Talk:Dactyloidae

Anole Care link
My site was not plagerized. I have spent 5 months writing it MYSELF. The clam that i have plagerized the site "Under the leaves" is completely false. Not only that, that said site no longer exists. Wikipedia is a website of information. Someone searching for anole could have found one and would like to take care of it. Through that link, i have helped several people whom have emailed me.

--Mrgoogfan (talk) 03:28, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Plagerized?
Almost this entire article was plagiarized from http://www.wildtexas.com/wildguides/anole.php. Either that, or the information there was plagiarized from here. This information needs to be rewritten, and the site given proper credit. Also, an after thought, I checked this, and it looks like someone fixed this. Thanks somebody. Garnet avi 05:47, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Prposed move
I propose this article to be moved to Anole since it is the commmon name for the family. Joelito 21:00, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

It would make sense, but I suggest a merging of the two instead, keeping the name Polychrotidae, with Anole redirecting to this page. 24.32.205.164 (talk) 08:27, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Not NPOV
"Anoles, though relatively inexpensive themselves, are amazing lizards to keep and raise." I don't find it apropriate for an encyclopedia to contain matters of opinion. What is inexpensive to one person may be considered expensive to another and what is amazing to one person may be boring to another. Let's just stick to facts.98.77.181.197 (talk) 09:54, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

I also believe this is inappropriate, as it seems to encourage taking a wild creature into captivaty, which should never be encouraged. That said, I'm going to look for a rewrite tag to add to this article. I may try my hand at it this weekend, but I can't now. I'm quite fond of these little creaures, so I hope this article improves soon. Garnet avi 05:45, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

I've never had one, but I have a great love of lizards in general.[Anoles the most, their behavior interests me to no end] If I knew how, I'd try to organize a group to help improve the general quality of Wikipedia's more reptillian pages. 72.47.31.146 (talk) 07:44, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

Blue Anole?!
OK I was watching a show about Cuba and it showed a blue(!) anole! Does anyone know what species it is?? --Mitternacht90 15:42, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

No idea. If you mean the color of the skin/scales was blue, then, it's a specific mutation in a gene. The blue is the least common, followed by yellow, then green. However, a quick search shows this: http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0307-blue_anole.html. Maybe my books are old, haha. 72.47.31.146 (talk) 07:53, 8 October 2009 (UTC). It was probably just a blue headed anole (Anolis Allisoni) shown here which is commonly found on cuba. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jamaican college grad (talk • contribs) 18:37, 28 April 2013 (UTC)

Only four genera?
Even the fairly conservative ITIS [] (the U.S. government's Integrated Taxonomic Information System) lists 8 genera for this family. The edgier and more genetically-oriented NCBI [] lists 13, and has made Polychrotidae a subfamily (Polychrotinae) of the family Iguanidae. Some mention of these discrepancies with excellent authorities should be made, I would think. Any comments? NaySay 18:38, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

fix this
One of the pictures is over lapping some text. Please see over this ad fix it.--205.202.240.117 15:52, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

Pronunciation
Is it pronounced a-nol or a-no-ly?--207.206.137.243 17:01, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

a-NO-lee. Kar98 (talk) —Preceding undated comment was added at 02:37, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

I too have had trouble settling on one pronunciation. Some say the e is silent others say it is a long e. I don't want to edit the main page with this info but believe it to be important. My son's teacher and I have had some discussion about this very subject. Could someone post it for me? One source, Miriam Webster online dictionary, gives pronunciation thus: "Main Entry: ano·le, Pronunciation: \ə-ˈnō-lē\" (would most users perhaps understand eh-NO-lee better?), "Function: noun, Etymology: probably from French anolis, from Arawak of the Lesser Antilles, Date: circa 1753." --Mrfixit01 (talk) 01:21, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

/əˈnoʊli/ is given by dictionary.com, merriam-webster seems to indicate the same, but isn't using standard IPA symbols so I'm not sure, while this article gives /əˈnoʊlz/ for the plural, to me that implies /əˈnoʊl/ for the singular, which contradicts dictionary.com, could we get a citation on the current pronunciation? And people, please, take like five minutes and learn some basic IPA for goodness sake!Craig Pemberton (talk) 03:25, 6 April 2009 (UTC)


