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University of Florida researchers want residents to let them know when they see the brown basilisk lizard, a.k.a. the "Jesus lizard." ...
One Monitor lizard crept onto the patio of a South Florida home. June 30, 2011 -- They slither through doggie doors, eat small households pets and have nasty dispositions, and now the 7-foot Nile ...
A Florida family is terrified of a huge Monitor lizard that has taken up residence in their back yard.
They're among about 50 species of nonnative lizards now found in Florida, according to the University of Florida. Where have red-headed agamas been reported in Florida?
But those cute little lizards soon gave way to bigger, tougher lizards with curly tails, who ate up the little guys. Then the iguanas started showing up in my back yard, while out near the ...
But those cute little lizards soon gave way to bigger, tougher lizards with curly tails, who ate up the little guys. Then the iguanas started showing up in my back yard, while out near the ...
In just 15 years—or 20 lizard generations—green anoles living on islands off Florida's eastern coast have evolved a way to survive with aggressive invaders from Cuba, the brown anoles. Brown ...
An adult female Psorophora ciliata feeds on a human and a brown anole spreads its gullet, technically called a dewlap. Researchers in are looking at how a turf war between lizards in Florida ...
Though the lizards can be legally purchased in Florida's pet trade, it's illegal to let non-native animals loose in the wild. Tegus have already established breeding populations in Florida's Miami ...