Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Cusuco Anole (Anolis cusuco), recorded as Critically Endangered
Cusuco Anole (Anolis cusuco). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Critically Endangered

Cusuco Anole

Anolis cusuco

Cusuco Anole is an anole in the family Dactyloidae — Anolis cusuco, recorded as Critically Endangered and tied to Honduras.

Status
Critically Endangered
Scientific name
Anolis cusuco
Recorded from
Honduras
Taxonomy
Squamata · Dactyloidae · Anolis

The anole

Anoles are small New World lizards. Most species hold a coloured throat fan, and they split the forest into perches: trunk, twig, grass, or crown.

Anoles (Dactyloidae) are diurnal lizards of the Americas and the Caribbean. Many are arboreal; a dewlap is the usual field mark of a displaying male.

Range and habitat

The species is found in Honduras.

GBIF currently lists 63 occurrence points. Those points follow where people logged the taxon — museum drawers and surveys included — not a closed range boundary.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Habits

Anoles hunt insects by sight. Males display the dewlap; many species are tightly tied to a perch type in a single range of hills or an island.

In crisis

Cusuco Anole is Critically Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Cusuco Anole — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q3343958 and GBIF occurrence geography. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Cusuco Anole?
Cusuco Anole is an anole in the family Dactyloidae — Anolis cusuco.
What is the conservation status of Cusuco Anole?
Critically Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Anolis cusuco. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Cusuco Anole live?
The species is found in Honduras.
Why is Cusuco Anole in crisis?
It is Critically Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Anolis cusuco?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Cusuco Anole a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.