Florida has dozens of nonnative lizard species that are bigger, faster and stronger than native species. They have teeth, and some have bad attitudes. Here’s a look at which ones can ...

People in Palm Beach County may see tegus more often than they realize. They're the reptiles with the dotted black-and-white ...

Over 1,500 tegu lizards have been reported or caught in St. Lucie County. St. Lucie County man is Florida's top tegu trapper. Tegus eat alligator eggs and juvenile gopher tortoises. St. Lucie ...

Unlike some other lizards, the tegu rarely climbs more than ... turkeys—and other reptiles like the American alligator and gopher tortoise which are protected species. They will also eat chicken ...

Mason says the tegu lizard disrupts the natural flow by eating eggs, including those of baby alligators and even the threatened gopher tortoises. The FWC encourages those who spot the tegus to ...

Tegus are terrestrial lizards that hail from South America ... including some that are threatened or endangered, like gopher tortoises. In Florida, they’re now considered an invasive species ...

Lizards are here, too ... "They may also impact other ground-nesting native wildlife such as the gopher tortoise, American crocodile, sea turtles and ground-nesting birds." ...

The South American lizard's appetite for the eggs of native animals — such as killdeer, alligators and gopher tortoises — and its ability to flourish in cooler environments has prompted ...

Unlike some other lizards, the tegu rarely climbs more than ... turkeys—and other reptiles like the American alligator and gopher tortoise which are protected species. They will also eat chicken ...