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This is a list of reptiles which are found in the U.S. state of Florida. This list includes both native and introduced species . Introduced species are put on this list only if they have an established population (large breeding population, numerous specimens caught, invasive , etc.).
The reef gecko was detected in Florida circa 1850, around the times it became a U.S. territory, supporting the shipping-introduction theory. However, genetic evidence indicates that they originally colonized Key Largo , not Key West, likely by rafting , supporting a natural origin for the species in Florida.
Florida Keys mole skink, P. e. egregius Baird, 1859: occurs only on some of the Florida Keys. Cedar Key mole skink, P. e. insularis (Mount, 1965): occurs only on three islands at Cedar Key. Bluetail mole skink, P. e. lividus (Mount, 1965): occurs only in Central Florida; shares its Florida Scrub habitat with the Sand Skink.
They are nocturnal and territorial. A female can lay a pair of eggs every four to five months. The tokay gecko can become up to one foot in length and live up to 10 years. Florida wildlife officials have called the gecko a mild threat to native species, although there is no large effort to eradicate them. [85] Anolis equestris: Knight anole ...
It has traditionally been called the white-throated clawed gecko or white-throated gecko in English, which is a calque of its scientific name. [4] The name yellow-headed gecko is now commonly used for this species in the United States, but it originally applied to Gonatodes fuscus , now G. albogularis fuscus , which is the subspecies formerly ...
The Entomology and Nematology department of the University of Florida writes that the caterpillar is found "from New Jersey to Florida and west to Arkansas and Texas (Covell 2005). It is common in ...
Curlytail lizards are native to the West Indies, with the extant (living) species in the Bahamas, Turks and Caicos, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic) and nearby small islands. [4] [5] Additionally, Leiocephalus carinatus and Leiocephalus schreibersii have been introduced to Florida. [6]
Scientists collect samples from a mullet in the Florida Keys, where a fish kill has been happening since November 2023. The two phenomena may be connected, but so far, scientists are at a loss to ...