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title: "Bark Anole"
description: "Anolis distichus — Répteis. Anolis distichus, the bark anole, North Caribbean bark anole, or Hispaniolan gracile anole, is a species of anole lizard (US: ) native to Hispaniola (both the Dominican Republic and Haiti) and the Bahamas, and introduced to Florida, where it was first recorded in 1946."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/bark-anole
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Bark Anole

> Anolis distichus — Répteis. Anolis distichus, the bark anole, North Caribbean bark anole, or Hispaniolan gracile anole, is a species of anole lizard (US:  ) native to Hispaniola (both the Dominican Republic and Haiti) and the Bahamas, and introduced to Florida, where it was first recorded in 1946.

- Scientific name: *Anolis distichus*
- Category: `reptiles` (Répteis)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 7530
- Wikidata: [Q1445767](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1445767)
- iNaturalist taxon: [36455](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/36455)

## Names

- en: Bark Anole
- de: Zaunanolis
- es: Abaniquillo Grácil de la Española
- fr: Ctenonotus distichus
- nl: Bark anole

## Countries with the most observations

US (4359), DO (2197), BS (128), HT (76)

## Summary

Anolis distichus, the bark anole, North Caribbean bark anole, or Hispaniolan gracile anole, is a species of anole lizard (US:  ) native to Hispaniola (both the Dominican Republic and Haiti) and the Bahamas, and introduced to Florida, where it was first recorded in 1946. It spends most its time on tree trunks. There are several subspecies and it is highly variable in color. Its body ranges from gray-brown to green, and the dewlap is cream-white, over yellow and orange to red. In Florida, most are gray-brown with a cream-white (pale yellow) dewlap, but more greenish individuals with a yellow-edged red dewlap also occur…

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Damien Wallace · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/248763567

## Machine access

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