I agree that what you say is correct, I myself am English born and Bred. I guess I should simplify what I was trying to say, in that, we as people introduced the Brown Anole to the mainland, and as a result the Green Anole suffers to an extent. From what I understand, and as an owner I've tried to read a lot, the green anole is present in vast in numbers throughout Florida, and as such is not facing extinction as a result of the introduction of the Brown anole. If it does, it is through human intervention by placing the brown anole on the mainland that will be the ultimate reason for the reduction in numbers of greens. I consider it wrong of us to have ever put the brown anole there in the first place, however it would again be wrong of us to wipe out the brown anoles on the mainland purely because we recognise we were wrong to put them there in the first place. Or because we believe the green anoles have right of way over the brown ones, based on the fact that it is not the brown anoles fault that it is there, or that it is not a native species. I think it would be impossible to eliminate them now without destroying the green populations with them anyway, so really they decide their own futures.

Torey I really do think you have a good case about the pesticides reducing food sources, And for Copper's mom......I would like to think that your favourite anoles have gone a little further from the plants they thrived in before, and kicked these new ones out of their homes, hence why they have moved "IN", since the other ones moved out. Next time you see your pesticide guy poke him in the eye and tell him he's in the wrong job, lol, he has a bad attitude

Hopefully they are flourishing in your garden somewhere, waiting for you to spot them some day, they probably all got bets on how long it will take too, lol

Hope this makes you feel better, I think if you had that many and it really was the pesticide you would have noticed a change in their condition before they disappeared and at least a carcass, the fact that this was not the case makes me inclined to go along with what Torey said. If you havent had a decent rainfall since then there is no reason why these new arrivals should survive if the old ones perished, so I think Torey is probably right.

Dont be sad, they're all happy somewhere, and if you're lucky they might just come back once the bug numbers increase, and the weather hots up again.
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Kel

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