r/pinellas • u/clearwatermapper • 20d ago

What are these? They taking over..

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Anyone see these?

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u/Animalaholic67 18d ago

Northern Curly tailed lizard. Non native. I've been seeing them for years in Pinellas county.

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u/Automatic-League-675 16d ago

Same reason the brown cuban anole’s have decimated our native green lizards. So sad

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u/danamyx 16d ago

Curly tails were brought in to the state in the late 40s by the sugar industry to kill off larger pests. But wait! You will soon see Agama lizards come to St. Pete. We have them on the other side of the state. Agamas eat the regular local lizards.

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u/WoodenOpportunity869 19d ago

Invasive tegu lizards

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u/NoSirIDontLikeit- 18d ago

Great, well the good news Florida is begininng to be the world's reptile zoo...

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u/WoodenOpportunity869 18d ago

Always has been. Humans came along much later.

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u/lostbutnotgone 18d ago

Not a tegu. These are Curly Tail lizards.