Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
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.
Rhineura floridana, known commonly as the Florida worm lizard, [4] graveyard snake, [5] or thunderworm, is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Rhineuridae. The species is the only extant member of the genus Rhineura , [ 6 ] [ 7 ] and is found primarily in Florida but has been recorded in Lanier County, Georgia . [ 1 ]
The living R. floridana is found only in Georgia and Florida, [3] but extinct species ranged across North America, some occurring as far west as Oregon. The family has a fossil record stretching back 60 million years to the Paleocene [ 4 ] and was most diverse in the continental interior during the Eocene and Oligocene .
Florida has a big lizard problem. Between lion fish and Burmese pythons, Florida has a lot of invasive species problems -- and the newest is massive Nile Monitor Lizards. Nile Monitor Lizards can ...
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
In Highlands County, Florida. A unique lizard adapted to an underground existence, the Florida sand skink measures 10 to 13 cm (4 to 5 in) in total length and is a gray to tan color. Its forelegs are tiny and bear only one toe each; its hindlegs are small and have two toes. The tail comprises about half of the animal's total length.
A large lizard, known as the tegu, has started to take root in Tampa, Florida. But it's not supposed to be. The reptile, native to South America, has become a popular exotic pet amongst Floridians ...
There are four subspecies: S. n. notatus (native to most of The Bahamas, Cuba, and Florida), S. n. amaurus (endemic to the Great Bahama Bank, on San Salvador Island and Cat Island), S. n. atactus (endemic to the Cayo Ballenatos, near Nuevitas in Cuba, and apparently introduced to the Morant and Pedro Cays in Jamaica and Great Inagua in the Bahamas), and S. n. peltastes (endemic to Little ...