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Skink in Florida

roger_madagascar Apr 10, 2007 05:21 PM

Does anyone this species? It's in a friend's backyard in Florida

Replies (5)

roger_madagascar Apr 10, 2007 05:22 PM

Forgot the image
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viborero Apr 10, 2007 05:42 PM

I'm certainly no expert, but that looks an awful lot like a Lacerta to me...
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Diego

Diego & Tiffany's Zoo:
SNAKES
1.2.0 Corn Snakes (Different morphs)
1.1.0 Hypo Everglades Rat Snakes
1.1.0 Trans-Pecos Rat Snakes
1.1.0 Salt and Pepper Bull Snakes
0.1.0 Amel Pacific Gopher Snake
2.1.0 Sonoran Gopher Snakes
0.1.0 Amel Sonoran Gopher Snakes
1.1.0 Mexican Black Kingsnake
1.0.0 Gray Banded Kingsnake
1.0.0 Hypermelanistic California Kingsnake
0.1.0 Albino High White California Kingsnake
0.1.0 California Kingsnakes
1.1.0 Thayeri Kingsnake
1.1.0 Boa Constrictors
4.1.0 Rosy Boas (Harquahala, Mexican, Temecula, & Mid Baja)
0.1.0 Kenyan Sand Boas
0.1.0 Indonesian Dwarf Pacific Boa
1.1.0 Ball Pythons
1.1.0 Cape York Spotted Pythons
1.1.0 Western Hognoses
1.1.0 Red Sided Garter Snakes

LIZARDS
1.0.0 Frilled Dragon
2.0.0 Bearded Dragons
0.1.0 Eastern Collared Lizard
1.0.0 African Fat-Tail Gecko
0.1.0 Merauke Blue Tongue Skink
1.4.0 Leopard Geckos
1.0.1 Yellow Niger Uromastyx
1.1.0 Chuckwalla
0.1.0 Banded Gecko
0.0.1 Gold Dust Day Gecko

FROGS
1.0.1 Green Tree Frogs
1.0.0 Bubbling Kassina
0.0.1 White's Tree Frog
0.0.2 Gold Frogs

Spawn Apr 11, 2007 12:38 AM

Hello:
The lizard in the picture is the Green Ameiva (Ameiva ameiva). They come from Northern South America and are often referred to as "Jungle Runners." There are over a hundred species spread out throughout Tropical America. At least two species have been introduced into the United States. Many, like the one in your photograph, have turned up in South Florida.
Have a Great Day!!!

roger_madagascar Apr 11, 2007 03:22 PM

Thank you very much!

ashrile Apr 20, 2007 06:33 PM

Looks like a jungle runner,Amevia Amevia

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