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Skinks and Anoles

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If, when you are visiting someone in Florida, you happen to notice that many of the anoles around the house are lacking a tail, you can be pretty sure a cat lives there.

"At noon in the desert a panting lizard waited for history,
its elbows tense, watching the curve of a particular road as if something might happen."
~William Stafford

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Baby green anole
anoletot.jpg
Elkton, FL

Baby green anole
babyanole.jpg
Elkton, FL

Adult green anole
greenanole.jpg
Elkton, FL

Juvenile 5-lined skink
blueskink.jpg
Elkton, FL

Mature 5-lined skink
bigskink.jpg
Elkton, FL

Skink having lunch
skinklunch.jpg
Elkton, FL

Brown anole
brownanole.jpg
St. Augustine, FL

Brown anole flaring his throat sac
anoleflare.jpg
St. Augustine, FL

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