My Green Anole is brown, whats wrong?
Green Anoles turn brown for a variety of reasons. The only time a Green Anole is going to be green for certain is when they are sleeping and can’t control their pigmentation. An Anole might be brown because it is stressed, or cold, or just because it wants to be brown. Sometimes too much emphasis is placed on the color of the Anole. As long as it behaves normally and is eating and drinking water, it is probably just fine. They have a limited palette of color changes that are affected by stress level, emotion, temperature and other factors. Anoles do not generally change color to match their surroundings. I have had two in the past 40+ years that have learned that there is an advantage to being either green or brown. One stayed green 90% of the time and only turned brown when he was hunting on the brown substrate. At some point in time he had learned that the crickets couldn’t see him as well and were easier to catch when he was that color against the substrate color. Anoles also can de
