Oops! Did I land on you?

This rail is my domain!

The fight below started on a big banana tree, presumably a turf conflict, but the combatants fell from the big tree and ended up on a keiki.

The fellow above has taken up residence in the area by a garden hose on the side of the house. There are ferns coming up from under the house, through some lattice work which provide some shelter and cover for him. A couple weeks ago, I noticed a smaller anole in this area and figured territorial rights would be claimed by this big guy. I was surprised to notice the two pass each other on the hose with no issue. I started having a suspicion that there might be a gender difference. I believe my suspicion was confirmed a couple days later:

You can see that he has a bit of a grip with his mouth in the shot above. They eventually broke their embrace and I was curious to see if they would remain tolerant of each other.

The shots above were about a week ago and I have noticed that this pair is still hanging out in the same area during the day as well as in the nighttime when they get their sleep. I have caught some lawn roaches (don't know what the real name of the bugs is) and put them down on the cement and both of these lizards have come down and taken advantage of my offerings with me right there. The male took a big one out of my fingers one time. At night, I can usually fine one of them if not both of them with a low power flood flashlight without waking them. They are a bright green and reasonably easy to notice relative to the surrounds. They will often be on the back side of a fern leaf and less exposed or visible. Last night, I saw that both were fairly close to each other so I took a couple pictures. I think I may have awoken the female as here eyes were not completely closed. I didn't want to disturb them too much so limited the camera to two flash shots:

Above, you can see portions of the male who is sleeping on the back side of a leaf in the foreground at the right of the image. The female likes to sleep on a bare stem close to the wall. You can see her out of focus to the left above and in focus in the image below.

I don't know anything about the behavior of these anoles but it seems that there may be some type of bond or social arrangement between this pair and it will be interesting to see how long they remain a "couple". I once found a leathery anole egg and I am curious as to where she will lay her eggs if indeed she is gravid. It will also be curious to see if she starts to look pregnant. I should try to get some head shots of her because whe really is cute compared to the big male.

The male and female anole above are still in residence and they have become comfortable with me offering them some meals in the form of lawn roaches and caterpillars. In some shots below, both are seen taking caterpillars from my hands. There are a couple shots of a very young anole which may well attribute parentage to this pair.

The tiny grass egg pouch or whatever you would call it above is the source, I believe, for these caterpillars. At any rate I saw one moving on the ground the other day and on close inspection, there was a tiny caterpillar that pulled back into the thing. There are a number of these caterpillars in the lawn and a pair of mynah birds now visit often during the day and can be seen routing in the lawn and coming up with these guys. Unfortunately, I have also seen the birds take off with baby anoles and geckos as well.