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anole: see chameleon chameleon , small- to medium-sized lizard of the family Chamaeleonidae. About eighty species are found in sub-Saharan Africa, with a few in S Asia. The so-called common chameleon, Chamaeleo chamaeleon, is found around the Mediterranean.
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anole [ə′nō·lē]
(vertebrate zoology)
Any arboreal lizard of the genusAnolis,characterized by flattened adhesive digits and a prehensile outer toe.


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And for reptiles," says Warren, "there's the turtle genome we're sequencing now, and the green anole lizard was recently sequenced.
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