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I've been seeing the striped whiptails all over my yard.

I&#039;ve been seeing the striped whiptails all over my yard.

Carol G

[quote="Gidget, post: 583290"]I have so many anole lizards running around my current place here in LA.  I wonder, do you guys have them in SoWal?  Here's a pic I took.  One of ours is named Sauron btw.  This must be Sauron and some damsel.  

G

[IMG]http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff250/lala225488_photos/Sauronandfriend4.jpg[/IMG][/quote]

Love that photo! Yes, we have them here, at least by Camp Creek Lake - I love watching them... I swear they stop and listen whenever I talk to them.

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="Gidget">I have so many anole lizards running around my current place here in LA. I wonder, do you guys have them in SoWal? Here&#039;s a pic I took. One of ours is named Sauron btw. This must be Sauron and some damsel. 
 
G 
 
<img src="http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff250/lala225488_photos/Sauronandfriend4.jpg" alt="" /></blockquote> 
Love that photo! Yes, we have them here, at least by Camp Creek Lake - I love watching them... I swear they stop and listen whenever I talk to them.

Arkiehawg

Gidg....you are so funny! We have our share.....I have about a dozen or so in our "tropical" backyard. When we water the plants it looks like jurassic park as they come out for a drink. Dogs love to chase them. Cat actually use to catch them until she decided to become a lazy ole gal. She would come to the back door and we would hear a muffled meow and knew what that meant. Either mouse or lizard. The would be hanging out of her mouth with that "get this b**ch off of me look. She would put them down and off they would scamper....

Gidg....you are so funny! We have our share.....I have about a dozen or so in our &quot;tropical&quot; backyard. When we water the plants it looks like jurassic park as they come out for a drink. Dogs love to chase them. Cat actually use to catch them until she decided to become a lazy ole gal. She would come to the back door and we would hear a muffled meow and knew what that meant. Either mouse or lizard. The would be hanging out of her mouth with that &quot;get this b**ch off of me look. She would put them down and off they would scamper....

Gidget

[quote="Arkiehawg, post: 583306"]Gidg....you are so funny! We have our share.....I have about a dozen or so in our "tropical" backyard. When we water the plants it looks like jurassic park as they come out for a drink. Dogs love to chase them. Cat actually use to catch them until she decided to become a lazy ole gal. She would come to the back door and we would hear a muffled meow and knew what that meant. Either mouse or lizard. The would be hanging out of her mouth with that "get this b**ch off of me look. She would put them down and off they would scamper....[/quote]

HURRAY!!!!!!!!!!!  Thats is SO great to hear!  I love my guys so much - they are part of the family - along with the skinks (do y'all have skinks too??)

Here's one of my anole videos.  I have several videos on my channel.  This one is a tad dull at the end lol!

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC8IdgCufb4"]YouTube - Sauron the Anole[/ame]

G

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="Arkiehawg">Gidg....you are so funny! We have our share.....I have about a dozen or so in our &quot;tropical&quot; backyard. When we water the plants it looks like jurassic park as they come out for a drink. Dogs love to chase them. Cat actually use to catch them until she decided to become a lazy ole gal. She would come to the back door and we would hear a muffled meow and knew what that meant. Either mouse or lizard. The would be hanging out of her mouth with that &quot;get this b**ch off of me look. She would put them down and off they would scamper....</blockquote> 
HURRAY!!!!!!!!!!! Thats is SO great to hear! I love my guys so much - they are part of the family - along with the skinks (do y&#039;all have skinks too??) 
 
Here&#039;s one of my anole videos. I have several videos on my channel. This one is a tad dull at the end lol! 
 
[ame=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC8IdgCufb4&quot;]YouTube - Sauron the Anole[/ame] 
 
G

mikecat adjuster

Skinks are everywhere here as are fence lizards, which look so cool. An old classmate of mine in elementary school, back in Louisiana, had a pet anole that he would bring with him to class. It would jump from the desk back onto his shirt. Neat memory.

beachmouse

We've got a permanent skink population in our garage, which I'm all for because they'll take out cockroaches.

We&#039;ve got a permanent skink population in our garage, which I&#039;m all for because they&#039;ll take out cockroaches.

Mermaid

picky

I love those little lizards!  They are so adorable!!

kathydwells

Darlene is my middle name, not my nickname

Here is a picture of a little guy I took the last visit to Seagrove Villas. :wub:
 
[IMG]http://www.sowal.com/bb/gallery/files/2/5/7/Anole.jpg[/IMG]

Here is a picture of a little guy I took the last visit to Seagrove Villas. :wub: 
 
<img src="http://www.sowal.com/bb/gallery/files/2/5/7/Anole.jpg" alt="" />

[quote="kathydwells, post: 583554"]Here is a picture of a little guy I took the last visit to Seagrove Villas. :wub:
 
[IMG]http://www.sowal.com/bb/gallery/files/2/5/7/Anole.jpg[/IMG][/quote]


Adorable!!  

Thanks for sharing!

G

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="kathydwells">Here is a picture of a little guy I took the last visit to Seagrove Villas. :wub: 
 
<img src="http://www.sowal.com/bb/gallery/files/2/5/7/Anole.jpg" alt="" /></blockquote> 
 
Adorable!! 
 
Thanks for sharing! 
 
G

I have so many anole lizards running around my current place here in LA.  I wonder, do you guys have them in SoWal?  Here's a pic I took.  One of ours is named Sauron btw.  This must be Sauron and some damsel.  

G

[IMG]http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff250/lala225488_photos/Sauronandfriend4.jpg[/IMG]

I have so many anole lizards running around my current place here in LA. I wonder, do you guys have them in SoWal? Here&#039;s a pic I took. One of ours is named Sauron btw. This must be Sauron and some damsel. 
 
G 
 
<img src="http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff250/lala225488_photos/Sauronandfriend4.jpg" alt="" />

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