The lizard, an anole that looks like a chameleon and has a similar talent for camouflage, lives in the canopy of a rare type of forest in the western Dominican Republic. Adults have a body length of up to 13.5 centimetres and a tail up to 18 centimetres long, making them unusually large for an anole. The new species is described as a "giant chameleon-like lizard" in a study published in the journal The American Naturalist. (http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/687566)
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New lizard discovered in Dominican Republic
Anolis lizards are prob more common than birds on the island. Some 25 species or so and the big ones get up to around 10" long. They have some parallels to Darwin's finches and are thought to have arrived on the island around four million years ago. I know way more about them than any sane person should, but then, my major was tropical ecology..
But they ain't got no pics! How could one pretend to describe a new animal without fotos?
Der Fish
I only read one of the reports primarily for the picture of this creature. I read that it was huge and am somewhat disappointed. Largish for an anole would be more accurate. Described as chameleon like in that it can change its skin pattern to mimic its surroundings. Not two toed and slower than a sloth. 
