"Sulcattas would be established for one and you never hear about them being found."

Actually, a good friend used to have a few wholesale suppliers that lived in FLA, 2 of the 3 were catching many exotics in their surrounding neighborhood by the hundreds, sulcuttas were a cheap common one on his list, and getting a few species he got from importers rounded out the list. But he caught hundreds of exotics species, those you mentioned among others.

"With the exception of the population of Veiled Chameleons at the junction of I-75 and 80 in Ft. Meyers"

LOL another cheap one he caught in several places, he even showed us maps he made, nothing in definite populations near any old businesses, etc.

"populations of Red- headed agamas anywhere else besides the intersection of 429(the greenway) and 17-92 in Sanford or the population in the Stirling blvd. area of Davie Fl."

Another cheap one he caught in his own neighborhood. He was selling nile monitors he caught in FLA many years ago over the internet, from a few locations. Caiman, pythons, you name it. These places had no wholesalers other than him, no importrs around, just neighborhoods with lots of "disposable pet" owners.
You would be suprised what you would find if you looked a bit closer, he told us once that he could almost find anything you wanted, and new where to find most of them by memory.
I guess he was recycling the invasives back to the pet industry. His prices were consistantly lower than his competion also.

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