Lake Worth, Florida lizard ID
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- herpseeker1978
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Re: Lake Worth, Florida lizard ID
I'll play.. My guess is the non indigenous curly tailed lizard. Leiocephalus
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Re: Lake Worth, Florida lizard ID
Kelly Mc wrote:I'll play.. My guess is the non indigenous curly tailed lizard. Leiocephalus
Second.
I'll see your genus and raise you the species; guessing Leiocephalus carinatus.
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Re: Lake Worth, Florida lizard ID
that would make sense, she said it was not afraid of people, could be a recent release
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I tried squeezin my memory and heard the Spanish carne heehee not relevant but funny. I would have had to look it up for the subsp and that's no fun in an image ID game.
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Re: Lake Worth, Florida lizard ID
I would doubt that, I don't think very many people keep them as pets.herpseeker1978 wrote:that would make sense, she said it was not afraid of people, could be a recent release
They are both common in Palm Beach county and pretty used to people, I've decided their natural habitat in Florida is parking bumpers....
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Re: Lake Worth, Florida lizard ID
I've seen them in pet shops here more than a few times...
Josh
Josh
Re: Lake Worth, Florida lizard ID
The Curly tails all breed readily in captivity. Confident and active vivaria inhabitants if given alot of stimulating surface values.
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I had 2 personatus (my favorite) hatch out of the same egg once.
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Re: Lake Worth, Florida lizard ID
herpseeker1978 wrote:I've seen them in pet shops here more than a few times...
Josh
Maybe so, but Occam's Razor says that a common exotic is unlikely to be a "recent release" even though it might seem unafraid of people....
Re: Lake Worth, Florida lizard ID
I don't know if there is a term for the behavior, but there is a phenomenon that we have all seen in densities of human and animals - where animals expertly allow a range of proximity before flight that is far closer than it would be in more natural (less dense) circumstances.. this is exemplified by birds in cities, and monkeys and other mega fauna in tourist spots.
In reptiles its seen also, with Gallotia lizards actually taking fruit from vacationers hands. Biologically less energy expenditure would be a benefit, in this successful gauging of danger and distance
In reptiles its seen also, with Gallotia lizards actually taking fruit from vacationers hands. Biologically less energy expenditure would be a benefit, in this successful gauging of danger and distance
Re: Lake Worth, Florida lizard ID
Curly-tail (Leiocephalus carinatus) for sure. And I would venture it is not a released pet - it seems those things are all over the southeastern part of the state, and I suspect the population is expanding.
http://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/nonna ... il-lizard/
http://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/nonna ... il-lizard/
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Re: Lake Worth, Florida lizard ID
In some Florida colonies Curlytails get like park squirrels. They know exactly their limits of closeness to little arms that try to snatch them up. In one park in south Florida, it was just as entertaining for us to watch a couple kids try to grab one of about a dozen in the midday heat. The animals let the kids get incredibly close!
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disregard - accidental double post