Equatorial Anole

Distribution

Ecuador (middle altitude on western slopes), Colombia

Behavior

Extremely common. It is almost ubiquitous in any sufficiently moist, shady and forested ecosystem. At night, it sleeps on leaves or ferns that will move if disturbed by a predator. Anolis aequatorialis is a lethargic thermoconformer that basks on filtered sunlight, and also a sit-and-wait insectivorous predator that may as well voluntarily include flowers and other plant matter in its diet. Anolis aequatorialis is wary, elusive and cryptic. It will sometimes bite when handled.