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We examined morphology, habitat use, movement patterns, and sprinting capacities of juveniles and adult males of two distantly related, yet ecologically similar species, Anolis lineatopus and A. gundlachi. Juveniles of both species tended to perch on lower and narrower perches than adult males, a finding that is consistent with other studies of Anolis. Juveniles used jumping more often as a mode of locomotion than adult males, with jumps constituting 54.1% (A. lineatopus) and 41.6% (A. gundlachi) of the movements of juveniles for these two species. Adult males of both species also were, on average, 25.9% (A. lineatopus) and 29.7% (A. gundlachi) faster than juveniles. Differences in sprinting capacity may have influenced the evolution of escape behavior of adult males and juveniles: juveniles typically run shorter distances and frequently escape by jumping to the ground rather than relying only on speed to elude …