 Semi-aquatic anoles tend to have relatively tall, vertically flattened tails that aid in swimming.Underneath an anole's toes are pads that have several to a dozen flaps of skin (adhesive lamellae) going horizontally and covered in microscopic hairlike protrusions (setae) that allow them to cling to many different surfaces, similar to but not quite as efficient as a gecko.Despite this similarity, they are very distantly related and the adaptions are the result of convergent evolution in the two groups.