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| Big Soft Shelled Turtle at Six-Mile Cypress Slough Preserve |
Yesterday I found myself checking out some of the habitat at Lovers Key for any Racerunner Lizards. Dipped on the lizards, had seen them at Long Key State park earlier this year. No photo. They are so quick.
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| Curly tailed Lizard |
But down in the Keys there are a lot of lizards to be found. Curly Tailed Lizards are everywhere, and they will pose for you. Seems every time I return to the Keys, these invasive lizards are becoming more numerous.
Green Iguanas are everywhere too.
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| A male African Agama |
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| A male African Agama |
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| A female African Agama |
Another interesting invasive lizard is easily seen at Matheson Hammock Park in Coral Gables, are African Agamas. The males can be brightly colored and these lizards can be found sunning themselves. This location also hosts, Green Iguana, Knight Anoles, Basilisk Lizards, all invasive
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| Green Iguana are everywhere in south Florida |
I have yet to come across a wild Nile Monitor Lizard, but master birder Eary Warren, trapped one in his back yard in Cape Coral. Defidently an unwanted invasive. Right up there with the Burmese Python.
Green Anoles are natives, but Cuban Brown Anoles are aggressive invasive that are out competing the green.
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| A native Green Anole |
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| A Large Male Brown Anole Displaying a Dorsal Crest |
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| This Knight Anole was observed in a Mango Tree |
Well what about Snakes? Have a few.
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Ribbon Snake
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Ron Bishop spotted a small mass of Brown Water Snakes
sunning on some rocks at Harns Marsh
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| A Pair of Water Moccasins sharing a cozy spot |
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