Species:
Ameiva ameiva
Giant Ameiva
Some other names for this species:
Green Ameiva, South American Jungle Runner
March 6, 2004
Crandon Park, Key Biscayne, Miami-Dade County, Florida


I ran across two of these colorful, speedy, and non-cooperative lizards while photographing Gray's Spiny-tailed Iguanas on the former grounds of the Crandon Park Zoo. Apparently this is another species that escaped from its former cages and has since formed a long-term population.


