[HiHoSteveO]

3 Minute YouTube video

6 Cool Facts about Green/Brown Anoles | Pet Reptiles - YouTube

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

SO TRUE. If we don't see them we know a snake is lurking somewhere. I have to say that a couple of days ago I saw six of them sunning themselves on our driveway. (anoles/gecko's) which is a LOT. Maybe this is a time of hatching for the little guys.

Why are Anoles called gecko's? all you even want to know about anoles, and yes they chance colors, but don't have the independent eye movement, slow movement, or feet of gecko's.

Brown Anole/Green Anole, aka Geckos | Cape Coral Friends of Wildlife

[joldnol]

lol, as kids we would make earrings out of them. they will bite down on your lobe and hang there. they don't hurt.

[rjm1cc]

You probably have the same amount, just easier to see. Don't worry about them.

[Henryk]

Originally Posted by BoatRatKat

I adore those little anoles, the more the better! I enjoy watching them scamper about and I even make pets out of them letting them sit on me while I'm working in the yard. Once they sit on me they stay, they like the warmth and will spend all day on me if I let them...and I do.

How do you do that? When they see me, they flee!

[Henryk]

Originally Posted by HiHoSteveO

3 Minute YouTube video

6 Cool Facts about Green/Brown Anoles | Pet Reptiles - YouTube

Great video, thanks.

[perrjojo]

Originally Posted by joldnol

lol, as kids we would make earrings out of them. they will bite down on your lobe and hang there. they don't hurt.

when I lived in Texas as a young child you could by them at the State Fair. They would put them on your ears for earrings and that seemed so cool.

[New Englander]

Originally Posted by Topspinmo

I agree, mine are like pets they watch me as I amwatching them.

Oh yes. They are my little friends. I even give them names.

[Northerner52]

Originally Posted by Henryk

Great video, thanks.

I agree

[Bay Kid]

I love them!

[karostay]

Originally Posted by kcrazorbackfan

Not geckos, they're anoles. And they help keep the insect populations down.

So that's what happened to the Love Bugs

[OCsun]

Originally Posted by Marathon Man

But it is much more fun to say "gecko"

I agree! They are and will always be a cute Gecko to me!

[ronsroni]

would you prefer loads of palmetto bugs??? Anoles are experts at ridding your yard of them... and you rarely see them in your yard as they blend in with dirt and go under it.
Anoles are great. Watch them closely and perhaps you will appreciate them a bit more. Chemical free bug deterrent.

[BK001]

Originally Posted by BK001

Call me crazy, but try as I may, I can not seem to get over my aversion to snakes, ants, cockroaches, mice, rats and whatever the hell y'all want to call those "cute" lizards. Since moving to Florida my greatest fear, however, continues to be alligators. Still find my eyes frantically darting, looking for signs of life whenever I am in my pool especially since, with my hip problems, I know I wouldn't be able to get out fast enough to outrun it. LOL (I think)

Ok, I get it -- those little lizards serve a good purpose. Still don't like 'em but I am trying since I like the fact that they are controlling the other bugs.

But EARRINGS???? The thought of those critters so close to my face is given me nightmares. Today is Halloween, so I guess a nightmare or two is appropriate.

[collie1228]

We had a large crop of anoles this year, including one that sleeps nightly on the back of a mesh yard chair. Three days ago we had a four foot black racer snake in our courtyard, and I chased him out with a broom. Our anoles are now down to just a few. And my favorite no longer sleeps on the chair. I'm afraid he sleeps permanently now.