Wow. you should see the 4 to 5 foot ones down in south florida here

Well common green iguanas shouldn't be here in the USA but they are a new world species. Natively they should be in southern Central America and parts of South America. Now they can be found on may Caribbean islands where they are threatening other native iguana species like the Cayman Blue Iguana.

South Florida has many other non-native reptile species populations doing rather well including many python species, green and brown basilisks, and even rumors of some types of cobra. My uncle down there is also starting to see a bunch of exotic birds flying around.

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Don't forget all the red eared sliders. It seems like every time I see a turtle whether it is basking by a canal or being rescued by me from the middle of the road it is always a red-eared slider. One adult RES even took up residence in my small backyard pond. I think he must have gotten lost trying get to another canal, ran into the large privacy fence that encircles my neighborhood, and then followed it until he found my pond. I feed him every other day, so I guess that is why he decided to stay. We have had this happen before with a large Florida softshell turtle, but he only stayed for a few days and then he was gone. This Red-Eared slider, we call him Rafeal, eats right from my hand. I think he is happy right where he is.

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I must say, as everyone else is, WOW!! I LOVE him! I have lived in Southwest Florida, Naples, and I have yet to see a wild iguana! People at the plant nurseries say that they're all over by them because they come over in plants from Miami but I havn't seen any yet Well, besides my little baby Tiesto, but he's not wild. That would relly be a treat!

Although, I must say that I have seen quite a few exotic birds, like green ring neck "parakeets" that are supposed to be native to Australia. They live in the plams and mangrove trees at the beach.

Awwww, I'm so jealous. The chances of me seeing a wild iguana in mine or my neighbours gardens is very unlikely!! There was a cutting in my local newspaper about an iguana that a local exotics shop had rescued from the beach.? It was very questionable though as the pet shop in question has a bad reputation in my area for being very condascending towards it's customers and giving out poor advice on their animals (they are the ones who told me to use the wood chipping substrate!). The day they supposedly 'rescued' it, the temps in the area were just above freezing, there was ground frost everywhere and the pics on the paper didn't look like a cold, abandoned ig at all. More like a publicity stunt iguana taken out of their car for the photo's!

Nice pics. Just hope my ig grows to be that big and beautiful

while I agree with Mar.. you have to wonder if in the grand scheme of things they werent meant to inhabit other areas of the world on purpose. i wonder what another 100 years will bring for the green iguana.........

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It would be awesome to see an iguana in their natural habitat (or new natural habitat i.e. Florida). Here in Michigan the most you might see is a garter snake sunning it’s self. When I was younger in Girl Scouts I did see a rattlesnake in Canada when I was backpacking. I was also surprised a few years back to see fox running in the county. I guess you take for granted what you have in your own back yard.

They really are the most beautiful in the wild aren't they? Gorgeous pics!

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I just love those pics, What a beautiful guy. I hope my guy gets as beautiful.