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I'd venture to say 100% of anoles in pet shops are wild caught. Perhaps once is a great while someone will successfully incubate eggs from a WC female and they will become available, but the times this occurs is very low.
In my opinion you'd be better off catching some outside if they are that readily available. It won't have gone through the stresses of capture, perhaps shipping, and the environment of the pet store itself.
At the very least you would be no worse off.
The upside to catching your own would be the limited stress, and the fact it was native to your backyard so if in a week or so you find yourself having trouble getting it to eat or whatever, it could be released easily at the point of capture.
I'd keep it strictly quarantined in another room away from other herps until it was established, just in case release proved to be necessary.
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