ALABAMA AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES, 23 



FAMILY : I G U A N I D A E 



GENUS: ANOLIS, Daudin. 



ANOLIS CAROLINENSIS Voigt 

 American Chameleon 



Type locality: Carolina. 



General distribution : North Carolina to Florida and 

 westward through the Gulf region to the Rio Grande. 



Alabama records: DeKalb, Talladega, Tuscaloosa, 

 Bibb; Greene; Sumter; Dale and Mobile counties. 



The value of this beautiful little lizard as an insect 

 destroyer has been observed for many years in my green 

 houses, where they breed by the hundreds and the eggs 

 may be found abundantly in fern pots. 



GENUS: SCELOPORUS, Wiegmann. 



SCELOPORUS SPINOSUS FLORIDANUS (Baird) Stejneger 

 Spiny Swift, Florida Swift 



Type locality : Pensacola, Florida. 



General distribution : New Mexico to western Flori- 

 da. 



Alabama records : Elamville, Barbour County ; Mo- 

 bile and Baldwin counties. 



SCELOPORUS UNDULATUS (Latreille) Wiegmann 



Fence Lizard, Common Swift, Alligator Lizard 



Type locality: "Les grands bois de la Caroline." 



General distribution : New Jersey to Florida and 

 Alabama. 



Alabama records : Tuscaloosa, Greene, Montgomery, 

 Mobile and Baldwin counties, most likely over the State. 



Horned Toads (genus Phrynosoma) are occasionally found in 

 our cities, but doubtless escaped from captivity, for they are 

 not known to occur naturally east of Missouri. 



