Have you made comparisons with green anoles outside of Florida? You fail to mention observation in any area where frost (a climatic factor that the otherwise-generalized brown anole cannot tolerate) is a limiting factor for brown anoles. I do have to say, come to Louisiana, or Mississippi, or southern Arkansas. Ernie, you will see green anoles in areas perfectly degraded, defoliated, just like the areas of Florida in which you will see only browns. If you have no other areas for comparison, there is no valid method to your conclusion. You will interpret your observations however you prefer, with regard to anoles in Florida, and only in Florida. Am I wrong? Am I missing a region in which brown anoles do not occur where green anoles have been permanently extirpated following the same level of human development you mention as necessary for extirpating them in Florida?

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