Bighead Anole

Bighead Anole

Anolis capito

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Manuel Antonio National Park
1 Verified records at Manuel Antonio National Park
☀️🌙 Day & Night When it's active Active throughout day and night

Anolis capito, the bighead anole, is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is found in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama. Although they are active all day, it seems that these enigmatic anoles spend the majority of their time in the shade, where they reside low on trees in a shady rain forest. The mean temperature of the body is 28.8 +/- 0.5 degrees Celsius, meaning that it is 1.3 degrees Celsius higher than the substrate and 1.7 degrees Celsius higher than the air. Wikipedia →

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Bighead Anole at Manuel Antonio National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️🌙 When They're Spotted

Active throughout day and night · across all parks (global)

☀️🌙Day & Night
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Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Piedras Blancas National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
20–30%
2 Cusuco National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
20–30%
3 Corcovado National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
20–30%
4 Braulio Carrillo National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
20–30%
5 Rincón de la Vieja National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
10–20%
6 Arenal Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
10–20%
7 Tenorio Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
10–20%
8 Bastimentos Island National Marine Park 🇵🇦 Panama
10–20%
9 Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
5–10%
10 Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
5–10%
11 Tortuguero National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
5–10%
12 La Amistad International Park (Panama) 🇵🇦 Panama
5–10%
13 Soberanía National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
5–10%
14 Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
15 Chirripó National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
16 Cahuita National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
17 Volcán Barú National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
Insufficient data
18 Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
Insufficient data
19 Chagres National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
Insufficient data
20 Los Quetzales National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
21 Manuel Antonio National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
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