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Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive
Checking the data, Florida is currently home to over five hundred invasive species of various types. That's quite a lot. But this particular critter, the Cuban Brown Anole, has been in Florida (or at least reported in Florida) since before WW 2 and has no negative traits except that it competes with the Green Anole for food and may carry parasites. Since there seems to be plenty of Green Anoles arouind, and just about all reptiles carry parasites (DVM360: " It is believed that most if not all reptiles and amphibians living in the wild harbor parasites.) it doesn't sound like this particular critter is anything to get one's undies in a bundle over.
If I was worried about invasive species in Florida, I'd be far more concerned about the wild boars.
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Well, Fish and Wildlife disagrees with you when you say they are no big deal. As for pythons and wild boar, I’ve never seen any of them in my lanai or inside my house. Even as a native Floridian, I’ve never seen either of them anywhere. When I was a kid in Miami, we loved the green anoles and liked the way they changed colors. We called them chameleons. After living out west for a few decades, I moved to TV 10 years ago. I saw my first green anole few weeks ago. I miss them.
A species doesn’t have to be deadly to damage the environment.