This thread is dedicated to Lizards ..... Lizards only. Lizards have always held a fascination for me so I thought I would share the Lizards/Skinks/ Geckos that live in my yard. Please post pictures of Lizards that live amongst your palms. NO SNAKES ALLOWED ....that's a different thread.

First up is a little guy that I caught crossing the road in front of my house...I released him in my backyard. He is a legless lizard ....unknown species....native to this area.

here's a little guy

Kind of hard for me to post in this thread, but I got one!

Bought a tropical plant at Lowe's a couple summers ago, and shortly after bringing it home the cat brought me this....

Eric, yours is a Florida native "Green Anole" they change colors based on their background. Doesn't look too happy....he needs a little terrarium with some plants and bugs...near a window or with supplemental heat rock. I used to keep these all the time as a kid...10 gallon would be sufficient...they make great little pets.

Peter...do you know what kind of lizard that is? You all have so many exotic ones that are unfamiliar to us in the northern part of the state.....maybe a Knight Anole?

Eric, yours is a Florida native "Green Anole" they change colors based on their background. Doesn't look too happy....he needs a little terrarium with some plants and bugs...near a window or with supplemental heat rock. I used to keep these all the time as a kid...10 gallon would be sufficient...they make great little pets.

Peter...do you know what kind of lizard that is? You all have so many exotic ones that are unfamiliar to us in the northern part of the state.....maybe a Knight Anole?

Yeah, I had to look him up to make sure it was from the plants and not somehow a native species. Needless to say, due to feline capture method, he didn't survive long enough to get into a terrarium...

Eric, yours is a Florida native "Green Anole" they change colors based on their background. Doesn't look too happy....he needs a little terrarium with some plants and bugs...near a window or with supplemental heat rock. I used to keep these all the time as a kid...10 gallon would be sufficient...they make great little pets.

Peter...do you know what kind of lizard that is? You all have so many exotic ones that are unfamiliar to us in the northern part of the state.....maybe a Knight Anole?

I'm no expert but it looks like a Cuban Knight Anole

I caught this bugger on film a a week or two ago. Super skink, maybe 12 inches overall and fat little sucker.

Keith that is a Broad Head Skink. They are natives that are great at roach control. They will also eat dog food if it is left outside.I think the males have bigger heads and are more red headed than females.

Here is another native. ...I used to not see these much, but since moving to the beach have been seeing more. This one lives on my ponytail base and my wife says there are two....hope it is a breeding pair.....Eastern Fence Lizard

Bahamian anole? These have quite a bit of variety in their markings, if all the ones I see around Tallahassee and Wakulla are the same species. Never remember seeing them in years past.

Speaking of lizards...

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Keith that is a Broad Head Skink. They are natives that are great at roach control. They will also eat dog food if it is left outside.I think the males have bigger heads and are more red headed than females.

Here is another native. ...I used to not see these much, but since moving to the beach have been seeing more. This one lives on my ponytail base and my wife says there are two....hope it is a breeding pair.....Eastern Fence Lizard20150514_084914.jpg

Bahamian anole? These have quite a bit of variety in their markings, if all the ones I see around Tallahassee and Wakulla are the same species. Never remember seeing them in years past.

Both cool looking lizards.

Is the Bahamian anole different from a brown anole? ..... they look kind of different.

Nevermind they are the same.....that ones markings indicate a female according to Wikipedia. They say they displace the native green anoles but I see plenty of both. The green ones occupy a niche higher up on trees ect. Whereas the browns stay closer to the ground.

Here is a Barking Gecko they are becoming less common, unfortunately disturbed one day. It's home was were I had to lay paving.

A Green Anole that seems to like hanging out in my large potted Bursera microphylla 'Waterman Mountain' form. I can count on seeing him at least once a day stalking Ants. At least for me, both Green and Brown Anoles are common around the yard. At work, Browns greatly out number Greens in the Nursery.



-Nathan

Here is a 6 line lizard.....they are real common here and are very fast.....we used to call them racing lizards when I was young.....they are native.

(Double post. Oops)

Not sure of the ID. Sorry for the bad pic. He was a pretty elusive critter. I think it was a male because it was inflating its red throat.

I don't know what lizard this is but I took his picture a few weeks ago in Naples, FL. He was pretty big (15"+) and fast!

