RAINBOW LIZARD
The colorful West African Rainbow Lizard is very beautiful and appeats widely in the neo-tropics, native to Africa. A few small populations have become established in Florida around Homestead, Hollywood, Palm City, Punta Gorda and Stanford Florida where they can find pebbled expanses of sandy soil, rocks, rooftops, trees, and sparse weeds. The Florida populations are apparently bisexual with the males reaching a length of up to 12 inches. The males have brown backs with yellow, lime-green stripes and golden sides with yellow spots. The face, throat, and front of the legs are turquoise blue, and the tail is green. Females are duller with 7-9 yellow stripes on a greenish-brown body, orangish head, and bright green tail, hind limbs, and lower sides. The Rainbow Lizard are actively foraging for insects on the open ground and retreat to their burrows or the shade of a plant or building when too hot. They also will eat leaves and flowers of the toxic European puncture weed. These active, agile and wary lizards sit and wait for their prey often basking facing the sun waiting feed on ants, spiders, beetles, grasshoppers, crickets, and katydids. The more sun-warmed these lizards get the more brightly colored they become over the cooler ones.
If you live in Naples, Bonita Springs, Fort Myers, or anywhere in beautiful Southwest Florida and are having a problem with lizards or any other problem pest call, 239-455-4300 Collier Pest Control today for a free estimate and a complete explanation to any of our services, or look us up on our website at collierpestcontrol.com. Do not let unwanted guests spoil your beautiful Southwest Florida lifestyle. Remember, Florida does not have to be shared with insects!
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