male green anole with pink dewlap extended copper pipe home dallas texas

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Male green anole with pink dewlap extended on a copper pipe at a home in Dallas, Texas.

Pictured is a male green anole with pink dewlap extended on a copper rain drainage pipe at a home in Dallas, Texas. The binomial name is Anolis carolinensis and it is native to the southeastern United States. This tree-dwelling species of anole lizard is commonly referred to as the American chameleon due to its color changing-ability from brown to green, but true chameleons do not naturally occur in the Americas.