Hispaniolan green anole , is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is endemic to the Dominican Republic, where it is found throughout the eastern half of the country. It has also been introduced to Suriname and southern Florida.
Previously considered conspecific with the Tiburon green anole (A. chlorocyanus), a 2020 study restricted chlorocyanus to the population found in western Haiti, and redescribed the eastern Dominican Republic population as a new species, A. callainus.
It is very similar to the North American…

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

## Photo

![Lagarto Verde Dominicano Del Este](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/east-dominican-green-anole/medium.jpg)

Photo: kristinpiston · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/267807282

## Machine access

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