Anolis biporcatus

{{short description|Species of anole}}

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| name = Neotropical green anole

| image = Neotropical green anole.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{Cite web |title=Anolis biporcatus {{!}} IUCN Red List |url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/197449/2484763 |website=iucnredlist.org}}

| genus = Anolis

| species = biporcatus

| authority = Wiegmann, 1834

| synonyms = Norops biporcatus

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Anolis biporcatus, also known as the neotropical green anole or giant green anole, is a species of anole.{{NRDB species|genus=Anolis|species=biporcatus|accessdate=23 May 2014}} It is found in forests, both disturbed and undisturbed, in Mexico, Central America, Colombia and Venezuela. More southern populations, in southwestern Colombia and western Ecuador, were recognized as a separate species, A. parvauritus, in 2017.{{cite journal| author1=Armstead | author2=Ayala-Varela | author3=Torres-Carvajal | author4=Ryan | author5=Poe | year=2017 | title=Systematics and ecology of Anolis biporcatus (Squamata: Iguanidae) | journal=Salamandra | volume=52 | issue=2 | pages=285–293 }}File:Neotropical green anole on vegetation.jpgAs suggested by its common names, the neotropical green or giant green anole is mostly green in color and relatively large, among the largest anoles in the mainland of the Americas. Males have a snout–vent length of about {{convert|7.0-10.3|cm|in|abbr=on}} and the females, which grow slightly larger, about {{convert|7.0-10.8|cm|in|abbr=on}}. In general, there is little sexual dimorphism in this species. The tail is roughly double the length of the snout-to-vent.