During the first week of May last year (2022), with spring seriously underway in the Carolina Lowcountry, little lizards were out doing their thing in our yard (I presume that's hunting for insects, looking out for potential mates, and patrolling their territories to keep out intruders).
Harking back to previous reference on this site to anoles, I came across the illustrated verses on Carolina anoles, brown anoles, anole coloration and bars for lizard-patrons "The Lizard Lair".
Events around our yard, i.e. taking down an old fence, made it a good day for further observations of green anoles and their remarkable penchant/ability to change colour, even though biologists insist that they are not true chameleons.
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| 'Ollie' the green anole, looking greyish on old post |
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| 'Ollie', posing again, in our backyard, on an Ocala anise branch, 2 minutes later |
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| a different creature, ('Ollie's cousin?) climbing down a crepe myrtle; few minutes later, 100 feet away |
You can find a lot more pictures of these cute little tree-lizards by clicking to links to blogged photo-collages HERE (suburban neighbours), and HERE (pole-dancer), among others.
There are also illustrated poems HERE (dewlaps), HERE ("going green"), HERE ("skink-busting") and HERE ("patrolling").
Or, you could review photos and illustrated herpetologic verses in a wider context by proceeding to 'Verses about Reptiles' (ophidiophobics, don't worry! no snake-photos)' on the full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'.
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