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A Newsletter of the Okaloosa County Master Gardeners Association –– April 2011
Invasive Species Revisited
Thank you, Sheila, for a great presentation last month on what we might see in the way of invasive species, both plants and animals. The green anole has been a friend in our garden for many years. Now there is this brown anole that is beginning to ruin the neighborhood.
Lynn Fabian
of the back on females and juveniles. The male ʻthroat fanʼ is bright red. Euthanasia of the brown by catching and freezing is recommended as the brown anole is pushing out our native green anole.
Some of the differences between the two critters is the shorter, more blunt nose and shorter tail of the brown.
Anole carolinias
The green anole can be 5-8 inches long and has no markings on the back. The throat fan of the male is pink rather than red. Anolis sagrei
There is also a line of pattern down the middle
Okaloosa County Master Gardeners
The green anole is part of the overall IPM system in any of our backyards. Letʼs keep them around. http://okeechobee.ifas.ufl.edu/News%20columns/Leapin %27%20Lizards.htm#Brown%20anole