Anoles

It’s the middle of the summer in Auburn, AL… [caption id=“attachment_666” align=“alignnone” width=“3088”] This hatchling successfully hatched! It was alive.[/caption] This summer I’m running a lab experiment to test whether nest sites that urban-dwelling female crested anoles in Miami, FL use will yield higher survival than random sites.

[gallery ids=“518,517,519” type=“rectangular”] The first week of setting up the experiment was very productive thanks to Dan, Josh, Nathaniel, and James. We set up our study sites (8 plots) and placed the lizard cages we built in a secure space.