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Unknown lizard in Miami, FL... But I'm pretty sure this guy isn't native

cheshireycat Nov 13, 2004 10:09 AM

I live in South Miami and I found this guy in the shade this morning (on that black thing in the first photo). I never got close enough to take any good photos, but I hope these will do.

I get a good amount of anole species in my area regularly, but nothing like this--I don't even know that it is an anole, desite those feet. He was fairly long, a little longer than a full grown adult male brown anole, but I can't drop the feeling that this was a juvie or sub-adult. The body was significantly stouter than any of the small anole species I've seen (brown, bark, green, etc.).

His eyes were huge, far larger than the anole eyes I'm used to, so that's mostly why I question it being an anole. But I'm still placing bets that it is It also has that significant crest and a bit of a dewlap, which isn't visible in the photo. He stood and watched me get close enough to take the photos with my crappy 2x zoom, but he eventually scurried away. There was no territorial display.

The awful thing is that I swear I've seen photos of this guy before on the internet somewhere... but my mind draws a blank. Any ideas???


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Got hips like Cinderella / Must be having a good shame / Talking sweet about nothing / Cookie I think you're Tame

Replies (3)

Reptilio Nov 13, 2004 09:33 PM

My best guess would be a bahaman jamaican or maybe cuban anole.

cheshireycat Nov 13, 2004 09:44 PM

Definitely not any of those. This is not a common species. But, yeah, I'm pretty sure it's an anole. I'm going to post this in the anole forum and see what they think, too. Thanks.
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Got hips like Cinderella / Must be having a good shame / Talking sweet about nothing / Cookie I think you're Tame

Lucien Nov 21, 2004 10:23 PM

Looks sort of like Knight Anole I once saw.. but... not exactly... Its definately an Anole species though.
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Lucien

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