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Two species are introduced, including the Burmese python, which was introduced when Hurricane Andrew destroyed a holding facility full of imported snakes, and which created a huge media storm and fears it would become widely invasive, but this species has proven unable to withstand colder weather outside of extreme South Florida.
The common house gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus) is a gecko native to South and Southeast Asia as well as Near Oceania.It is also known as the Asian house gecko, Pacific house gecko, wall gecko, house lizard, tiktiki, chipkali [3] or moon lizard.
[6] [24] The loggerhead sea turtle was named by South Carolina as state reptile, while Florida chose it as state saltwater reptile. [nb 13] [14] [45] Florida also named an official tortoise, the gopher tortoise, the same animal as Georgia's state reptile. [12] [16] [17] Four genera are represented with different species in the list.
While they're nowhere near as large as iguanas or Nile monitors — more non-native species found in Florida — the Peter's rock agamas aren't the little lizards that hide in your door jamb to ...
A large lizard, known as the tegu, has started to take root in Tampa, Florida. But it's not supposed to be. The reptile, native to South America, has become a popular exotic pet amongst Floridians ...
Florida has a big lizard problem. Between lion fish and Burmese pythons, Florida has a lot of invasive species problems -- and the newest is massive Nile Monitor Lizards. Nile Monitor Lizards can ...
There are four subspecies: S. n. notatus (native to most of The Bahamas, Cuba, and Florida), S. n. amaurus (endemic to the Great Bahama Bank, on San Salvador Island and Cat Island), S. n. atactus (endemic to the Cayo Ballenatos, near Nuevitas in Cuba, and apparently introduced to the Morant and Pedro Cays in Jamaica and Great Inagua in the Bahamas), and S. n. peltastes (endemic to Little ...
"A new genus and species of Lizard from Florida". Proceedings of the United States National Museum 39: 33-35. (Neoseps, new genus, p. 33; Neoseps reynoldsi, new species, pp. 34–35, Figures 1-6). Sutton, P.E. (1996). A mark and recapture study of the Florida sand skink Neoseps reynoldsi and a comparison of sand skink sampling methods.