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PANAMA CITY, Fla. — State wildlife officials are considering tighter rules for owning venomous reptiles — or possibly banning ownership altogether. “We have had a couple of escapes of ...
Home lizards, including geckos and anoles, presented no major toxicity threat to humans and help control insect populations.
PANAMA CITY, Fla. — State wildlife officials are considering tighter rules for owning venomous reptiles — or possibly banning ownership altogether. “We have had a couple of escapes of ...
They also eat invasive species, such as green iguanas. A diet study by Frank Mizzotti at UF found that the lizards even ingest poisonous invasive cane toads, with seemingly no ill effects.
The red-headed lizards live primarily in our neighborhoods and other "human-dominated" areas in Florida. Agamas aren’t venomous or poisonous but can harbor parasites and bacteria and can deliver ...
In both cases, the owners held an commission-issued permit to keep venomous reptiles. The News Herald reports that Commission Chairman Brian Yablonski said he could not find any benefit to owning ...