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Definition of Anolis carolinensis

1. Noun. Small arboreal tropical American insectivorous lizards with the ability to change skin color.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Anolis Carolinensis

Literary usage of Anolis carolinensis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th Series by California academy of sciences (1919)
"329 DECEMBER 23, 1919 XII Mechanism in the Production of the Throat- Fan in the Florida Chameleon, anolis carolinensis •Y CHAS ..."

2. I. A Further Study of Variation in the Gopher-snakes of Western North by John Van Denburgh (1920)
"... 1921 COLOR CHANGES AND STRUCTURE OF THE SKIN OF anolis carolinensis BY CHARLES E. VON GELDERN The mechanism of the color changes in the lacertilia has ..."

3. Key to the North American Species of the Dipterous Genus Medeterus: With by Millard C. Van Duzee (1919)
"E. VON GELDERN I The production of the throat-fan in the Florida Chameleon (Anolis carolinensis), is, aside from the remarkable cutaneous color changes, ..."

4. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1920)
"In its color changes, anolis carolinensis shows a greater variety of colors than has been usually described for this animal. It may at times take on other ..."

5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1915)
"It is well known that the so-called Florida chameleon, anolis carolinensis Guv., becomes green in the dark and almost invariably turns brown in ..."

6. A New Genus and Species of Grasshopper from California by Morgan Hebard (1920)
"In its color changes, anolis carolinensis shows a greater variety of colors than has been usually described for this animal. It may at times take on other ..."

7. The Reptile Book: A Comprehensive, Popularised Work on the Structure and by Raymond Lee Ditmars (1907)
"THE AMERICAN CHAMELEON; ALLIGATOR LIZARD; FENCE LIZARD; "GREEN" LIZARD Anolis carolinensis, (Cuvier) A superficial glance at this li/.ard shows it to ..."

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