There are over 350 species of Anoles in the Americas, and the Carribean, with only one being from the USA, the Green Anole, or Anolis Carolinensis, while several more have been introduced to Florida, Texas, and Georgia, the most common being the hardy little Brown Anole, A. sagrei. A few of the other immigrants include the Crested Anole, Big-headed Anole, Bark Anole, Cuban Green Anole, and the Hispaniolan Green Anole. Anoles are generally a hardy lizard living up to 3 or 4 years in captivity, sometimes up to 7 or 8. Generally Anoles are housed singly or in groups of 1 male with 1 to 3 females.
Anoles live best in a large well ventilated enclosure.
The enclosure should allow atleast 10 gallons for the first lizard, and 10 gallons more for every 2-3 more additional anoles. Because of this they need lots of logs,twigs, stumps, and bark slabs to climb and bask on. At night the temperature can drop to 70-75F. To reach these temperatures an incandescent lamp is used in a metal reflector lamp. It is also recommended that your Anole recieves some UV rays, so a UV light in a flourescent fixture can be used. The easiest way to do this is use a lower Wattage bulb in the reflector lamp and lower the hours of daylight from 14 to 10 hours.