Costa Rican Lizards

[AdamfromCanada]

All these lizards were in Manuel Antonio National Park at the start of May:

1) Large lizard, iguana size.
2) An anole - he was hunting a butterfly
3) Maybe a baby green iguana?
4) Maybe a baby brown basilisk?
5) No idea...small guy

[AdamfromCanada]

6) Small lizard of some sort...no idea.
7) Adult brown basilisk?
8) Gecko of some sort.

[sweatshirt]

Wow, beautiful lizards and pics (:

[AdamfromCanada]

Wow, beautiful lizards and pics (:

Any idea what any of them are?

[sweatshirt]

Haha no I'm not good with wild reptiles sorry :( There are a lot of people on here that probably know though (: Just wait for them!

[poison123]

spiny-tailed iguana
some type of anole.
green iguana
looks like a basilisk
not sure
looks like a house gecko
basilisk
house gecko

[AdamfromCanada]

spiny-tailed iguana
some type of anole.
green iguana
looks like a basilisk
not sure
looks like a house gecko
basilisk
house gecko

So common or striped basilisks? I'm thinking common since they were at sea level, but don't really know how to tell the difference. Looking at photos, it appears the common ones all have stripes too.

[Pareeeee]

spiny-tailed iguana

So that's the common name of those! I've always just called them ctenosaurs.

I think the last lizard in post #1 could be Ameiva quadrilineata (Four-Lined Whiptail) definitely a whiptail of some sort.

[jarich]

Cool pictures! Love the last one where the gecko is eating a moth.

[AdamfromCanada]

I think the last lizard in post #1 could be Ameiva quadrilineata (Four-Lined Whiptail) definitely a whiptail of some sort.

I think you've set me on the right track. Looking up the ameivas, I don't believe it's a four-lined, but rather a Central American Whiptail (ameiva festiva).

File:Tiger Ameiva.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tiger_Ameiva.jpg)

Ameiva sp. (festiva) Manuel Antonio NP | Flickr - Photo Sharing! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/39365853@N07/4748056374/)

Both those photos say they were taken in Manuel Antonio as well...

Now, does anyone have any guesses on the anole?

[Pirarucu]

The gecko is a Mourning Gecko, not a House Gecko. Not sure but the anole could be a Puerto Rican Anole, Anolis evermanni.

[poison123]

The gecko is a Mourning Gecko, not a House Gecko. Not sure but the anole could be a Puerto Rican Anole, Anolis evermanni.

I actually started thinking this after I said it was a house gecko lol

[AdamfromCanada]

The gecko is a Mourning Gecko, not a House Gecko. Not sure but the anole could be a Puerto Rican Anole, Anolis evermanni.

Thanks for the gecko ID! Is the one in this set a common house gecko?

I've been googling a lot on the anole and I now believe it's the Neotropical Green Anole.

I also found that I did have four-striped whiptails as well in my collection of photos. Here's a couple pictures. And yes, they're doing it.

[Pareeeee]

You got some amazing photos! Thanks for sharing them.

[poison123]

that is 100% house gecko :)