Data on a clutch of Anolis evermani (Sauria:Iguanidaea) from Puerto Rico

Anolis evermani Stejneger is one of the two species of green Anolis living in the Puerto Rico Archipelago. Its populations are known in the areas covered by forests, in the mountain zones as well as in low lands in most of the island. Males reach 72 mm of snout-vent length (SVL) and females reach 61 mm of SVL (Rivero, 1978, 1998, Schwartz and Henderson, 1991). Gorman and Litch (1974) and Litch and Gorman (1975) documented the ovarian and testy activity cycles of various species of Anolis in mountain and low land habitats in Puerto Rico. The gonad cycles of the populations of A. evermani in El Verde and La Mina in Sierra de Luquillo constitute the only data known about the reproduction of this species. Such data shows a reproductive activity peak between January 15 and October 15, and a short recess from ovarian activity between December and mid January (Gorman and Litch, 1974). The gravid females studied by Gorman and Litch (1974) did not present more than two eggs in the oviduct. Up to now, there are no reports in the literature on the clutch and the incubation period of the eggs of A. evermani, and most of the species of the Anolis gender in Puert