The Perks of Living in Florida! Check this Guy out!

[carol5208]

No, not a chameleon, but pretty cool to have them living in your backyard! One of our members Jannb has one for a pet! He is super friendly, but the ones in my yard are NOT! This one is the biggest one I have ever seen! For those of you who do not know, he is a Cuban Knight Anole.

 

[Lathis]

So cool! I wish I lived in an area with more wild lizard friends.

 

[TreyLcham]

What part of florida? I live in Sarasota. Never seen these guys before

 

[carol5208]

I live in South Florida about 1 hour north of Fort Lauderdale in Palm Beach County. We also have the curly tail lizards all over the place and of course the little brown anoles. I have a backyard "pet"curly tail that lives under my deck. He waits for me to come outside and feed my chameleons and I throw him food!

 

[BackwaterReptiles]

Very cool! But yes, generally one of the more aggressive species.

 

[kinyonga]

Mine was never aggressive unless you put your hand around it to pick it up. as long as you let it walk onto your hand he was fine.

 

[little leaf]

I love those- we have 2 females who came in as rescue - they are really friendly then laid a ton of eggs- I gave everyone I know a baby - lol and kept one for myself

 

[carol5208]

I know I have seen Jannb's and he is very sweet, but the ones outside if you corner them or get near them they open their mouths at you!

 

[jannb]

That's crazy they are up that far north. I'm surprised the cold winter didn't kill them.

This is my little sweetheart Dulce. We have had her since she was a wee baby. She has been hanging out on a tree in my kitchen for 5 and a half years now.

Here she is as a baby eating applesauce off a tooth pick.

 

[nick barta]

Iwannabeacrocodilewhenigrowup.

CHEERS!

Nick

 

[absolutbill]

We also have basilisks here in Naples - I've seen them around the hotel where I work, and point them out to the visiting guests who love them. I've seen pictures of the Cuban Knight Anoles down here, but never one in person in the wild. I have to say that Jann's Dulce is a pretty girl who lives up to her name!

 

[deerharvester]

This is about as exotic of a lizard as we have here in pa. Ive only caught a handful of them in my life. Oh how i envy the southerners.

Scott

 

[maya2]

I am definitely jealous of those of you who live in Florida! i used to make fun of my aunt and uncle for retiring there, and now of course it's one of my goals

Although I do remember going all Steve Irwin on a rattlesnake as a kid, i dont have that many cool reptile experiences here in the southwest.