Captive care and propagation vs studies done on wild populations

[Vicious_Fish]

Seth, they are on sanibel yes, I havent been there ye, but heard they are all over the place. The established population of Nile monitors is also on the west coast there, near cape coral. In miami we have RTB, Green iguanas, caiman, spiny tailed iguanas, knight anoles, giant day geckos, and the list goes on. Two streets from me a neighbor saw an 8 foot water monitor cruising the canal. Gotta love this place.

Lol, no kidding! I would love to live down there! I would be out catching stuff whenever I had free time. I bet most gators wouldn't mess with a big Water Monitor either. And I had no idea that we had feral Nile's in Florida! That could really hurt some native species, mainly ground nesting birds.

I wonder how cold Sanibel Island gets? I guess the spiny's there could wait out a cold spells in burrows if they had to. And I hear that Knight Anoles don't fair too well when a cold snap hits Florida. I've heard that they fall out of the trees! Could be do to their slow metabolism. Very interesting stuff.

 

[varanio]

They ve said these things about many species. Iguanas are now living 45 minutes from orlando where they are experiencing colder than 45 F which is suppose to be their threshold. I think its fascinating how these creatures find a way to survive throught adaptation with new elements

 

[malawi haps]

Evolution and intuition to survive at it's best .

 

[davo]

Although reptiles in general are considered temperature dependant, theres a reason why they are some of the oldest species. Highly successful and resourceful beyond most, and suprisingly adaptive.