Agamas are not protected in Florida except by anti-cruelty law and can be humanely killed on private property with landowner permission. This species can be captured and humanely killed year-round and ...

As green iguanas become a nuisance in Florida, officials have moved to let people profit from hunting the lizards, then sell ...

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Green iguanas arrived to South Florida in the 1960s. 132 Argentine black and white tegu lizards were seen in St. Lucie County in 2021. Burmese pythons have been spotted on the Treasure Coast at ...

The lizards may have swum or “island hopped” from South America and lived on what was coastline at the time, in present-day Georgia, the authors said. But the reptiles rely on warm ...

Green iguanas have been taking over South Florida since the 1960s. These large green lizards originated in Central America and are found in the tropical parts of South America and some eastern ...

Lilly Shafor grew up chasing lizards with her older brother in their backyard. And once they’d catch them, their dad would pick them up and hang them on his ears. “They want to bite you ...

They removed hundreds of thousands each year, estimates USARK-FL spokesman Daniel Parker ... times as many established species of introduced lizards as native lizards.” Originally from Mexico ...