Family Dactyloidae (Anoles):
countries and regions with most species

© Rune Midtgaard
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*Countries/regions with same number of species are ranked alphabetically
Rank* Country / region Species
No. 1
Colombia
 77
No. 2
Cuba
 65
No. 3
Hispaniola [Dominican Republic / Haiti]
 61
No. 4
Mexico
 55
No. 5
Panama
 51
No. 6
Ecuador
 42
No. 7
Ecuadorian mainland [Ecuador]
 42
No. 8
Honduras
 41
No. 9
Costa Rica
 40
No. 10
Dominican Republic
 40
No. 11
Haiti
 40
No. 12
Oaxaca [Mexico]
 30
No. 13
Guatemala
 24
No. 14
Venezuela
 24
No. 15
Chiapas [Mexico]
 22
No. 16
Nicaragua
 19
No. 17
Peru
 19
No. 18
Brazil
 18
No. 19
Veracruz [Mexico]
 15
No. 20
Guerrero [Mexico]
 13
No. 21
Amazonas [Brazil]
 12
No. 22
Isla de la Juventud [Cuba]
 12
No. 23
Puerto Rico
 12
No. 24
Puerto Rican mainland [Puerto Rico]
 10
No. 25
Tabasco [Mexico]
 10
No. 26
Belize
 9
No. 27
Para [Brazil]
 9
No. 28
Puebla [Mexico]
 9
No. 29
Bahamas
 8
No. 30
Mato Grosso [Brazil]
 8
No. 31
Acre [Brazil]
 7
No. 32
Bolivia
 7
No. 33
Islas de la Bahia [Honduras]
 7
No. 34
Quintana Roo [Mexico]
 7
No. 35
Campeche [Mexico]
 6
No. 36
El Salvador
 6
No. 37
Guadeloupe [France]
 6
No. 38
Guyana
 6
No. 39
Ile de la Gonave [Haiti]
 6
No. 40
Jamaica
 6
No. 41
Rondonia [Brazil]
 6
No. 42
Roraima [Brazil]
 6
No. 43
Amapa [Brazil]
 5
No. 44
Bahia [Brazil]
 5
No. 45
Espirito Santo [Brazil]
 5
No. 46
Exuma Cays [Bahamas]
 5
No. 47
French Guiana [France]
 5
No. 48
Hidalgo [Mexico]
 5
No. 49
Marajo Island [Brazil]
 5
No. 50
Maranhao [Brazil]
 5
No. 51
Surinam
 5
No. 52
Yucatan [Mexico]
 5
No. 53
Antigua & Barbuda
 4
No. 54
British Virgin Islands [United Kingdom]
 4
No. 55
Cayman Islands
 4
No. 56
Ile Grande Cayemite [Haiti]
 4
No. 57
Minas Gerais [Brazil]
 4
No. 58
Pernambuco [Brazil]
 4
No. 59
Saint Croix [U.S. Virgin Islands]
 4
No. 60
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines
 4
No. 61
U.S. Virgin Islands [USA]
 4
No. 62
Utila [Honduras]
 4
No. 63
Alagoas [Brazil]
 3
No. 64
Anegada [British Virgin Islands]
 3
No. 65
Culebra [Puerto Rico]
 3
No. 66
Gorgona Island [Colombia]
 3
No. 67
Ile a Vache [Haiti]
 3
No. 68
Paraiba [Brazil]
 3
No. 69
Roatan [Honduras]
 3
No. 70
Sao Paulo [Brazil]
 3
No. 71
Sergipe [Brazil]
 3
No. 72
Tocantins [Brazil]
 3
No. 73
Vieques [Puerto Rico]
 3
No. 74
Anavilhanas Archipelago [Brazil]
 2
No. 75
Antigua [Antigua & Barbuda]
 2
No. 76
Aruba [Netherlands]
 2
No. 77
Barbuda [Antigua & Barbuda]
 2
No. 78
Cay Sal Bank [Bahamas]
 2
No. 79
Cayman Brac [Cayman Islands]
 2
No. 80
Cayo Cochino Major [Honduras]
 2
No. 81
Cayo Cochino Pequeno [Honduras]
 2
No. 82
Cayos Cochinos [Honduras]
 2
No. 83
Ceara [Brazil]
 2
No. 84
Conception Bank [Bahamas]
 2
No. 85
Conception Island [Bahamas]
 2
No. 86
Crooked-Acklins Bank [Bahamas]
 2
No. 87
Distrito Federal (Brazil) [Brazil]
 2
No. 88
East Plana Cay [Bahamas]
 2
No. 89
Goias [Brazil]
 2
No. 90
Grenada
 2
No. 91
Grenada Island [Grenada]
 2
No. 92
Grenadines [Grenada / Saint Vincent & the Grenadines]
 2
No. 93
Isla Beata [Dominican Republic]
 2
No. 94
Isla Grande del Maiz [Nicaragua]
 2
No. 95
Islas del Maiz [Nicaragua]
 2
No. 96
Little Bahama Bank [Bahamas]
 2
No. 97
Little Cayman [Cayman Islands]
 2
No. 98
Margarita [Venezuela]
 2
No. 99
Michoacan [Mexico]
 2
No. 100
Nevis [Saint Kitts & Nevis]
