Big freaking lizard

aviator · 04-12-2022, 02:21 PM

Spotted a very large lizard I've never seen before yesterday, right on my front porch, today my daughter saw it and took a picture, we looked it up, it's a Canyon Spotted Whiptail, common from North Mexico and SW US. How did it get here? They don't do well as pets so they are not sold. This thing was over a foot long.

I wonder if they taste like chicken?

MrKalashnikov · 04-12-2022, 04:31 PM

One of the things I really like about southern FL is all the lizard life there. From huge 'gators to the little critters that run over your breakfast table in the morning outdoors, it's amazing.

When I was a kid I was fascinated with lizards, frogs, toads, snakes, salamander/newts, etc, and went out of my way to catch them and look at said animals. Who needs to look for Alien lifeforms when they're right here among us.

44044 · 04-12-2022, 06:58 PM

Maybe it was a Hitchhiker...

Sanders · 04-12-2022, 10:19 PM

I just call them, "Liz" when I see them. They like to show off by doing pushups in front of you.

GARANDNUT · 04-13-2022, 12:24 PM

FLA sure has some interesting animals running around. Monkeys with syphilis, iguanas, parrots, anacondas, tropical aquarium fish living in drainage culverts, list goes on and on.

aviator · 04-13-2022, 12:45 PM

You want iguanas? How big? Parrots? Which type I have a yellow head amazon parrot worth abt $1,000 that sits behind my house every morning making noises.

flashy · 04-18-2022, 12:37 AM

My youngest has been out last couple weeks rounding up frogs that emerged, he’s got poison ivy on his arms. Yesterday we went to Raritan bay striper bass fishing, he complained his arms were on fire itching, tomorrow though we gona eat the catch.

04-12-2022, 02:21 PM	#1
aviator unum de multis Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Bunker's Headquarters. Posts: 52,455	Big freaking lizard Spotted a very large lizard I've never seen before yesterday, right on my front porch, today my daughter saw it and took a picture, we looked it up, it's a Canyon Spotted Whiptail, common from North Mexico and SW US. How did it get here? They don't do well as pets so they are not sold. This thing was over a foot long. I wonder if they taste like chicken? __________________ "Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem." Pesident Ronald Reagan

04-12-2022, 10:19 PM	#4
Sanders Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 66,512	I just call them, "Liz" when I see them. They like to show off by doing pushups in front of you. __________________ "The truly dangerous man dresses inconspicuously and is soft- spoken. He walks away from most confrontations. The only time you learn that the truly dangerous man is mad at you is a split second before you die, for he never fights. He only kills. The truly dangerous man knows that fighting is what children do and killing is what men do." - Charley Reese 1986 3

04-18-2022, 12:37 AM	#7
flashy Omicron cocksman Join Date: Jul 2018 Location: Pennslfucky Posts: 2,609	My youngest has been out last couple weeks rounding up frogs that emerged, he’s got poison ivy on his arms. Yesterday we went to Raritan bay striper bass fishing, he complained his arms were on fire itching, tomorrow though we gona eat the catch. __________________ Victim of Putin’s price hike

04-12-2022, 04:31 PM	#2
MrKalashnikov Deplorable Join Date: May 2008 Location: Behind The Iron Curtain Posts: 8,079	One of the things I really like about southern FL is all the lizard life there. From huge 'gators to the little critters that run over your breakfast table in the morning outdoors, it's amazing. When I was a kid I was fascinated with lizards, frogs, toads, snakes, salamander/newts, etc, and went out of my way to catch them and look at said animals. Who needs to look for Alien lifeforms when they're right here among us.

04-12-2022, 06:58 PM	#3
44044 slug Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: swampeastmissouri Posts: 50,964	Maybe it was a Hitchhiker...

04-13-2022, 12:24 PM	#5
GARANDNUT Pontificator Maximus Join Date: May 2006 Location: between the hills Posts: 8,733	FLA sure has some interesting animals running around. Monkeys with syphilis, iguanas, parrots, anacondas, tropical aquarium fish living in drainage culverts, list goes on and on.

04-13-2022, 12:45 PM	#6
aviator unum de multis Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Bunker's Headquarters. Posts: 52,455	You want iguanas? How big? Parrots? Which type I have a yellow head amazon parrot worth abt $1,000 that sits behind my house every morning making noises.