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Hi
Was recently in outskirts of Everglades we saw a Male Jacksons up in a low tree . Actually it was a cat up in the tree trying to get him that caught our attention.
We removed him and went deeper into the foilage placed him higher on a much bigger tree with greater cover and with branches he could hold on to .
Can a Jacksons live in the Everglades ?
He actually looked very healthy ,very green and robust but ofcourse could be recently released .

Seems to hot for a Jackson .

There's definately wild groups of veileds in Florida, and in a few different areas. I would think a Jacksons could adapt well, plenty of people keep them outside year round in FL, and live birth makes reproducing that much easier (don't need specific temps or soil content for incubation).
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Tyler Stewart
Las Vegas NV
www.BLUEBEASTREPTILE.com

Michele Smith also reported finding a giant melleri there as well. She was scared of it.

Then I told my TV to turn on, and it did.
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WILL HAYWARD,
CANADIAN CHAMELEONS

Will,
I think you're mistaken.... That was me that Michele ran into down there, and was scared.

LOL, I just had to.

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Tyler Stewart
Las Vegas NV
www.BLUEBEASTREPTILE.com

A mistake easily made you scaley miscreant!

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WILL HAYWARD,
CANADIAN CHAMELEONS

There are many non native species of Chamelelons and other reptiles thriving in the warm climate of central and south Florida. I know personally of some wild colonies of Jacksons and Veileds in Central and South Florida and have personally witnessed Melleri, Quadricornis and quite a few other species of Chams in the wild thick Brush in Florida.
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....I would rather have a Bottle in front of me.....than a Frontal Lobotomy....

Rob Trenor
RK Reptiles
www.rkreptiles.com
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www.ballpythonmorphs.net

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Thanks for the info. I know its not PC to say its neat to see Wild Chamaleons in Florida but it was neat didnt realize so many types have adapted there.
I hope they stay .