Florida presently has a large number (44) of established non-native amphibians and reptiles, 36 of which are lizards. There are currently one native and four non-native teiid lizards in Florida, and difficulty arises when trying to distinguish them from other similar species, especially in small individuals and/or deteriorated or faded preserved specimens. Because of the potential for their misidentifications in both the field and laboratory, we present a key to the established teiid species in Florida along with their current geographic distributions.
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1 December 2007
Distributional Comments on the Teiid Lizards (Squamata: Teiidae) of Florida with a Key to Species
Catherine A. Smith,
Kenneth L. Krysko
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Caribbean Journal of Science
Vol. 43 • No. 2
2007
Vol. 43 • No. 2
2007
Ameiva ameiva
Aspidoscelis motaguae
Aspidoscelis sexlineatus
Cnemidophorus lemniscatus
exotic
introduced
lizard