Anna Thonis, PhD 🦎
@annainthefield.bsky.social
Ecologist and herpetologist | Postdoc at NYU
Co-Chair, IUCN Anole Specialist Group
#lizards #GIS #GlobalChange #SDMs #conservation #HERper #DIYnails
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Co-Chair, IUCN Anole Specialist Group
#lizards #GIS #GlobalChange #SDMs #conservation #HERper #DIYnails
she/her
annathonis.com
The only native anole species in the US, Anolis carolinensis! I haven't actually caught carolinensis since I was a kid visiting the Florida Everglades with my parents, so it's been a minute!
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November 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The only native anole species in the US, Anolis carolinensis! I haven't actually caught carolinensis since I was a kid visiting the Florida Everglades with my parents, so it's been a minute!
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Got to assist with my labmate's urban pigeon gut microbiome research yesterday in the Bronx!
October 23, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Got to assist with my labmate's urban pigeon gut microbiome research yesterday in the Bronx!
Yellow-chinned anole (Anolis gundlachi) from Bosque de Carite 🤎
October 18, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Yellow-chinned anole (Anolis gundlachi) from Bosque de Carite 🤎
On my way to the Puerto Rico Herpetological Symposium! Excited to present some of my work on anoles and urbanization for the first time!! And also to see the talks being given by a bunch of my former students💗🦎☺️
October 16, 2025 at 12:28 PM
On my way to the Puerto Rico Herpetological Symposium! Excited to present some of my work on anoles and urbanization for the first time!! And also to see the talks being given by a bunch of my former students💗🦎☺️
My most perfect boy
October 4, 2025 at 5:33 PM
My most perfect boy
Had the cool opportunity to talk about lizards and turtles in Central Park for Soapbox Science today!
October 3, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Had the cool opportunity to talk about lizards and turtles in Central Park for Soapbox Science today!
Yesterday during wall lizard fieldwork, some very kind NYS Parks employees taught us how to tag monarch butterflies 😊🦋
October 1, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Yesterday during wall lizard fieldwork, some very kind NYS Parks employees taught us how to tag monarch butterflies 😊🦋
A large male wall lizard from today's sampling on the north fork of Long Island! Stopped for hot apple cider and cider donuts post fieldwork🦎😊
September 23, 2025 at 11:24 PM
A large male wall lizard from today's sampling on the north fork of Long Island! Stopped for hot apple cider and cider donuts post fieldwork🦎😊
Back to catching Italian wall lizards (Podarcis siculus) in NY!
September 8, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Back to catching Italian wall lizards (Podarcis siculus) in NY!
The NYU lizard colony (@kmwinchell.bsky.social) is now one step closer to being up and running! Today we finished these 56 lizard "condos" which can individually house 224 lizards! This has been a massive effort, and we are so excited to have reached this milestone🦎 We are so close to anoles at NYU!
August 28, 2025 at 12:23 AM
The NYU lizard colony (@kmwinchell.bsky.social) is now one step closer to being up and running! Today we finished these 56 lizard "condos" which can individually house 224 lizards! This has been a massive effort, and we are so excited to have reached this milestone🦎 We are so close to anoles at NYU!
Eek so cute!!
Garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis) near Ithaca, NY 🐍
Garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis) near Ithaca, NY 🐍
August 18, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Eek so cute!!
Garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis) near Ithaca, NY 🐍
Garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis) near Ithaca, NY 🐍
Although totally not important for what I actually work on, I am now very good at snagging baby iguanas out of bushes.
July 12, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Although totally not important for what I actually work on, I am now very good at snagging baby iguanas out of bushes.
Managed to lasso this stunning Puerto Rican blue-tailed ameiva (Pholidoscelis wetmorei) yesterday! 🦎💙
July 11, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Managed to lasso this stunning Puerto Rican blue-tailed ameiva (Pholidoscelis wetmorei) yesterday! 🦎💙
When you return from a day of urban field work to find a young crested anole just about ready to take a snooze on your door handle 🦎
July 9, 2025 at 3:08 AM
When you return from a day of urban field work to find a young crested anole just about ready to take a snooze on your door handle 🦎
Another Puerto Rican giant anole 💚
July 7, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Another Puerto Rican giant anole 💚
Today's cows 🐄🤍🇵🇷
July 3, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Today's cows 🐄🤍🇵🇷
Ugh he's just spectacular 🦎
June 30, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Ugh he's just spectacular 🦎
The anole species I've worked with the most throughout all of my anole work: The yellow-chinned anole (Anolis gundlachi) 🦎💚
June 29, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The anole species I've worked with the most throughout all of my anole work: The yellow-chinned anole (Anolis gundlachi) 🦎💚
Although this iguana should not be in Puerto Rico, I am happy it matches my nails 🙃🦎
June 25, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Although this iguana should not be in Puerto Rico, I am happy it matches my nails 🙃🦎
Find someone you look at like I look at this box turtle
June 21, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Find someone you look at like I look at this box turtle
Can't believe we wrapped up our first year of box turtle surveys a little over a week ago! I miss seeing these beauties already!
June 16, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Can't believe we wrapped up our first year of box turtle surveys a little over a week ago! I miss seeing these beauties already!
More Italian wall lizards (Podarcis siculus) - this time, in the Bronx!
June 14, 2025 at 1:50 PM
More Italian wall lizards (Podarcis siculus) - this time, in the Bronx!
A male Eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina). This one in particular had really beautiful yellow coloring all around his head.
June 1, 2025 at 3:09 PM
A male Eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina). This one in particular had really beautiful yellow coloring all around his head.
We kicked off our Eastern box turtle surveys three days ago! So happy to finally have this project off the ground. Very grateful for the over 50 volunteers signed up to assist with surveys, including NYC Parks rangers, NYU, Stony Brook, Columbia, and Fordham students, and many more 🐢
May 31, 2025 at 10:42 PM
We kicked off our Eastern box turtle surveys three days ago! So happy to finally have this project off the ground. Very grateful for the over 50 volunteers signed up to assist with surveys, including NYC Parks rangers, NYU, Stony Brook, Columbia, and Fordham students, and many more 🐢