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just kidding ;o)

Seen lots of these sweet lizards. The funny thing is...I looked all over for gopher tortoises and didn't see a single one. After looking at these pics I took I noticed that large tortoise at the burrow opening. I was zoomed in quite far and just didn't even see it.

John Eddington

How close were you able to get to them? They are awesome lizards. Any red-heads?

About 3 feet from some of the lizards that hung out beneath a couple large wooden tanks near the lighthouse. They are very accustomed to the foot traffic in the area. If I had any food items on me, they likely would have come out and eaten from my hand. Although I would have likely taken a beating from the locals. Seems they don't enjoy the lizards as much as others. I guess they wreak havoc on the gardens and destroy attics when they are able to get into peoples roofs. I would have loved to have grabbed a couple, but I made no effort at all to catch them since they are on that refuge. In fact, a couple years ago I got stopped by one of the park ranger guys and was told I could not harass them on the island at all. Eradiation is OK...Harassment is not??

Redheads...it was a nice beach and all, but it was mostly Brunettes and Blondes. I'm sure you could have gotten an eye-ful. The coolest redheads were found on the other side of that bay.

The place to see tons of big ones is by the south beach restaurant. They feed them there. There are several huge males that even hang out together. So food and females must be plentiful.

I also dont get why they want to eradicate them yet we cant take any or even attempt to do so.

You can see some of the pics I took in recent years at

http://community.webshots.com/album/70603370UmidEF
mixed in here http://community.webshots.com/album/33580205AyIGQo
and http://community.webshots.com/album/344568309eWXZEk/1 too.

Carole
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Is that in Boca Grande? I would have loved to have checked them out there. I would be very curious what there thoughts are now on collecting them. If I had been approached by someone there, I would have asked. I have a feeling, they are a bit leary of someone driving across the toll bridge and releasing more of them. Who knows. They are indeed beatiful lizards. My father and I looked over the island at the number of lizards and though..."eradication??? Yea, right...best of luck with that."

J

Yeah, the restaurant is on the right as you approach the park with the lighthouse. It is on the twisty part of the road. They even have good food and outdoor seating! The iguanas hang out on the back side of the restaurant facing the parking area for another part of the park.

Carole

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in Florida. Those agamas are the most common lizard along the west coast of Africa. This one was in Nigeria.

They are documented in at least 6 counties...beautiful lizards. Seems the western agama (pictured) do not do as well in captivity as the easterns. I had some in an outdoor pen that I keep collared lizards in and had one jump out. The collareds have never escaped.

They can be nasty imports though. I had one that had worms so bad, you could see them through the earhole inside the head...NASTY! A good lesson in hand washing LOL.