Originally endemic to Barbados, it has since been introduced to Saint Lucia and Bermuda.

[2] It was previously treated as a subspecies of Martinique's anole, A. roquet.

Males have pale lavender to blue-gray heads, with blue eyelids.

Their dorsal surfaces are deep green with dark markings and occasionally white spots, and their bellies are yellow.

[3] Sightings have been reported in Florida since the 1990s, though this is likely due to repeated introductions and escapes, as a sustained, breeding population has not been confirmed.