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Two species are introduced, including the Burmese python, which was introduced when Hurricane Andrew destroyed a holding facility full of imported snakes, and which created a huge media storm and fears it would become widely invasive, but this species has proven unable to withstand colder weather outside of extreme South Florida.
The reef gecko was detected in Florida circa 1850, around the times it became a U.S. territory, supporting the shipping-introduction theory. However, genetic evidence indicates that they originally colonized Key Largo , not Key West, likely by rafting , supporting a natural origin for the species in Florida.
The tropical house gecko is a small lizard, having an average total length of 10–12.7 centimetres (3.9–5.0 in) (including tail) [5] and an average mass of 4.6 grams (0.16 oz). Females are on average somewhat larger than males, with the male average snout-to-vent length (SVL) being 51.56 mm (2.030 in) and the female average SVL being 54.47 ...
Phyllodactylus is a genus of geckos distributed in South America and Central America, and as far north as the southern United States.They are commonly known as "leaf-toed geckos" in their native range, and otherwise as American leaf-toed geckos to distinguish them from unrelated genera with similar feet.
Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. ISBN 0-88359-061-1. (Hemidactylus brookii, p. 101). Gleadow F (1887). "Description of a new lizard from the Dangs". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 2: 49-51. Gray JE (1845). Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum.
Another species of rock-dwelling gecko was discovered in Tamil Nadu, India. Hemidactylus quartziticolus, or the quartzite brookiish gecko, is small, reaching less than 3 inches in length.It has a ...
Turtles, snakes, lizards, and crocodilians are all represented as U.S. state reptiles. In terms of common divisions of reptiles, turtles are most popular. Fifteen of the twenty-seven states give them official status. [nb 1] [nb 5] The rest of the state reptiles comprise four snakes, [nb 6] five lizards, [nb 7] and three crocodilians.
A former Florida Department of Revenue employee has been charged with having "deposited 168 money orders that appear to have been stolen" from the department, the Florida Department of Law ...