 * After speaking with my friends in the biology department at the University of Texas, it seems that the accepted pronunciation in biology is /əˈnoʊl/ and possibly the dictionary.com term comes from mistaken analysis of a latinization like "anolis". It seems highly unlikely that a parochial form of pronunciation could survive at UT, where the creature is common in labs, and presumably the professors speak about them at various academic conventions. Craig Pemberton (talk) 22:25, 16 April 2009 (UTC)


 * In colloquial speech where I live (central Florida), the e is almost always pronounced rather than silent, to the extent that I thought it was actually incorrect when I first heard someone pronounce it the other way; but I would not be surprised if the non-colloquial (i.e. professional scientific) pronunciation has it silent. I would guess that the dictionaries being cited here are basing their information off of how most people pronounce it, rather than how professional biologists would - in which case, it can be said that both pronunciations are "correct" from an informational standpoint, though they may vary by region or between biologists and non-biologists. 68.202.85.105 (talk) 00:18, 10 August 2012 (UTC)

false information
"although the green anole can change its color based on its mood and surroundings" this is worded in a manner that leads you to believe they can change like chameleons. They do vary in intensity of colour but not hue and it is also speculated that it is a sign of stress and health rather than mood and surroundings. however i cannot remember where i got this information from, citation would be needed but i thought should raise this issue? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.31.80.190 (talk) 15:07, 14 June 2008 (UTC)


 * You are quite mistaken. I see them every day, and they DO change their color from bright green to dull brown, which is indeed a change in hue. I don't know about mood though, it seems to be entirely based on surroundings, i.e. dull brown when scurrying through dried leaves, over dirt or shady surroundings, and bright green when on plants, in the sun, or when posing. Kar98 (talk) 02:42, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

__ I came to this site to learn more about the green anole we recently bought from a pet store who claims the grocery store beside them found it on a shipment of flowers from Florida. So I am no expert by far but this comment caught me. Our new Green Anole certainly changes from a dull brown to bright green. I have even seen where the left side was dull brown and right side bright green. The only conclusion I could come to was lighting. The habitat has a red heat lamp which his bright green side was facing. Near the habitat was a standard house light which was on his dull brown side. We now have moved the regular white light away incase this was a stress issue.

While my wild gecko was most certainly not an anole, he did change from his normal transparent pink[With green stripes] to a dark, dirt brown[with light brown stripes]. I'm not sure if it's based on mood, per se, but it might be based on temperature and activity-He was always dark brown when he hid in his hiding place, likely asleep, and when he was active and pink, he was on the upright stick I placed for him. If only there was a better way to research this! Haha. 24.32.205.164 (talk) 21:10, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

One factor regarding color change bot mentioned is temperature. In the morning anoles are almost always the darkest color they are capable of producing, presumably to facilitate UV heat absorption.64.134.54.123 (talk) 21:32, 8 June 2012 (UTC)

Incorrect link
Enyalius links to the myth. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.194.244.143 (talk) 05:01, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

why are you deleting the anole care links?
This website helped me when I found a lost anole. No other sites i found had more information than this one.

Jhondavis (talk) 05:34, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

Removed "Anole World" site link
Site uses material plagiarized from Kingsnake.com former anole website "Under the Leaves" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.244.168.180 (talk) 08:22, 18 June 2010 (UTC)

Anole camouflage
Hi, I do not know much about anoles, but I noticed during a stay in Guadeloupe last year, that they can alter their skin color, which is also mentioned in the introduction to the article. I took a few photos of a leopard anole hiding for prey in a bush. Whereas it was normally bright green or brown, this had a coloration which matched the bush in which it was hiding.

I do not know if inclusion of one of those photos could be relevant in the article to illustrate the skin color change feature? I will let more anole-knowledgable editors decide that. --Slaunger (talk) 09:26, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

Major revisions
Made several major revisions to the article including moving the article to Dactyloidae editing the taxobox to reflect the results of recent genetic studies (for elaboration see here or here). I have not yet included any new refrences,though i plan to do so soon. [Unsigned addition by Jamaican college grad (talk | contribs) June 13 2013]--Michael Goodyear (talk) 03:56, 21 May 2014 (UTC)
 * This page needs a major rewrite, it is below standard for a Family page, especially a major family like this, and one that has undergone major phylogenetic re-examination in the last decade. --Michael Goodyear (talk) 01:55, 22 May 2014 (UTC)

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