Ocellated Anadia

About the Ocellated Anadia

Anadia ocellata, commonly known as the ocellated anadia or ocellated bromeliad lizard, is a species of lizard endemic to the Americas. A. ocellata is a small and slender lizard. Its body is cylindrical with a long tail that is very sensitive and quickly subject to autotomy when in danger or when manipulated inadequately.

A. ocellata is distributed from Costa Rica to Ecuador. A. ocellata is rather unusual for a lizard in that it has frequently been found in, or close to, bromeliads. Thus its habits are considered arboreal, which would account for its scarceness.

Boulenger GA. 1885. Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition.... Teiidæ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. (Anadia ocellata, pp. 398–399, description of holotype; and A. metallica, p. 400).

Gray JE. 1845. Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, printer). xxviii + 289 pp. (Anadia ocellata, new species... Wikipedia →