Hmm...another Cuban anole? ... think they are the largest species of anole.

Here's one that I didn't know even existed until moving to my current location...they are everywhere in the leaf litter here.....a native "little brown skink"

Snapped this little man at Vizcaya yesterday.

Also from Vizcaya. This little playboy was courting 2 females at once. There was lizard love going on all over the grounds, for sure.

Last but not least was the 2 foot long beauty, well, not really a beauty, was he?

Some folks from the islands think they're good eatin. Not for me but I'll bet yove eaten gator ?

Vizcaya?

Cool pictures...what is that second one?

Gator is tasty...never tried iguana.....supposed to taste like chikin'

Second picture from Keith: African Red Headed Agama, Apparently is expanding its range here in FL. Another species that eats Anoles.

-Nathan

This is a topic that is near and dear to my heart. One of my favorite things about living in South Florida is the exotic lizard species that have taken up residence here and are thriving. Here are a few shots from my collection taken here in Broward and Miami-Dade.

And a few more...

And a few more...

GREAT shots!! Thanks for sharing.

-Nathan

And a few more...

Hard to gage size on that fossil coral rock, but is that a Tegu?!?

This thread is dedicated to Lizards ..... Lizards only. Lizards have always held a fascination for me so I thought I would share the Lizards/Skinks/ Geckos that live in my yard. Please post pictures of Lizards that live amongst your palms. NO SNAKES ALLOWED ....that's a different thread.

First up is a little guy that I caught crossing the road in front of my house...I released him in my backyard. He is a legless lizard ....unknown species....native to this area.

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I think it is also commonly called a Glass Snake.

Looks like a fat "Black and White Tegu"? Those might even make it up this way...they have the ability to brumate during the cold winters. There are people breeding them in outdoor enclosures in Alabama/Georgia.

How bout some name's to go with these cool exotics...........great pictures!

And before anyone even thinks about it.....don't want to get into any long discussions about invasive exotics ect. .....just want to enjoy the 'coolness' of these amazing reptiles.

Looks like a fat "Black and White Tegu"? Those might even make it up this way...they have the ability to brumate during the cold winters. There are people breeding them in outdoor enclosures in Alabama/Georgia.

How bout some name's to go with these cool exotics...........great pictures!

And before anyone even thinks about it.....don't want to get into any long discussions about invasive exotics ect. .....just want to enjoy the 'coolness' of these amazing reptiles.

My hope is that (with potentially a great cost to a lot of palm-talkers down south) we get a really massive arctic outburst or, as they've been saying lately, a polar vortex that moves down through the peninsula. All of the native species are accustomed to occasional bursts of cold air but the pythons and the like just can't dial it. It'd be nice to see the Everglades be a little less snakey...

It's actually a black spiny-tailed iguana, Ctenosaura similis. Not nearly as nasty as a tegu. And though the Burmese pythons are a serious problem, I hope that polar vortex never comes. The pythons in the everglades already weathered a freeze in 2010 anyway.

Looks like a fat "Black and White Tegu"? Those might even make it up this way...they have the ability to brumate during the cold winters. There are people breeding them in outdoor enclosures in Alabama/Georgia.

How bout some name's to go with these cool exotics...........great pictures!

And before anyone even thinks about it.....don't want to get into any long discussions about invasive exotics ect. .....just want to enjoy the 'coolness' of these amazing reptiles.

My hope is that (with potentially a great cost to a lot of palm-talkers down south) we get a really massive arctic outburst or, as they've been saying lately, a polar vortex that moves down through the peninsula. All of the native species are accustomed to occasional bursts of cold air but the pythons and the like just can't dial it. It'd be nice to see the Everglades be a little less snakey...

Our polar blasts are short lived. They would slink into the waters which are around 72 F. It would take a severe event to cool the waters enough for their demise. Plus they can borough into Alligator nests - which are basically Alligator constructed compost piles. Only humans can eradicate them - just need some chef to come up the a all the rave python dish. If python was selling for $45 a pound, they would disappear rather quickly in my opinion.

Thanks very much for the compliments. And sorry for not providing ID's. The first three are Green iguanas, Iguana iguana, the next two are Knight anoles, Anolis equestris, Red-headed agama, Agama agama, the Black spiny-tailed iguana, and last is a Striped basilisk, Basilicus vittatus.