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Unknown Lizard running wild in South Florida

theLC Jun 16, 2005 08:17 PM

I've seen these lately in my cousin's yard in Palm Beach. Can't catch them, fast as hell. the darker one runs on his back legs like a Basilisk. What are they?

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ryo Jun 16, 2005 10:30 PM

Im no expert, but those certainly looked like basilisks, probably Basiliscus vittatus. They have been introduced into Florida, so its most likely them.
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Spawn Jun 19, 2005 02:31 AM

The lizards in the pictures are male and female Basilisks. We have photographed several individuals in South Florida, most recently a nice male atop a seven foot neighborhood wall. These guys are very well established in the Miami-Dade area.
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