 2
No. 101
Piaui [Brazil]
 2
No. 102
Plana Cays [Bahamas]
 2
No. 103
Rio de Janeiro [Brazil]
 2
No. 104
Saint Kitts [Saint Kitts & Nevis]
 2
No. 105
Saint Kitts & Nevis
 2
No. 106
Saint Martin [France / Netherlands]
 2
No. 107
Saint Vincent [Saint Vincent & the Grenadines]
 2
No. 108
San Andres, Providencia & Santa Catalina [Colombia]
 2
No. 109
San Luis Potosi [Mexico]
 2
No. 110
San Salvador Bank [Bahamas]
 2
No. 111
Sint Eustatius [Netherlands]
 2
No. 112
Trinidad [Trinidad & Tobago]
 2
No. 113
Trinidad & Tobago
 2
No. 114
Aguascalientes [Mexico]
 1
No. 115
Alabama [USA]
 1
No. 116
Anguilla
 1
No. 117
Anguilla Island [Anguilla]
 1
No. 118
Arkansas [USA]
 1
No. 119
Barbados
 1
No. 120
Barbareta [Honduras]
 1
No. 121
Blanquilla [Venezuela]
 1
No. 122
Bonaire [Netherlands]
 1
No. 123
Caicos Islands [Turks & Caicos Islands]
 1
No. 124
Carrot Rock [British Virgin Islands]
 1
No. 125
Chihuahua [Mexico]
 1
No. 126
Colima [Mexico]
 1
No. 127
Cozumel [Mexico]
 1
No. 128
Cubagua [Venezuela]
 1
No. 129
Curacao [Netherlands]
 1
No. 130
Desecheo [Puerto Rico]
 1
No. 131
Desirade [Guadeloupe]
 1
No. 132
Dog Island [Anguilla]
 1
No. 133
Dominica
 1
No. 134
Durango [Mexico]
 1
No. 135
Florida [USA]
 1
No. 136
Georgia [USA]
 1
No. 137
Grand Cayman [Cayman Islands]
 1
No. 138
Great Inagua [Bahamas]
 1
No. 139
Great Inagua Bank [Bahamas]
 1
No. 140
Guanaja [Honduras]
 1
No. 141
Guanajuato [Mexico]
 1
No. 142
Iles de la Petite Terre [Guadeloupe]
 1
No. 143
Iles des Saintes [Guadeloupe]
 1
No. 144
Ilet-a-Cochons [Guadeloupe]
 1
No. 145
Isla Alto Velo [Dominican Republic]
 1
No. 146
Isla del Coco [Costa Rica]
 1
No. 147
Isla Grande del Cisne [Honduras]
 1
No. 148
Isla Morat [Honduras]
 1
No. 149
Isla Pequena del Cisne [Honduras]
 1
No. 150
Islas del Cisne [Honduras]
 1
No. 151
Islas Marias [Mexico]
 1
No. 152
Jalisco [Mexico]
 1
No. 153
Louisiana [USA]
 1
No. 154
Malpelo Island [Colombia]
 1
No. 155
Maria Cleofas [Mexico]
 1
No. 156
Maria Islands [Saint Lucia]
 1
No. 157
Maria Madre [Mexico]
 1
No. 158
Maria Magdalena [Mexico]
 1
No. 159
Marie-Galante [Guadeloupe]
 1
No. 160
Martinique [France]
 1
No. 161
Mato Grosso do Sul [Brazil]
 1
No. 162
Mayaguana Bank [Bahamas]
 1
No. 163
Mexico state [Mexico]
 1
No. 164
Mexico state [Mexico]
 1
No. 165
Mississippi [USA]
 1
No. 166
Mona [Puerto Rico]
 1
No. 167
Monito [Puerto Rico]
 1
No. 168
Montserrat [United Kingdom]
 1
No. 169
Morelos [Mexico]
 1
No. 170
Mujeres [Mexico]
 1
No. 171
Navassa [USA]
 1
No. 172
Nayarit [Mexico]
 1
No. 173
North Carolina [USA]
 1
No. 174
Oklahoma [USA]
 1
No. 175
Paraguay
 1
No. 176
Providencia [Colombia]
 1
No. 177
Queretaro [Mexico]
 1
No. 178
Redonda [Antigua & Barbuda]
 1
No. 179
Rio Grande do Norte [Brazil]
 1
No. 180
Saba [Netherlands]
 1
No. 181
Saint Barthelemy [France]
 1
No. 182
Saint Lucia
 1
No. 183
San Andres [Colombia]
 1
No. 184
San Juanito [Mexico]
 1
No. 185
Sinaloa [Mexico]
 1
No. 186
Sombrero [Anguilla]
 1
No. 187
Sonora [Mexico]
 1
No. 188
South Carolina [USA]
 1
No. 189
Tamaulipas [Mexico]
 1
No. 190
Tennessee [USA]
 1
No. 191
Terre-de-Bas [Guadeloupe]
 1
No. 192
Texas [USA]
 1
No. 193
Turks & Caicos Islands
 1
No. 194
Turks Islands [Turks & Caicos Islands]
 1
No. 195
Union Island [Saint Vincent & the Grenadines]
 1
No. 196
USA
 1
No. 197
Zacatecas [Mexico]
 1