Beginner Gardening: Leaping Lizards!, 1 by MollyMc

MollyMc wrote:
Lizards are very common down here in S. Fla. My dh tells me the green lizard (like yours Sundry) used to be the most common until the cuba brown came in and killed many of them.

We have a lot of iguanas aound. People take them as pets when they are small and manageable, then when they get too big, they just let them go. I have driven down the expressway and seen a 6 foot long iguana taking the off ramp on foot (no kidding).

But in our backyard, along with the cuba brown, we have this one. There was, at one time, a mating male and female. (I saw them, shhhh and they saw me seeing them shhhh) But at the present time we only have one making himself visible. The body and head measure about 8-10 inches long and it's about 1 to 1 1/4 inches wide. The last time I saw this one, he was hiding in the passiflora on the fence. But I don't know what he is.
Molly :^)