We hear ..."Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Being born with a deep interest in animals might seem unfortunate for a native Bronxite , but my family encouraged my interest and the menagerie that sprung from it. A recent survey by the Florida Fish and Game Commission (please see article below) has revealed that Giant Ameivas are also being found in increasing numbers in Broward County, Palm Beach and the Corkscrew Swamp. How to Chase Lizards out of Your House. I live in Hollywood FL not far from the hard rockVery interesting, thanks. Perhaps someone in a local herpetological society might be interested, or may know of a college professor, etc doing some related work. A Master’s Degree in biology has led to teaching opportunities. My work puts me in contact with thousands of hobbyists keeping an array of pets. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Just gotta get rid of the whole mess and start fresh. According to a recent (September, 2010) article published by the Center for North American Herpetology, the lizards were first collected in April of 2010 by University of Florida researchers. I thought we had but couldn’t find it via a quick search.I am an art historian, working on an early 18th c. Dutch still-life of flora and fauna from Suriname, and I have a lizard I am trying to identify in two of the paintings. So while it is interesting to know that the Cuban brown anoles are out-competing the green anoles, don't worry that there's not much that can be done to rid your landscape of these invaders. Well-known in the US pet trade, the recently discovered population seems limited to a weedy lot near a now-defunct reptile importing business. I have written books on salamanders, geckos and other “herps”, discussed reptile-keeping on television and presented papers at conferences. These little reptiles keep the insect population down, so it's best to chase them out instead of trying to poison or kill them.

I believe it might be a Holcosus festivus, or something like it. the are also a few other species I have yet to identify might be the dark variety mentioned here or something completely different. After a detour as a lawyer, I was hired as a Bronx Zoo animal keeper and was soon caring for gharials, goliath frogs, king cobras and everything in-between. And likewise, if you know the snake – which I haven’t begun an attempt to identify – I’d be much obliged!Both of the images you provide are Ameivas. Here at Anole Annals we like to obsess over our  favorite lizards, anoles of course, but there are a vast array of other reptilian marvels out there,  formidable  Cyclurid iguanas, regally patterned  This group is almost entirely South American in distribution, occurring in Colombia and Venezuela as well as on the island of Aruba. For a complete biography of my experience click African Rainbow Skinks Now Breeding in Florida – Giant Ameivas Spreading if anyone has suggestions that dont involve killing the lizards we would willing catch them and place them somewhere in captivity or something. People bake wood branches and other things to sanitize them before using them, so it makes sense it would work for the substrate as well. We live in ...""We live in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and have several anoles. These are the Jamaican In contrast to the convergence exhibited by the dwarf and giant forms of Puerto Rico and Hispaniola, the  mid-sized forms of Jamaica, Cuba and  Hispaniola are all closely related. Have we ever put together a compendium of squamate beliefs and superstitions? exsul eating a rat; at 120 mm SVL this is the the second largest ameiva species and thus is capable of taking larer fare than most.That’s not to say that anoles are the only thing on their menu, they are active and opportunistic  foragers and will gladly eat anything that can be made to fit in their mouths. The clade is thought to share common ancestry with the West Indian Puerto Rican blue-tailed  Ameiva,  Ameiva  wetmoreiOnly one species of ameiva is present on each of the remaining Greater Antillean islands, Jamaica and Cuba. Debris provides cover and nesting areas for lizards. During the daylight hours they are constantly on the hunt for food, they are in fact quite bold in this manner and will enter human settlements and even approach humans to beg for/steal whatever scraps can be found  though they will quickly  flee at the first hint of trouble- and good luck trying to catch them unless you have a lot of time on your hands and a don’t mind running around in circles all day, I  sure haven’t had much success .As an end note, ameivas, like some anoles,  are shrouded in myth and superstition; for instance, even though I don’t know of ameivas as being vocal lizards, on Jamaica it is said that if you whack one with a stick or otherwise cross it, it will emit a loud squeak, summoning all its ameiva brethren who will then chase you relentlessly, though it has never been specified what happens if they  manage to catch you. I cannot share the image online due to restrictions of the museum, but it looks almost identical to this lizard:This is another painting by the same artist which features the same lizard, but the colors are poor and hard to see:Any help would be much appreciated! my cats corner them on my patio on a regular basis. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Do lizards like to hang out inside your house?