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I put my beautiful blue anole male in with my breeding group of Bahamans. Before I put my bluey in with them he was pale green but once he saw one of the bahaman females he turned bright blue. I don't want to take him out because he seems happy and he doesn't fight with my bahaman males. Do I have to worry about crossbreeds? Thanks

It's likely there will be conflict between those male anoles.

I wouldn't house them together.

Here is a mesage I got from an acquaintace who is more familiar with a wide range of Anolis species than I am.

"The following are all members of the "carolinensis series/group"
Anolis porcatus A. smaragdinus, A. fairchildi, A. brunneus A. allisoni, A. longiceps, A. maynardi, A. angusticeps, A. guazuma, A. isolepis, A. paternus.
The first three are the ones most closely related to the nominate, so are probably more likely to be able to produce offspring from a induced mating.
However, it is interesting to note that A. porcatus in the Miami area was tested (genetic) to see if it had crossed with carolinensis and it had not (or at-least in the individuals sampled). Now, was that because the carolinensis had been extirpated (or extremely low numbers) from the area by sagrei prior to the introduction (of porcatus) or that they just wouldn't cross? I think the first is the probable reason.
I put a female trinitatis and a male extremus together which are both part of the roquet group. At the time I didn't think much of it, but of course they bred and I began getting some weird looking trinitatis neonates that I traced back to that female.
Frank Jeager in Germany crossed sabanus and oculatus winstoni and produced fertile offspring. Both of these are part of the bimaculatus group. Neither of us planned this, it was just an accommodation due to lack of space for the animals. He placed the crossed offspring together while he figured what to do with them and viola more babies!"
I hope this helps!